Abraq Al Habari again on 23/09/2024

Highlight of the day is a Shikra caught in flight.

List of birds seen:

Common Quail Coturnix coturnix 2, Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus 1, Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 1, Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 8, White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis 1, European Bee-eater Merops apiaster 1, Great Grey Shrike Steppe Lanius excubitor pallidirostris 1, Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus 2, Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 4, Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana 1, Common Whitethroat Curruca communis 1, Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 2, Ehrenberg’s Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus samamisicus 1, Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina 1, Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca 6, House Sparrow Passer domesticus 50, Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 10

Asian Shikra Accipiter badius cenchroides
Asian Shikra Accipiter badius cenchroides, first winter

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