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 Black-eared Wheatears of both forms seen.
Waders are passing through with good numbers of both Little Ringed and Common Ringed Plovers, as well as the occasional Temminck’s Stint and Greater Sand Plover. Small numbers of both Common Swift and Pallid Swift have been passing through along with Barn Swallow and Blue-cheeked Bee-eaters.
Many full breeding plumage Squacco Herons are around and several small flocks of various subspecies of Yellow Wagtails have been located with one supercilliaris amongst them.
![Wheatears and late winter visitors - Jubail Black eared Wheatear2](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EVEyvJy2ao4/WrYI55QEnRI/AAAAAAAAcOw/apYSfz0w_WYaOEV5JeKWzxz00xnkq1fPgCLcBGAs/s1600/Black-eared_Wheatear2.jpg)
![Wheatears and late winter visitors - Jubail Caspian Tern](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SA9o76jvo5M/WrYI8pA3BpI/AAAAAAAAcO0/FLyECT8a-JcpvSreOOgfh5PFmAFwSkeBwCLcBGAs/s1600/Caspian_Tern.jpg)
![Wheatears and late winter visitors - Jubail Eurasian Hoopoe](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7tN_fqSJjeU/WrYJGtCf0bI/AAAAAAAAcO8/BJiCwquBGP0e8iXHp5oTi2Dro7bD52-1ACLcBGAs/s1600/Eurasian_Hoopoe.jpg)
![Wheatears and late winter visitors - Jubail Great Cormorant1](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T0LrfdFpnUQ/WrYJIHVnuWI/AAAAAAAAcPA/mIpTzxwTpTgbY-OJpN8p3QS6n1RSq5iygCLcBGAs/s1600/Great_Cormorant1.jpg)
![Wheatears and late winter visitors - Jubail Great Cormorant](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4T21i8TbBas/WrYJGuPzhCI/AAAAAAAAcO4/wt7vZhaH5CIfuH699V2az0uhNBa9-RbqQCLcBGAs/s1600/Great_Cormorant.jpg)
![Wheatears and late winter visitors - Jubail Little Ringed Plover1](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Lxo9AMYdoSk/WrYJW2A1yKI/AAAAAAAAcPM/O8m2gK1SM-AlZcqd0BGRj6qouK_xUU1EwCLcBGAs/s1600/Little_Ringed_Plover1.jpg)
![Wheatears and late winter visitors - Jubail Little Ringed Plover](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ubhWON0jRJs/WrYJRI0gZdI/AAAAAAAAcPE/SK_sGymYnmI-lZwUx2H99H6pYgDS-D5zgCLcBGAs/s1600/Little_Ringed_Plover.jpg)
![Wheatears and late winter visitors - Jubail Pallid Swift](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vAptpLCJizE/WrYJcrGpiWI/AAAAAAAAcPc/AXV-D0PMv6MmHpysD-pXdboB84sVkllJgCLcBGAs/s1600/Pallid_Swift.jpg)
![Wheatears and late winter visitors - Jubail Pied Wheatear1](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5XDmB97VCL4/WrYJlasN0BI/AAAAAAAAcPg/9j0yb40duAU0kBxSqTAbSKlBd22YaLraQCLcBGAs/s1600/Pied_Wheatear1.jpg)
![Wheatears and late winter visitors - Jubail Pied Wheatear3](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0jQXhac7P2o/WrYJx2DZ4KI/AAAAAAAAcP4/xEvLcW9NFR4DmoWRRMXTTbGveGhNciaTgCLcBGAs/s1600/Pied_Wheatear3.jpg)
![Wheatears and late winter visitors - Jubail Squacco Heron](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Cn2Bu4z6Ayw/WrYJv6yg1uI/AAAAAAAAcP0/grsaWTQ8PqIbvZXj0pfwiO83-d1ulWTAQCLcBGAs/s1600/Squacco_Heron.jpg)
![Wheatears and late winter visitors - Jubail Temmincks Stint](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xGi1NAymrZ8/WrYJ2QZUY9I/AAAAAAAAcQA/0t_9z8BdklQkxrzoc-F3Qbu9G3E3x9jegCLcBGAs/s1600/Temmincks_Stint.jpg)
![Wheatears and late winter visitors - Jubail Yellow Wagtail supercilliaris](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7XDPTJqXbo8/WrYJ6Qv31lI/AAAAAAAAcQE/PXA8sOgpZFkxP0bkn4g77sXbIMezOIjcwCLcBGAs/s1600/Yellow_Wagtail_-_supercilliaris.jpg)
![Wheatears and late winter visitors - Jubail Jem Babbington](https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Jem_Babbington_square-e1326016039596.jpg)
Jem Babbington
Jem Babbington is a keen birder and amateur photographer located in Dhahran, Eastern Saudi Arabia where he goes birding every day. Jem was born in England and is a serious local patch and local area birder who has been birding for almost forty years and has birded in more than fifty countries. Jem is learning to ring birds in Bahrain as a perfect way to learn more about the birds of the area. Saudi Arabia is a very much under-watched and under-recorded country.
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