During the trip to the Jizan area, much of the heron family activity was at Lake Maliki. This is the largest fresh water mass in the kingdom by a big margin. The two commonest heron family members were glossy ibis and squacco heron. I looked carefully through the glossy bis for juvenile northern bald ibis. […]
Tag: Western Reef Heron
Red-Billed Tropicbirds on Qarnein Island
I recently had the pleasure to be invited along with a small group to the island of Qarnein which is situated off the mainland of the UAE 180km north-west of Abu Dhabi and can be found here at 24°56’7.00″N,52°50’59.00″E. Back in 2003 the island of Qarnein and its surrounding waters were been declared as a […]