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My Center East Weblog Record
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تعتبر شجرتي العرعر والطلح أهم مظهر للغطاء النباتي في جبال الحجاز ومنطقة
عسير ومناطق أخرى في المرتفعات الغربية .يهيمن العرعر الفينيقي على المرتفعات الت…
3 days in the past
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This morning earlier than work I checked Hamaapil fishponds. I used to be tempted to go
there by the Pectoral Sandpiper that had been discovered there yesterday by Uri
Gat…
6 days in the past
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Properly behind in posting this one as life has been a bit full on however here is
pics from our journey to Gambia in 2019. Sadly there shall be a little bit of
a spot…
7 months in the past
Article in OSME
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Notes from the sphere – Nader Fahad on utilizing the OSME Birds of the Center
East Arabic App Nader Fahad is a younger fowl watcher and photographer primarily based
in Sa…
7 months in the past
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09 December 2020 – Kyalami Property, Midrand
I’m now again residence in South Africa and re-united with my household after
nearly a 12 months as a result of Covid restricti…
3 years in the past
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by M. McGrady, F. Al Lamki, B. Meyburg, A. Spalton
As talked about in yesterday’s put up (click on right here), 187 has been in southern
Russia for the final week or s…
3 years in the past
07/11/2019 at Jahra Farms and Jal Al-Zor
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This morning I went to Jahra Farms, having a sense that the
Black-throated Thrush ought to have arrived by now as two weeks earlier one
was present in Pivot …
4 years in the past
KAUST week ending Could 30, 2019
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KAUST week ending Could 30, 2019Indian Silverbill
One other very quiet week birdwise at KAUST.A pair of Indian Silverbills have been seen quite a few instances…
5 years in the past
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Journey report for 4 days in Morocco October 2017Full PDF report and pictures will be discovered right here : Morocco
[image: Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita)]
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6 years in the past
My Different Favorite Weblog Record
Noticed Sandpiper at Porth Hellick
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fifth August 2024 This grownup Noticed Sandpiper at Porth Hellick was my third
person that I’ve ever noticed with spots. Properly the month of July flew
by wi…
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Average winds this morning put pay to any ideas of ringing. Just a few *Willow
Warblers* have been heard calling from the backyard. Our solely different report was of
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1 day in the past
20 Jul 24 – Making ready For The Island Video games
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The Island Video games started in 1985 because the Inter-Island Video games, involving the
islands surrounding the UK, but additionally inspired the nations
of Icelan…
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BAJAMAR EN LA PLAYA DE MONTIJO
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Uno de nuestros lugares favoritos a corta distancia de casa es la playa de
Montijo cuando hay bajamar.Y dar un paseo por allí al amanecer es siempre…
1 day in the past
Noticed Crake
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Information got here out early at the moment of a Noticed Crake on the invention pool on the
Exminster Marshes so I went over to search for it , I acquired to the spot the place
it wa…
3 days in the past
Mi Primera Observación de Sisón Común
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En una reciente salida prospectiva junto a David Perpiñán, para
Concolormedia, tuve la oportunidad de observar y fotografiar por primera
vez a un grupo d…
3 days in the past
twenty ninth July – fifth August
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The wheels of Autumn are slowly grinding their means into motion, regardless of
this we’re nonetheless but to have a Willow Warbler.The highlights over the past we…
5 days in the past
Esnorquel en Playa La Carolina
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Hola a tod@sEl 21 de julio Irene Amorós y yo estuvimos haciendo snorkel en Playa La
Carolina, al sur de la Región de Murcia.Las especies de peces que vi…
6 days in the past
Por campos de Las Flores y Pila
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Imágenes obtenidas en una salida junto a Ricardo Juliano, avezado
observador de aves, que ha recorrido gran parte del país.
Fue u largo recorrido desde la…
4 weeks in the past
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On 18th June I visited the great expanse of chalk grassland that’s
Martin Down Nationwide Nature Reserve. My principal intention was to see the legendary
hoverfl…
5 weeks in the past
Toukokuun lopput ja kesäkuun alku
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Toukokuun puolessa välissä alkoi uudet työt lentoasemalla, joten suurin
aika mennyt uusien asioiden omaksumiseen ja viikonloppuisin toki vähän
tullut my…
1 month in the past
Majorca – Spring 2024
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“One other implausible brief tour in Majorca, lovely climate, superb
surroundings and fabulous Birds”The put up Majorca – Spring 2024 appeared first on Cornwal…
1 month in the past
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This session befell within the willows and alongside the Stafford Brook fairly
