Bahrain Obs

Have been in the UK for a few weeks - after I had return my house was burgled - the bast---ds stole my laptop some camera kit my satellite decorder plus a host of other things but the worst was the fact that they stripped the house of its copper water pipe leaving me with a flood. To make matters worse today the first day that I could get out since returning yet another dust storm blew up cutting vis down to around 500 mts. Anyhow birds continue to pass -these last few weeks its been Buntings Ortolan and Cinereous, Martins, Swallows, Pale Rock Sparrows, and Beeeaters all in large numbers and a whole host of other goodies like Lesser Kestrel, Cuckoos, Scops Owls, Pratincoles,Hoopoe, and Rollers. Besides a flurry of Wheatears and Warblers plus the return of the locally breeding Olivaceous - singing their heads off.
Not a good day the light was yuck for photography as you can see from these two images below