Birdwatching on 27/09/2018
Al-Shallal’s Farm:
Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 3, Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis 2, Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 1, Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 5, White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis 1, Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 1, Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 1,Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 1, Crested Lark Galerida cristata 2, Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 2, White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis 2, Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 1, Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka 1, Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 4, House Sparrow Passer domesticus 45.
Al Jahra Pools Natural Reserve:
Northern Pintail Anas acuta 21, Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 4, Little Crake Zapornia parva 5, White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus 2, Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii 8, Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus 34, Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 16, Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 2, Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 4, Ruff Calidris pugnax 2, Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii 1, Little Stint Calidris minuta 4, Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 18, Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 1, Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 1, Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis 2, Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei 36, Heuglin’s Gull Larus (fuscus/heuglini) heuglini 2, Steppe Gull (Larus fuscus/heuglini) barabensis 1, Little Tern Sternula albifrons 1, Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica 10, Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 26, Little Egret Egretta garzetta 34, Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 4, Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 2, Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 1, Osprey Pandion haliaetus 1, Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga 1, Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 1, Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 1, Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 1, White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis 2, Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 1, Mauryan Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor lahotra 1, Sand Martin Riparia riparia 5, Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 1, Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 2, Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 2.