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Tag: Eurasian Spoonbill

Immature Eurasian Spoonbill – Jubail

Immature Eurasian Spoonbill – Jubail

April 27, 2017December 23, 2019 Jem Babbington Leave a comment

I was birding the Jubail area when I found an immature Eurasian Spoonbill on a wet Sabkha area. The bird was quite some distance away on the ground but flew after a couple of minutes. It circled around but unfortunately did not land again and flew off and away. The status of the species has […]

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Some scarce and unusual birds – Abqaiq Wetlands

Some scarce and unusual birds – Abqaiq Wetlands

May 22, 2016December 23, 2019 Jem Babbington 1 Comment

Whilst birding Abqaiq Wetlands on 1 May with Phil Roberts we came a cross a number of good birds with the best probably being a Eurasian Crag Martin. This species is a scarce passage migrant in the Eastern Province mainly in the spring and I have only seen one before in the Eastern Province over […]

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Rare and unusual birds seen in Saudi Arabia in second half of 2015

Rare and unusual birds seen in Saudi Arabia in second half of 2015

February 6, 2016December 23, 2019 Jem Babbington Leave a comment

Two new species for Saudi Arabia Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor & Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica were found together on Malaki Dam Lake 3 September. Eight Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei were in a large field near Jizan 30 June including at least two males, a species that has not been recorded in Saudi Arabia […]

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Highlights from this year’s Spring Tour on The Strait of Gibraltar – April 2015

Highlights from this year’s Spring Tour on The Strait of Gibraltar – April 2015

May 13, 2015December 23, 2019 Stephen Daly Leave a comment

Here’s a quick photo summary of some of the birds we watched down in Andalucia on one of my spring birdwatching tours. Each spring we offer such small tour group holidays to go out in the field and see what bird species are arriving from Africa. The close proximity of the two continents makes this […]

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Eurasian spoonbills bathing

Eurasian spoonbills bathing

January 4, 2015December 23, 2019 Noushka Wildlife 1 Comment

Nikon 500 mm + convert 1/4 – Platalea leucorodia This series of pictures was taken near the Arcachon basin at Le Teich. The preserve extends on 110 hectares of wooded areas, reed beds, meadows, saltmarsh and water stretch out between the mainland sector right up to the coastline. This wide variety of natural habitats is […]

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Melanistic Montagu’s Harrier and other Raptors

Melanistic Montagu’s Harrier and other Raptors

October 14, 2014December 23, 2019 Stephen Daly 1 Comment

Here are some of the raptor photos we managed to see with my Swiss group from Arcatour last week. The wind direction swung around to give us moderate to strong Levante (easterlies) for five days and only died down on our last two days. Still, knowing what the migrating raptors do and where they will […]

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Is European wildlife making a comeback? Recent success stories with top images

Is European wildlife making a comeback? Recent success stories with top images

October 19, 2013December 23, 2019 Supertrooper 3 Comments

Beaver, bison and eagles are among the species that have made a successful comeback in Europe in the past 50 years, according to a major survey published by a coalition of conservation groups on Thursday. The report selected 37 species that have showed signs of recovery, studied changes in their numbers and range since 1960, […]

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Raptor Movement and La Janda News

Raptor Movement and La Janda News

September 4, 2013December 23, 2019 Stephen Daly Leave a comment

It’s been another busy week here down on The Strait of Gibraltar. As the summer slowly comes to an end and autumn weather and shorter days signal birds to move slowly south, the skies above Cadiz province have all kinds of bird species flying over or stopping off to feed before crossing the narrow stretch […]

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