Birding Bahrain

Nodolig Llawen - Happy Christmas and prosperous yet peaceful New Year

Back in early January

Visited quite a few places since returning from Hawar - not a lot of species were noted and even less photographed, but still I enjoyed the time off.

In the early morning light a shrike considers where to find breakfast

Early morning is also a good time to catch Skylarks having a sand bath

with quite a variety of ssp Stonechats are increasing in numbers

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater a few still passing - they probably don't go as far as European Bee-eaters

White Wagtail are everywhere you look

Cattle Egret - now a common species

Indian Silver-bills

Isabelline Shrike beginning to mature

Red-throated Pipit

Isabelline Wheatear

Desert Wheatear

Desert Warbler its yellow eye and rufous tail should ensure it is not confused with the common Graceful below

Graceful Warbler

Around the ditches and wet patches
Green Sandpiper

Green and Wood Sandpiper

Common Sandpiper

Redshank

little Egret

A mixed flock of sparrows and silver bills take flight followed by the next character

Sparrow Hawk - going flat out coming down the track he missed them all and sailed on by mores the pity cause by then I was ready for a decent photo

Red Bishops found near Adhari fast becoming an escape haven

No outing would be complete without checking the shore but with the tide way out I could only get a few closeup shots.

Grey Plover

Lesser Crested Tern

Saunder's Tern

Slender-billed Gulls

Western Reef Heron

Turnstone

Ringed Plover

Curlew

Lesser Sand Plover