In the late 1990s Tom Tarrant was birding the Riyadh area and he kept good records which I often compare against today’s findings. He has written about “the blue lagoons”. This was part of the Riyadh river where the habitat is more open than the area around the pivot fields where I normally bird. He […]
Tag: Northern Lapwing
Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
Thanks to hurricane Sandy, we have had an influx of the Northern Lapwing into North America, with 12 confirmed sightings, in Massachusetts, Maine, New Jersey, Nova Scotia, New York and Newfoundland. An excellent explanation of why this has occurred was explained in the BirdCast site. Here in Massachusetts, the first sightings were on Nantucket Island, […]
All along The Strait
Yesterday the weather started to change, as a low-pressure system came up from the south-west. Rain came in the night which is a pity as it’s our daughter Amelia’s birthday today! There were some insects around as I explored the coastline from Tarifa to Pelayo with father and son, Terry and Gary from the UK […]