The Lesser Whitethroat has been common this spring on migration with birds being seen every trip in the region. Numbers appear to be higher than normal on migration although wintering numbers wer...
https://www.birdsofsaudiarabia.com/2024/04/lesser-whitethroat-eastern-province.html
A few single Whimbrel have been seen on the Cricket Field during April but they have kept their distance and have not shown thier underwing patterns to try to work out if there is anything intere...
https://www.birdsofsaudiarabia.com/2024/04/whimbrel-dhahran-cricket-field.html
I forgot to post these photos taken recently at Al Uqair where wesaw a lot of good migrants. The best birds for us were a male Semi-collared Flycatcher and three White-throated Robins with good n...
https://www.birdsofsaudiarabia.com/2024/04/some-good-migrants-al-uqair.html
Whilst birding the Dhahran Hills football fields in the spring the number and type of Yellow Wagtails has been very high. The main numbers were Sykes Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava beema amongs...
https://www.birdsofsaudiarabia.com/2024/04/more-yellow-wagtails-dhahran-hills.html
The number and type of herons at the Dhahran Waste Water Lake have been building up the last few weeks. New species seen include a juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron and three Purple Herons, the ...
https://www.birdsofsaudiarabia.com/2024/04/heron-numbers-building-dhahran-waste.html
Whilst birding the Dhahran Football field in mid-April area recently I saw my first records this year of Whinchat and Lesser Grey Shrike. Both these species are seen each year in Dhahran but only...
https://www.birdsofsaudiarabia.com/2024/04/first-spring-whinchat-lesser-grey.html
The Dhahran Waste Water Lake and the Percolation Pond both had Red-wattled Lapwing with the first location having a pair and the second asingle different bird. We has also seen on the day before ...
https://www.birdsofsaudiarabia.com/2024/04/red-wattled-lapwing-dhahran-waste-water.html
Whilst birding Al Uqair im mid-April I came across a few migrants bit a lot less than previous days. One unusual species seen was a Barred Warbler which is an uncommon but widespread passage migr...
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I saw an odd shrike at the Waste Water Lake, but it was distant and good views could not be obtained. I tried to get close to the bird but it was always moving but I eventually managed to get beh...
https://www.birdsofsaudiarabia.com/2024/04/keralini-type-turkestan-shrike-dhahran.html
Birding the football fields near Dhahran Wastewater Lake at the end of March produced fifteen Yellow Wagtails. One of the Yellow Wagtails was a bright adult male lutea Yellow Wagtail. It was feed...
https://www.birdsofsaudiarabia.com/2024/04/lutea-yellow-wagtail-dhahran-hills.html
Whilst birding the Dhahran Waste Water Lake recently I came across a few Carmine Darter Crocothemis erythraea. The Carmine Darter is a common dragonfly throughout the Middle East, including Turk...
https://www.birdsofsaudiarabia.com/2024/04/carmine-darter-dhahran-waste-water-lake.html
Whilst birding the Dhahran Hills football fields in the spring I came across a number of different subspecies/types of Yellow Wagtails. The main numbers were Sykes Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava...
https://www.birdsofsaudiarabia.com/2024/04/various-subspeciestypes-of-yellow.html
Whilst birdwatching at the bottom of the Raydah escarpment in the southwest of the Kingdom I came across a very bright butterfly with orange-red upperwings but much paler underwings and a distinc...
https://www.birdsofsaudiarabia.com/2024/04/doubledays-acraea-raydah-escarpment.html
Birding Dhahran Hills, where I live, last week produced good numbers of Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus on one of the grass football fields. Some of the birds were coming into nice breeding ...
https://www.birdsofsaudiarabia.com/2024/04/red-throated-pipits-dhahran-hills_02140454091.html
Whilst birding Al Uqair at the end of March we saw at least four Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes in a small date plantation. The species is an uncommon migrant and widespread ...
https://www.birdsofsaudiarabia.com/2024/04/rufous-tailed-scrub-robins-al-uqair.html
An early morning trip to Al Uqair looking for migrants proved very fruitful with a nice Eastern Cinereous Bunting. Seen feeding on the ground outside the small farm. The yellow underparts make it...
https://www.birdsofsaudiarabia.com/2024/04/eastern-cinereous-bunting-al-uqair.html
Encedon acraea Acraea encedon is also known as the Common Acraea or White-barred Acraea. It is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family found in tropical Africa and south-western Arabia. The win...
https://www.birdsofsaudiarabia.com/2024/04/encedon-acraea-raydah-escarpment.html
Whilst birding the Dhahran Percolation Pond at the end of March looking to see what ducks were present, I came across three pairs of Garganey Anas querquedula. The only other duck seen were seve...
https://www.birdsofsaudiarabia.com/2024/04/six-garganey-dhahran-percolation-pond.html
Birding Dhahran Hills football fields recently I came across a large flock of Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus. Some of the birds were coming into nice breeding plumage showing why they are ca...
https://www.birdsofsaudiarabia.com/2024/04/red-throated-pipits-dhahran-hills.html
Birding the large valley near Raydah Village area at 1300 metres ASL we came across a Charaxes bernstorffi a new butterfly species in Saudi Arabia for me. These occur in dry savanna, riverine f...
https://www.birdsofsaudiarabia.com/2024/04/charaxes-bernstorffi-raydah-escarpment.html
Whilst birding the Dhahran Hills football fields I came across a large group of wagtails including many types of Yellow Wagtails & a White Wagtail. In amongst the Yellow Wagtails, I saw a ‘supe...
https://www.birdsofsaudiarabia.com/2024/03/superciliaris-type-yellow-wagtail.html
Whilst birding Dhahran Waste Water Lake in late March I came across a large number of Common Chiffchaff and a single Willow Warbler which the first one of the spring for me. The birds were mainly...
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Whilst walking around the Dhahran Waste Water Lake recently I came across some Bladderdock Rumex vesicarius. This is an abundant annual found on rocky land and shallow sand and can be seen in va...
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Whilst birding Dhahran Waste Water Lake in late March I came across a very smart male White-spotted Bluethroat Luscinia svecica cyanecula. It was sitting in a tall tree but ufortunately the ligh...
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The first major sightings of Painted Lady butterfly tend to appear in late March possibly as a result of the occasional rains that fall during the month. Although the Painted Lady can survive in ...
https://www.birdsofsaudiarabia.com/2024/03/painted-lady-butterfly-dhahran-waste.html