Bahrain Obs

The bird of the day for me had to be the Shell Duck Tadorna tadorna I encountered in the morning close to Ras Tubli. I have not personally seen one in Bahrain since 1997 when I had twelve at the same location.

Shell Duck Tadorna tadorna

I have presented here some of the more common species I encountered as I moved around Tubli Bay before driving to Badaan Farm to meet with Brendan and our ringing session.

Little Stint Calidris minuta

Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula

Caspian Tern Sterna caspia

Great Northern Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo

Curlew Numenius arquata

Dunlin Calidris alpina

Greenshank Tringa nebularia

Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola

Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis

Slender-billed Gull Larus genei

At Badaan things were slow in the nets we did however manage one new ringing species that of Song Thrush, one of many now in the palm groves at the farm. When we arrived the workers were busy collected the freshly cut grass surrounded as usual by Cattle Egrets.

Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis

Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus note the ring in the second picture

Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris

White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons Still hanging around the farm

Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra