Bahrain Obs

Western Reef Heron - dark morph - a resident breeding species

Purple Heron - a wintering individual - recorded throughout the year most often during autumn passage

Great White Egret - an irregular migrant most often seen in winter

Curlew Sandpiper - always a few around with large numbers occurring on passage autumn and spring

Dunlin - one of the most common wintering species seen on the shore.

Greenshank - easily found throughout the year, numbers peak in winter

Grey Plover - always a few around throughout the year, larger numbers in winter

Lesser Sand Plover - availiable throughout the year with largest influx on passage in September with another smaller influx again in spring in April and May

Little Stint - a very common wintering species often totally absent in July

Ringed Plover - Common wintering species often totally absent from mid May through to early August.

Terek Sandpiper - a regular throughout the year with a distict peak in numbers during the spring passage.

Gull-billed tern - A common species throughout the year with large numbers present in winter

Pacific Golden Plover - a regular migrant and wintering species in small numbers

Kestrel - recorded most months throughout the year but often absent during summer months has breed locally in the past.

Pallid Swift - Spring breeding migrant but occurance pattern can seem irregular as it is often absent or not observed some months

Chiffchaff - one of the first spring migrant seen but a few do overwinter.