15/03/2008 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields
It was only possible to make a quick round of the Pivot Fields today. Bird-wise it was fairly quiet, although there seems to have been an influx of Tawny Pipits in the last few days. Highlight of the...
Sightings
13/03/2008 and 15/03/2008 at Kabd Reserve
Two trips to Kabd on 13.03.2008 and 15.03.2008 yielded the following: 13.03.2008Pallid Harrier 2, Common Kestrel 3, Lesser Kestrel 4, Southern Grey Shrike 8, Woodchat Shrike 2, Isabelline Shrike 5, Black-eared Wheatear 1, Northern Wheatear 1, Isabelline Wheatear...
14/03/2008 at Khiran South
Menetries’s Warbler 2, Pallid Harrier 2, Common Chiffchaffs 5, Collared Pratincole 7, Rock Thrush 2, European Roller 1, Common Cuckoo 1, Song Thrush 1, Southern Grey Shrike pallidrostris ssp. 1, Mourning Wheatear 1, Black-eared Wheatear 2, Pied Wheatear...
11/03/2008 at Jahra East Outfall
Northern Pintail 1, Common Snipe 4, Yellow Wagtail ssp. feldegg 6, White Wagtail 8, Northern Wheatear 2, Isabelline Wheatear 3, Squacco Heron 1, Cattle Egret 3, Little Stints 50+, Woodchat Shrike 1, Southern Grey Shrike 1, Water Pipits...
11/03/2008 at Kabd Reserve
A brief trip to Kebd yielded the usual early migrants, including many shrikes (Southern Grey, Isabelline and Woodchat), as well as the residents Dunn’s Lark and Black-crowned Sparrow-lark. A rather tame male Blue Rock Thrush was hunting for...
10/03/2008 at Jahra East Outfall
A quick trip to JEO watching the reedbeds from just one location revealed at least 3 different Little Crakes. Note the very long toes on the bird in the second photograph. Graceful Prinias were very active marking out...
09/03/2008 at Jahra East Outfall
Mountain Chiffchaffs (two bird were calling) 10+, Great Read Warbler 4, Little Crake 2, Moutached Warbler 1, Barn Owl 1 (heard calling), Yellow Wagtail feldegg ssp. 5+, White Wagtail 10+, Barn Swallow 100+, Water Pipit 4. Barn Swallow became very...
08/03/2008 at Jahra East Outfall and Sulaibiya Pivot Fields
At JEO: Mountain Chiffchaffs 2 (seen and heard calling), Moustached Warbler 1, Grey Wagtail 1, Yellow Wagtail feldegg ssp., At Pivot Fields: Shikra 1 (was flying outside Pivot Fields before the enterance), Pied Wheatear 3, Collared Pratincole 2,...
08/03/2008 at Khiran
Great Spotted Cuckoo 1, Eastern Orphean Warbler 1, Southern Grey Shrike 1, Black-eared Wheatear 1, Eurasian Sparrowhawk 1, Isabelline Shrike phoenicuroides ssp. Great Spotted Cuckoo A Great Spotted Cuckoo eating a juvenile Dhab (spiny-tailed Lizard, Uromastyx aegyptia mirolepis) Eastern Orphean...
8/03/08 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields
Steppe Eagle 3, Imperial Eagle 1, Greater Spotted Eagle 2, Long-legged Buzzard 1, Pallid Harrier 1 male, Common Kestrel 1, Western Marsh Harrier 1, Squacco Heron 1, Little Egret 1, Common Quail 4, Collared Pratincole 2, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater...
8/03/2008 at Kabd Reserve
Short-toed Eagle 1, Steppe Eagle 4, Common Kestrel 3, Eurasian Hoopoe 5, Isabelline Shrike 1, Woodchat Shrike 1, Southern Grey Shrike 4, Eurasian Sparrowhawk 1, Isabelline Wheatear 13, Desert Wheatear 1, Northern Wheatear 2, Pied Wheatear 11, Tawny...
07/03/2008 at Khiran South
Rock Thrush 1, Pallid Harrier 1, Black Redstart 1. Rock Thrush Pallid Harrier Black Redstart
6/03/2008 at Jahra East Outfall
Mountain Chiffchaff (was calling) 1, Water Rail 4, Spotted Crake 1, Little Crake 4, Sedge Warbler 2, Siberian Stonechat variegatus ssp. 1, Siberian Stonechat maurus ssp. 1, Great Reed Warbler 1, Northern Wheatear 1, Pied Kingfisher, Song Thrush 1,...
03/03/2008 at Kabd Reserve
Steppe Eagle 1, Blue Rock Thrush 2, Rock Thrush 1, Southern Grey Shrike 6, Woodchat Shrike 1, Pied Wheatear 5, 1 Common Whitethroat (first observation of the year). Woodchat Shrike
01/03/2008 at Kabd Reserve, 02/03/2008 at the Sulaibiya Pivot Fields
A. Near greenhouses: Isabelline Wheatear 10, Southern Grey Shrike 6, European Stonechat 6, Eurasian hoopoe 8, Tawny Pipit 5, Menetries Warbler 2, Common Chiffchaff 5, Grey Wagtail 1, Pied Wheatear 2, Northern Wheatear 1. B. New extension: Southern...
01/03/2008 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields and Jahra Farms
At Pivot Fields: European Stonechats 2, Tawny Pipit 11, Eurasian Hoopoe 14, Woodchat Shrike 3, Red-throated Pipit 1, Pied Wheatear 6, Imperial Eagle 4, Steppe Eagle 2, Siberian Stonechat ssp. variegatus 4, Northern Wheatear 1, Little Egret 1,...