1/11/2016 At Jahra Pools Reserve
There were a number of Spotted Eagle today perching on ground and tree branches. 38 birds species recorded today which include:
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 3, Eurasian Teal (Anas crecca crecca/nimia) 9
Common Pochard Aythya ferina 7, Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 6, Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 2, Great Egret Ardea alba 3, Little Egret Egretta garzetta 6, Western Reef-Heron Egretta gularis schistacea 2, Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 1, Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga 11, Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca 1, Western Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus 1, Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus 2, Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 6, Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 5, Ruff Calidris pugnax 7, Dunlin Calidris alpina 1, Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 2, Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 1, Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 1, Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis 2, Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida 5, Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto 9, Namaqua Dove Oena capensis 1, Pallid Swift Apus pallidus 5, White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis 3, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus 20, Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus 1, Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides 2, Sand Martin Riparia riparia 7, Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 7, Great Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus 1, Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis 1, Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 2, European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 1, Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka 1, White Wagtail Motacilla alba 5, Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris 1, Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 2
