Birding at Jahra Pool Reserve and Jahra Farms on 28/08/2018

A couple of hour at each site produced the following:

Jahra Pools Reserve:

Garganey Spatula querquedula  20, Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca  1, Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto  12, Namaqua Dove Oena capensis  1, Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus  11, Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus  2, Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus  9, Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola  6, Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii  8, Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus  55, Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula  5, Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius  4, Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata  7, Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica  2, Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa  4, Ruff Calidris pugnax  15, Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus  7, Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea  10, Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii  3, Dunlin Calidris alpina  3, Little Stint Calidris minuta  21, Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago  1, Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos  1, Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola  4, Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor  7, Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei  8, Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus heuglini  3, Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia  83, White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus  3, Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida  1, Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus  1, Grey Heron Ardea cinerea  11, Purple Heron Ardea purpurea  1, Little Egret Egretta garzetta  31, Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis ibis  1, Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax  3, Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops  2, Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis  1, White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis  2, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus  1, Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus  1, Mauryan Shrike Lanius excubitor pallidirostris  3, Sand Martin Riparia riparia  1, Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica  5, Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus  1, Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis  3, Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata  1, Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes  5, White-spotted Bluethroat Luscinia svecica cyanecula 1, Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina  10, Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea  1, Sykes’s Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava beema  3, Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola  2, Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis  1.

Jahra Farms:

Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis  15, Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis  1, Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops  1, European Bee-eater Merops apiaster  4, Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor  2, Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus 2, White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis  3, Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris  1, Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus  2, Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis  5, Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes  1, White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis  1, White-spotted Bluethroat Luscinia svecica cyanecula, Common Myna Acridotheres tristis  8, Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava  8