Sulaibiya Pivot Fields

White Stork standing on a green field

28/10/2009 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields

Brief morning visit to Pivot Fields produced the following: Squacco Heron 1, Cattle Egret 5, Night Heron 1, White Stork 1,Moorhen 40, Spotted Eagle 2, Eastern Imperial Eagle 1, Steppe Eagle 1, Steppe Buzzard 1, Long-legged Buzzard 1,...

Yellow-browed Warbler perching on a branch

20-22/10/2009 at Jahra East Outfall, Jahra Pool Reaserve and Sulaibiya Pivot Fields

On 22/10/2009 at JEO: Mountain Chifchaff 1, Common Chiffchaff 3, European Reed Warbler 3, Great Reed Warbler 1, Turkestan Shrike 2, Moustached Warbler 3, Cetti’s Warbler 1 (seen by Rashed). A very short visit to Pivot Fields produced:...

Black-winged Pratincole standing on the ground

20/04/2009 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields

Updated 21.4.2009 by P. Fågel Today we encountered a surprisingly big flock of Pratincoles. My best estimation was 700 birds mainly Black-winged Pratincoles about 600 rest being Collared Praticoles. We found also c. 5  Oriental Pratincoles. They were seen flying...

Four Steppe Eagles perched on the ground

17/03/2009 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields

Strong Northern wind kept Steppe Eagles on the deck. Also Collared Pratincoles preferred to feed by jerky movements on ground and flying only ocassionally. Female Chaffinch is not any WP-highlight but locally good species. According to G. Gregory’s book...

Armenian Gull taking off from sea

21/02/2009 at Souq Sharq, Pivot Fields, Doha Peninsula and JEO with Gordon Saunders

At Souq Sharq: Pallas’s Gull 3, Black-headed Gull 20, Slender-billed Gull 2, Armenian Gull 10, Steppe Gull 20, Palld Swift 8. At Pivot Fields: Corn Bunting 3, Black Kite 60, Greater Spotted Eagle 3, Common Kestrel 1, Eurasian...

Greater Spotted Eagle in flight

8/1/2009 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields

Great Egret 2,  Little Egret 2, Night Heron 3, Cattle Egret 4, Grey Heron 15, Cormorant 10, Kestrel 3, Sparrowhawk 2, Shikra 1, Imperial Eagle 2, Greater Spotted  Eagle 2, Long-legged Buzzard 3, Common Buzzard 1, Black Kite...