near the Discovery Hut. A complete of 28 birds have been caught comprising 10
speci…
1 month in the past
Barn Owl throuple and different odd goings on
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Over the lengthy financial institution vacation weekend we had an opportunity to make our first visits
to Barn Owl nestboxes throughout a part of our patch. It was an extended slog, with
plen…
2 months in the past
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ninth – thirteenth January 2024
Chook survey with the Sabah Birdwatchers Affiliation at Rundum Highland,
revealed a few of the thrilling combination of species from …
6 months in the past
We’re migrated to a brand new web site…
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This blogspot is now not lively and can proceed to be hosted on-line as
an archive. However by no means worry, your whole favorite island information and extra and
can n…
8 months in the past
Seawatching highlights throughout 2023
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SEAWATCHING in Cornwall is my principal curiosity in birding, primarily as a result of the
county lends itself completely to an unimaginable passage of seabirds and a
its …
8 months in the past
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I made this straightforward rationalization in regards to the range of beak varieties within the
birds. You would after all delve deeper into extra advanced beak varieties and
their us…
1 12 months in the past
Welcome
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[image: Lundy]
*Welcome to Lundy Chook Observatory*As a proud member of the Chook Observatory group, Lundy Chook Observatory
is dedicated to and promo…
1 12 months in the past
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Over half time period we had a household journey all the way down to Cornwall once more. With two out of
three youngsters in tow we headed off on Tuesday for the remainder of the week.The…
3 years in the past
What makes for an extended life?
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Rob Robinson writes: I’m typically requested the query: “How lengthy do birds
dwell?” The reply is, as to many good questions, “It relies upon”. The oldest
identified …
4 years in the past
Migration Weblog has moved.
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The migration weblog has a brand new residence, head over to
https://www.bto.org/group/bto-blog to take a look at what species are on the
transfer and the place greatest to seek out them.
4 years in the past
Birding throughout COVID-19 Pandemic
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Birding at my yard is a solo exercise , that don’t contain massive crowd
gathering. Friday, 13 Mar 2020, 10:23 PM MYT – Malaysia optimistic circumstances =
197 cas…
4 years in the past
Robert Tovey
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For many who haven’t heard, I’m afraid I’ve some dangerous information to share.
Rob, my brother, died all of a sudden at residence in Mauritania from a coronary heart assault on
the 9t…
5 years in the past
Common Posts final Month
Saudi Arabia Beneficial Chook Books
- Handbook of Western Palearctic Birds: Passerines: A Photographic Information – Hadoram Shirahai & Lars Svensson (2018)
- Gulls of the World: A Photographic Information – Klaus Malling Olsen (Mar 2018)
- Flight Identification of Raptors of Europe, North Africa and the Center East – Dick Forsman (Feb 2016)
- Gulls of Europe, Asia and North America (Helm Identification Guides) – Klaus Malling Olsen & Hans Larsson (Sep 2004)
- Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Arabia – Michael C. Jennings (Sep 2010)
- Birds of the Center East – Richard Porter & Simon Aspinall (Aug 2010 – Helm Discipline Guides)
- Collins Chook Information – Lars Svensson, Killian Mullarney, Dan Zetterstrom & Peter J. Grant (Mar 2010)
- The Raptors of Europe and the Center East: A Handbook to Discipline Identification – Dick Forsman (Oct 2007)
- Birds of Europe with North Africa & the Center East – Lars Jonsson (Aug 2005)
- The Handbook of Chook Identification: For Europe and the Western Palearctic – Mark Beaman, Steve Madge, Hillary Burn & Dan Zetterstrom (Nov 1998 – Helm Identification Guides)
- The Birds of Israel – Hadoram Shirahai (Jun 1996)
- Birds of the Jap Province of Saudi Arabia – G. Bundy, RJ. Connor & C. Harrison (Aug 1989)
Center East Chook Info Web sites
Saudi Arabia Birding Places
Saudi Arabia Journey Studies
Center East Chook Pictures Web sites
About The Weblog
I hope you take pleasure in looking my newest photos & notes from the sphere, the bulk are from Dhahran (japanese Saudi Arabia) in addition to fowl ringing in Bahrain. Many of the pictures are of birds however I will even embody different fascinating pure historical past pictures after I take them.
About The Images
All pictures on this weblog are copyright and is probably not copied or reproduced with out my permission. Please ask if you want to make use of any of my pictures for any motive.
My digital camera gear:
Canon EOS 1DX mkII
Canon EOS 5D mkIII
Canon 600 mm f/4 IS II USM
Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 IS II USM
Canon 100 mm f/2.8 Macro IS USM
Canon 28-70 mm f/2.8 IS II USM
EF-14x III Extender
Most Latest New ‘Patch’ Species
Most Latest New Jap Province Species
Western Barn Owl (Tyto alba), Dhahran Waste Water Lake, Dhahran, 23 December 2023
Most Latest New Saudi Arabian Species
Nice Noticed Cuckoo (Clamator glandarius), Al Uqair, Jap Province, 8 March 2024
Most Latest New Ringing Species
Widespread Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia, Sabkhat Al Fasl, Jubail, 24 March 2023
Eurasian Stone-curlew calling – Jubail
Featured put up
First for Arabia

