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Possible Breeding Basra Reed Warbler in Al Ha’ir, Riyadh Province, KSA

Possible Breeding Basra Reed Warbler in Al Ha’ir, Riyadh Province, KSA

September 5, 2020December 31, 2021 Saudi Birding Leave a comment

On a visit to Riyadh in May 2019, I headed to Al Ha’ir in the hopes of gathering further evidence Basra Reed Warbler Acrocephalus griseldis was indeed breeding there. This would be significant, if confirmed, as this species is currently listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, its decline understood to […]

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Blackstart – Raydah Escarpment

Blackstart – Raydah Escarpment

January 17, 2018December 23, 2019 Jem Babbington Leave a comment

Whilst birding the Raydah Escarpment we found a number of Blackstart near the wadi bottom and village. The species is a common resident of rocky desert areas throughout with the exception of the east and northeast. Birds occur eastwards to Riyadh where it is a fairly common breeding resident at the base of the escarpment. […]

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Steppe Eagles – Tanoumah to Abha road

Steppe Eagles – Tanoumah to Abha road

May 30, 2017December 23, 2019 Jem Babbington 17 Comments

Whilst in the southwest of the Kingdom in April, Phil Roberts and I came across a group of eight mainly second calendar year Steppe Eagles. The birds appeared to be migrating along the escarpment edge. It is diffuclt to know if these birds were wintering birds from the region moving north or birds from Africa […]

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European Roller Ringing Recovery – Riyadh

European Roller Ringing Recovery – Riyadh

April 21, 2017December 23, 2019 Jem Babbington Leave a comment

Brendan recently sent me a ringing recovery of a European Roller that he and Abdullah trapped and ringed in Bahrain in 2008 that was found dead in the Riyadh region of Saudi Arabia in 2014. It was a bit of a shame that it was not found on its wintering grounds as we could have […]

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Birds of prey near Riyadh

Birds of prey near Riyadh

March 5, 2013December 22, 2019 Robert Tovey 2 Comments

Early spring is a good time to look hard at the birds of prey in the Riyadh area. The wintering eagles gather and seem to be reinforced by others on passage before moving on. Different types of other birds of prey pass through too. Last weekend saw some of these events. For example a fulvescens […]

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Two important birds in one magical morning

Two important birds in one magical morning

February 19, 2013December 22, 2019 Robert Tovey Leave a comment

Those who follow my blog will know that hooded wheatearhas been mynemesis bird. Along with two owls,Dunn’s larkand a very small number of others it has been one of a dwindling group of confirmed residents in Riyadh province which I hadn’t seen. male hooded wheatear I have spent many hours looking for it either as […]

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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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