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Springtime – Quraish

Springtime – Quraish

June 13, 2019December 23, 2019 Jem Babbington Leave a comment

May in the Asir is great for birding as most if not all the African breeding species have returned and additional passage migrants can be seen as well as the resident highland birds. We saw a few passage birds including an Olive-tree Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Red-backed Shrike, Turkestan Shrike, Common Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler and Whinchat. […]

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Last wintering species still around – Khafra Marsh

Last wintering species still around – Khafra Marsh

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

Whilst birding the Khafra Marsh area in mid-March I saw a few wintering species still present. A few Western Siberian Stonechats were seen in the reeds and bushes along the side of a track with some resident Graceful Prinia for company. The waters edge held both Purple Heron and Squacco Heron as well as a […]

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Migrants arriving in good numbers – Jubail

Migrants arriving in good numbers – Jubail

April 22, 2018December 23, 2019 Jem Babbington Leave a comment

Whilst birding the Jubail area in late March, it became obvious a good number of migrants had arrived. There were a good number of Tree Pipits scattered around, several late Water Pipits and a single Spotted Crake wandered out onto dome vegetation near the edge of a wet area, briefly. More than ten birds of […]

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Plenty of migrants – Jubail

Plenty of migrants – Jubail

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

Whilst birdwatching the Jubail area at the end of March I saw a lot of good birds and plenty of migrants. Unfortunately the weather was very poor and photography was difficult so most species remained un-photographed. The weather this winter has been very wet and windy and the morning drive to Jubail was through a […]

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Desert birds and migrants – Haradh

Desert birds and migrants – Haradh

November 5, 2016December 23, 2019 Jem Babbington Leave a comment

Whilst birding the NADAC Farm area of Haradh 14 October I saw some good desert birds and migrants. One of the first birds seen was an Eastern Morning Wheatear, which was good as birds have only just started returning for the winter and I have not seen one at this location before. Other migrants included […]

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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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A good ringing session – Sabkhat Al Fasl

A good ringing session – Sabkhat Al Fasl

October 28, 2015December 23, 2019 Jem Babbington 1 Comment

Whilst ringing at Sabkhat Al Fasl on 9 October 2015 we caught 44 birds which is the highest number we have caught in a single day. We set nine 18 metre nets in our normal locations in the reed bed site and apart from the Citrine Wagtail and Savi’s Warblers posted about earlier we also […]

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Tour of the east side

Tour of the east side

October 15, 2015December 23, 2019 Robert Tovey Leave a comment

As well as visiting local farms on Friday, I toured some sites east of the city starting at Ayn Hamran. The stop at Ayn Hamran was relatively short but it is never uninteresting. Though there were no wintering birds seen yet apart from a couple of common sandpiper and a grey wagtail. It’s always a […]

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