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<\/a>My reason for going there was different. I have a small list of nemesis birds- that is birds I should have seen in KSA but haven’t yet despite considerable effort. One bird on this list is hooded wheatear. It is a rare resident of central Arabia apparently on or near parts of the Tuwaiq escarpment. I spent two or three hours at the edge of the world looking for it. And I failed despite the diverse terrain available and intensive searching.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
However I did see five other types of wheatear in an area of high density for this family. These included three different red tailed wheatear. This is the largest total of them I have ever seen in one day. There are indications that they are more numerous in KSA this winter compared with last year.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Probably the most abundant wheatear, certainly outside the fodder fields was desert wheatear, often accompanied by desert warbler by the way. Although I did see a desert warbler accompanying a red tailed wheatear too! This is the first time I have ever seen a desert warbler with a different wheatear as a partner.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Isabelline wheatear were nearly as common as desert wheatear.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n In the drier more rocky areas there were two more types of wheatear.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n