Rüppell’s Vulture (Gyps rueppelli), Tanoumah, Asir Province 12 October 2018
First for Saudi Arabia

Lengthy-tailed Shrike (Lanius schach), Dhahran, Jap Province 14 February 2016
First for Saudi Arabia
First for Sabkhat Al Fasl
IUCN Purple Record Species – Saudi Arabia
CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
Sociable Lapwing (Vanellus gregarious)
Ruppell’s Vulture (Gyps rueppelli)
ENDANGERED
White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala)
Nice Knot (Calidris tenuirostris)
Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita)
Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus)
Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus)
Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis)
Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug)
Arabian Magpie (Pica asirensis)
Basra Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus griseldis)
Yellow-breasted Bunting (Emberiza aureola)
VULNERABLE
Marbled Duck (Marmaronetta angustirostris)
Widespread Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Nice Bustard (Otis tarda)
Macqueen’s Bustard (Chlamydotis macqueenii)
European Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Socotra Cormorant (Phalocrocorax nigrogularis)
Better Noticed Eagle (Clanga clanga)
Tawny Eagle (Aquila rapax)
Jap Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliacal)
Arabian Woodpecker (Dendrocoptes Dorae)
Sooty Falcon (Falco concolor)
Yemen Warbler (Curruca buryi)
Yemen Thrush (Turdus menachensis)
Syrian Serin (Serinus syriacus)
Rustic Bunting (Emberiza rustica)
Critically Endangered
Sociable Lapwing (Vanellus gregarius), Dhahran, Jap Province, 9 October 2023
Critically Endangered

Rüppell’s Vulture (Gyps rueppelli), Tanoumah, Asir Province 12 October 2018
Endangered

Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus), Farasan Islands, Jizan Province, 5 August 2020
Endangered

Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotos), Mahazat Al Sayd, 18 July 2020
Endangered

Arabian Magpie (Pica asirensis), Bilasmer, Asir Province, 18 Could 2019
Endangered

Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis), Ushaiqer, Riyadh Province, 19 December 2020
Endangered

Basra Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus griseldis), Sabkhat Al Fasl, Jap Province, 25 April 2014
Susceptible
Widespread Pochard (Aythya ferina), Dhahran Waste Water Lake, Dhahran, Jap Province, 9 December 2023
Susceptible
European Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur), Sabkhat Al Fasl, Jap Province, 11 April 2013
Susceptible
Socotra Cormorant (Phalocrocorax nigrogularis), Al Uqayr, Jap Province, 31 December 2021
Susceptible
Better Noticed Eagle (Clanga clanga), Sabkhat Al Fasl, Jap Province, 12 November 2021
Susceptible
Jap Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliacal), Ushaiqer, Riyadh Province, 19 December 2020
Susceptible
Arabian Woodpecker (Dendrocoptes Dorae), An Namas, Asir Province, 26 Could 2018
Susceptible
Yemen Warbler (Curruca buryi), An Namas, Asir Province, 12 July 2022
Susceptible
Yemen Thrush (Turdus menachensis), Wadi Thee Gazelle, Taif, Mecca Province, 30 July 2018
Susceptible
Syrian Serin (Serinus syriacus), Jebal Lawz, Tabuk, Tabuk Province, 03 January 2021
Sandgrouse Cowl Picture 37 (1)

