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Pied Kingfishers – Jubail

February 7, 2019December 23, 2019 Jem Babbington Leave a comment

Whilst birding the Jubail area recently I came across four female Pied Kingfisher. This species is now becoming an uncommon winter visitor to the Jubail area with birds seen every winter for the last five years. The weather was very poor with overcast conditions so the photo is not the best but they are always […]

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Rare and unusual birds seen in Saudi Arabia in second half of 2016

January 1, 2019December 23, 2019 Jem Babbington Leave a comment

A pair of Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus with two recently hatch young, 12 August, were the first record of breeding for the species in the Kingdom. An unprecedented influx of Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris were seen with fifteen 30 kilometers east of Zulfi 8 November, six together 40 kilometers north of Zulfi 11 November and […]

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I love my new camera

November 17, 2018December 23, 2019 Yoav Perlman 1 Comment

A few days ago I said goodbye to my old Canon 7D mk1. My followers know how much I have been complaining about it in recent months – it certainly took me far too much time to scrap it and get a new camera. I contemplated making a big move to a mirrorless Olympus system, […]

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Kingfishers of Amboseli National Park

January 7, 2018December 23, 2019 Thomas Suresh Anand Leave a comment

Amboseli National Park is a birding heaven given its fair share of swamps, streams and other water bodies. And we also realized that it is one of the best places in Kenya to photograph Kingfishers especially the most beautiful of them all, the Malachite Kingfisher. We spotted the Malachite Kingfisher at a couple of locations […]

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Rare and unusual birds seen in Saudi Arabia in first half of 2017

January 2, 2018December 23, 2019 Jem Babbington 1 Comment

An adult and juvenile Bewick’s Swan Cygnus (columbianus) bewickii near Al Jawf 14-15 December 2016 with three more adults in the north of the Kingdom 19 December 2016 being only the third to seventh records of the species for the Kingdom. Four See-see Partridge Ammoperdix griseogularis, including a calling male, were at a remote desert […]

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Mana first afternoon

December 25, 2017December 23, 2019 Mike Haworth 3 Comments

October in Mana Pools in the Zambezi valley below the escarpment is called suicide month, for a good reason. In the five days we were there, three of them averaged 43 degrees centigrade in the shade and 53 in the direct sun in the early afternoon. Part of the reason for visiting Mana at this […]

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Returning Pied Kingfisher and White-throated Kingfisher – Jubail

December 14, 2017December 23, 2019 Jem Babbington Leave a comment

Whilst birding the Jubail area recently I came across a female Pied Kingfisher. This species is now becoming an uncommon winter visitor to the Jubail area with birds seen every winter for the last four years. The weather was very poor with overcast conditions so the photo is not the best but they are always […]

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Winter visitors – Jubail

December 10, 2017December 23, 2019 Jem Babbington 3 Comments

Whilst birding Jubail recently I have come across a number of winter visitors to the region. Common Kestrel is an uncommon passage migrant but numbers build up in the winter months when they can be seen in various locations. Isabelline Wheatear numbers also increase as winter wears on and they can be seen along the […]

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