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Wheatears – Shedgum Escarpment

Wheatears – Shedgum Escarpment

March 22, 2019December 23, 2019 Jem Babbington Leave a comment

Whilst birdwatching at Shedgum Escarpment we saw a few interesting birds although the weather was not good so photos wereaverage to poor. Winter birding at this location is always difficult with few species seen but it is an excellent place to see White-crowned Wheatear. We first went to the bottom of the Escarpment and looked […]

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Seven species of Wheatear – Jebal Hamrah

Seven species of Wheatear – Jebal Hamrah

April 8, 2018December 23, 2019 Jem Babbington 1 Comment

Whilst birding the Jebal Hamrah area in March I came across seven species of Wheatear in a single day including Black-eared Wheatear, Hooded Wheatear, White-crowned Wheatear, Northern Wheatear, Isabelline Wheatear, Pied Wheatear and Desert Wheatear. The week previously, I also saw an Eastern Mourning Wheatear, making a total of eight species in a week. The […]

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Desert birds and migrants – Haradh

Desert birds and migrants – Haradh

November 5, 2016December 23, 2019 Jem Babbington Leave a comment

Whilst birding the NADAC Farm area of Haradh 14 October I saw some good desert birds and migrants. One of the first birds seen was an Eastern Morning Wheatear, which was good as birds have only just started returning for the winter and I have not seen one at this location before. Other migrants included […]

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More from Zulfi

More from Zulfi

February 8, 2013December 22, 2019 Robert Tovey Leave a comment

Today’s blog looks further at Mansur al Fahad’s visit to Zulfi last week. He tells me the birding is always good there and I can’t dispute that. As well as the pharaoh eagle owl and several steppe eagle featured in the last blog, there is much more to report on. For starters, Mansur managed to […]

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Vultures so close to Riyadh

Vultures so close to Riyadh

February 5, 2013December 22, 2019 Robert Tovey Leave a comment

On Thursday, after visiting the Kararah lake area, our birding party doubled back away towards Riyadh on the Mecca road before turning off north west. This was on route 505 according to the map but route 902 according to the road sign. This is an occupational hazard in Saudi Arabia, road sign numbers and map […]

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Kararah lake area

Kararah lake area

February 2, 2013December 22, 2019 Robert Tovey Leave a comment

If you travel out of Riyadh on the Mecca road, its not too long, 30 kilometres or so, before you see brown recreational road signs to Kararah lake. Lou Regensmorter, first time birder George Darley-Doran, and I headed out that way on Thursday morning. Of course we knew the “lake” and the near-by “waterfall” would […]

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Thumamah escarpment

Thumamah escarpment

January 29, 2013December 22, 2019 Robert Tovey Leave a comment

For the second half of last Thursday’s birding trip, Lou Regensmorter and I ventured up to the top of the Tuwaiq escarpment north of Riyadh. In part we were looking for the elusive hooded wheatear which is one of my nemesis birds. In part this was a speculative look at a potentially new birding place. […]

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