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After these sightings we headed to the northern part of Boubyan Island getting views of a variety of Terns, Spoonbills, Crab-plovers, Grey and Western Reef Herons and Slender-billed Gulls – all of which breed on the island in summer. I noted that Barn Swallows seem unperturbed by the strong head wind and continued low over the sea on their way north. We had a quick stop on Warba Island where the wind was now really blowing and there were a few migrants present. At the jetty, a Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica) passed by<\/p>\n \n I saw both Pied and Eastern Black-eared Wheatears and this female Western Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)<\/p>\n \n There were some Blue-cheeked Bee-eaters roosting on the island – keeping low to stay out of the wind. An unexpected surprise was this White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) that came flying in very low and struggling against the wind<\/p>\n \n On the way back to base, we detoured through some of the northerly channels of Boubyan Island and found a 3rd group of Indo-pacific Humpback Dolphin(Sousa chinensis)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \n \n \n This pod was easier to track, as it had a mixed flock of Terns following their movements from above, so we had Swift Tern (Sterna bergii)<\/p>\n \n A few Lesser Crested Terns (Sterna bengalensis)<\/p>\n \n And a single Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) acting as lookouts for us. All in all 5 Tern species were seen, including a Little Tern that was too far for an image.<\/p>\n \n Once back at base, the tide was low and in the inter-tidal zone I was able to find (with the help of my friend Anand) and photograph the 3rd species of inter-tidal Mudskipper found in Kuwait – Slender Mudskipper (Scartelaos tenuis).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \n \n \n