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Wheatears and late winter visitors – Jubail

April 27, 2018April 21, 2018 Jem Babbington Leave a comment

Birding the Jubail area continued turning up migrants and winter visitors with plenty of Great Cormorants staying in the area later this year than previously. They used to be seen rarely in the area but have now started winter in large numbers. Wheatears have been common with Pied Wheatears the commonest although a few Eastern […]

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Mongolia – 19th May (Day 12) – Sangiin Dalai Lake, and Hustai National Park (Part 2)

July 20, 2017July 20, 2017 Simon Colenutt Leave a comment

Arriving at Bayan Nuur from Sangiin Dalai Lake it was immediately apparent that this lake was teaming with birdlife even though it was blowing a gale. Almost the first birds we picked up were a pair of stunning White-naped Crane on the far hillside with another pair closer in the reeds, we saw nine in […]

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Mongolia – 18th May (Day 11) – Barig Mountain to Sangiin Dalai Lake

July 11, 2017July 10, 2017 Simon Colenutt Leave a comment

We were up at 05:15 to the sound of screaming Saker Falcon, packed our bags and after a quick coffee headed back up Barig Mountain at 06:00 for a last try for Hodgson’s Bush-chat. After climbing the steep grassy and rock strewn slopes of the mountains in the vehicles we parked at the summit and […]

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Mongolia – 11th May (Day 4) – Travel from Ullanbataar to Dalanzadgad

June 14, 2017June 10, 2017 Simon Colenutt Leave a comment

Today was mainly a driving day 570km south from Ulaanbaatar to Dalanzadgad passing through the Gobi Desert with a few stops, mainly at lakes, en-route. The landscape was vast, stark and barren, mainly flat with a few rocky outcrops and dominated by gravel plains with sparse grass. The common birds here were Horned Lark, Asian […]

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A few bits and pieces in the UAE Part II

February 18, 2013November 30, 2014 Mike Barth 6 Comments

Ajban farms is a favorite site of mine , located between Dubai and Abu Dhabi. It is a desert scrub area with large water lakes. Unfortunately the water is constantly being pumped into tankers for nearby constructions sites. Not sure how much longer there will be water there, once gone I am sure there will […]

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Red-watled Lapwing - sunny by Alex Vargas

Birds from Laem Pak Bia, part 2 of 3

November 10, 2012November 29, 2014 Alex Vargas 1 Comment

Second part that accounts some of my many photographic expeditions at Laem Pak Bia, a great area for waders and much more… December 23rd, 2008 & December 27th, 2008 – just before Christmas (08), we visited the King’s Project on a sunny day and got a few images. It was already pretty dry around Central […]

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