I flushed an Egyptian nightjar last weekend when I was ringing on the south of the island. The bird only flew 10 meters which allowed me to spot him again on the ground. He was perfectly camouflaged in the leaf debri under the trees.

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Egyptian Nightjar

It can be difficult to get out a take some photographs at this time of year as most of my free time is spent ringing migrants.

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Isabelline wheatear
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Northern wheatear

Yesterday afternoon Abdulla and I went to the chicken farm with a visiting birder from US. When we arrived Abdulla spotted a raptor which was different from the usual harriers. It hovered in the wind and folded its wings dropping directly down out of the sky and back up again. We quickly realised it was a kite. I managed to take a few distant photos of it in the fading light. This is the first record of Black-winged Kite in Bahrain and another first for the Bahrain list.

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Black-winged Kite
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Today the temperatures dropped several degrees and everyone including the birds were feeling the wind chill. I parked next to some bushes in the shelter of a wall and saw some nice birds who had the same idea as myself. Trying to keep warm!