Springtime – Quraish

Springtime – Quraish



May in the Asir is great for birding as most if not all the African breeding species have returned and additional passage migrants can be seen as well as the resident highland birds.

We saw a few passage birds including an Olive-tree Warbler, Common , , , Common Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler and . African breeders included , , and .

African Paradise Flycatcher1
African Paradise Flycatcher – male

Resident species photographed were & . The weather at this time of year is very variable and goes from clear blue skies to thunderstorms in a short period of time.

Luckily we made it back to the car just before the rain set in a few hours at lunchtime and where not able to get back out to early evening.

African Paradise Flycatcher
African Paradise Flycatcher – male
Arabian Wheatear1
Arabian Wheatear
Arabian Wheatear2
Arabian Wheatear
Arabian Wheatear3
Arabian Wheatear
Arabian Wheatear
Arabian Wheatear
Crested Lark
Crested Lark

 

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Jem Babbington

Jem Babbington

Jem Babbington is a keen birder and amateur photographer located in Dhahran, Eastern Saudi Arabia where he goes birding every day. Jem was born in England and is a serious local patch and local area birder who has been birding for almost forty years and has birded in more than fifty countries. Jem is learning to ring birds in Bahrain as a perfect way to learn more about the birds of the area. Saudi Arabia is a very much under-watched and under-recorded country.

Jem Babbington

Jem Babbington

Jem Babbington is a keen birder and amateur photographer located in Dhahran, Eastern Saudi Arabia where he goes birding every day. Jem was born in England and is a serious local patch and local area birder who has been birding for almost forty years and has birded in more than fifty countries. Jem is learning to ring birds in Bahrain as a perfect way to learn more about the birds of the area. Saudi Arabia is a very much under-watched and under-recorded country.

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