Birding Bahrain

Greater Sand Plover

Kentish Plover do flock at high tide but otherwise remain paired or in family groups along the shore

Socotra Cormorant are still fairly common but birds will soon disappear to their breeding island in Hawar

Lesser Crested Tern currently only small numbers on the shore on fishing forays with breeding in full swing on offshore islands currently peaking

White-cheeked Tern an opportunistic breeder on the main island now many with fully fledged and mobile chicks
numbers will dramatically increase as they are joined by offshore breeding populations

Curlew Sandpiper now returning in increasing numbers

Curlew now a prominent species with a dramatic increase in numbers this last week

Bar-tailed Godwit small flocks seen expect more to arrive anytime soon

Greenshank starting to make a show along with the slightly more numerous Redshank

Redshank

Whimbrel one of those species where some don't migrate but with more being seen migrants could be the reason for the increase

Western Reef Heron in the middle of their breeding cycle fishing is the most important part of their daily routine methodology used does vary

Reef Heron and Redshank share the shore

Curlew and Redshank

Terek Sandpiper first returns just being noted

As always we have our more common species keeping every neighborhood company
White-cheeked Bulbul

Crested Lark

and then the oddities like this resident breeding Alexandrine Parakeet