Egyptian Nightjar, Sabkhat Al Fasl 2014 – Jem Babbington
Sandgrouse Cowl Picture Complement 4

Pharaoh Eagle Owl, Jubail 2018 – Jem Babbington
Sandgrouse Cowl Picture 42 (1)

Steppe Eagles, Ushaiqer 2019 – Jem Babbington
Saudi Arabia – Arabian Endemics
Arabian Partridge Alectoris melanocephala
Arabian Scops Owl Otus pamelae
Arabian Woodpecker Dendrocopos dorae
Yemen Warbler Sylvia buryi
Arabian Magpie Pica asirensis
Yemen Thrush Turdus menachensis
Arabian Wheatear Oenanthe lugentoides
Arabian Sunbird Cinnyris hellmayri
Arabian Golden-winged Grosbeak Rhynchostruthus percivali
Arabian Serin Serinus rothschildi
Yemen Serin Serinus menachensis
Yemen Linnet Carduelis yemenensis
Philby’s Partridge (Alectoris philbyi)

Philby’s Partridge (Alectoris philbyi), Abha, Asir Province, Could 2018
Arabian Partridge (Alectoris melanocephala)

Arabian Partridge (Alectoris melanocephala), Raydah Escarpment, 30 July 2019
Arabian Noticed Eagle Owl (Bubo milesi)

Arabian Noticed Eagle Owl (Bubo milesi), Raydah Escarpment, Abha, 29 October 2019
Arabian Scops Owl (Otus pamelae)

Arabian Scops Owl (Otus pamelae), Al Mehfar Park, Tanoumah, 29 October 2019
Arabian Woodpecker (Dendrocopos dorae)

Arabian Woodpecker (Dendrocopos dorae), Al Mehfar Park, Tanoumah, 18 June 2018
Arabian Magpie (Pica asirensis)

Arabian Magpie (Pica asirensis), Billasimer, 18 Could 2019
Yemen Thrush (Turdus menachensis)

Yemen Thrush (Turdus menachensis), Raydah Escarpment, July 2013
Arabian Wheatear (Oenanthe lugentoides) – male

Arabian Wheatear (Oenanthe lugentoides), Raydah Escarpment, July 2013
Arabian Sunbird (Cinnyris (habessinicus) hellmayri)

Arabian Sunbird (Cinnyris (habessinicus) hellmayri), Raydah Escarpment, 16 June 2018
Arabian Waxbill (Estrilda rubibarba)

Arabian Waxbill (Estrilda rubibarba), Wadi Thee Gazelle, Taif, June 2016
Arabian Golden-winged Grosbeak (Rhynchostruthus percivali)

Arabian Golden-winged Grosbeak (Rhynchostruthus percivali), Wadi Grosbeak, Bani Saad, June 2016
Yemen Warbler (Sylvia buryi)

Yemen Warbler (Sylvia buryi), Al Mehfar Park, Tanumah Park, 18 June 2018
Arabian Serin (Serinus rothschildi)

Arabian Serin (Serinus rothschildi), Taif Nationwide Park, Taif, July 2015
Yemen Serin (Serinus menachensis)

Yemen Serin (Serinus menachensis), Al Mehfar Park, Tanoumah, June 2015
Yemen Linnet (Carduelis yemenensis)

Yemen Linnet (Carduelis yemenensis), Raydah Escarpment, Abha, Could 2016
Purple-breasted Wheatear (Oenanthe bottae)

Purple-breasted Wheatear (Oenanthe bottae) Talea Valley, Abha, 29 June 2019
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