Despite the weather, I decided to go out yesterday. It did not turn out too bad as there were some nice birds around and the weather picked up a little later in the afternoon.


Barn swallow just about to regurgitate some undigested insect parts


Common quail sneaking through the undergrowth



Turtle dove


Woodchat shrike

I took these last week on a dull day after a storm. I don't think I'll get much today as it's very dusty and there's spots of rain.


Heliotrope moth


Ladybird


Red-backed shrike


Ortolan bunting


Rufous-tailed rock thrush

Isabelline (Turkestan) shrike

I was in Bahrain on Thursday and Friday and for once the light wasn't too bad.


Western reef-heron


Little egret




Lots of red-throated pipits around




Also lots of yellow wagtails of every sub species




My first pictures of a rufous-tailed rock-thrush


All you need is love by the beetles - Tenebrionid beetle