Purple was the order of the last week of the month down at Askar marsh with the discovery of a family group of 4 Purple Gullenule 2 adults 2 Juveniles - the species has suddenly gone from vagrant status to breeding resident with other birds being seen at Tubli mangroves and Arad bay it seems likely the species will be able to establish itself permanently here.
Elsewhere in the gardens some local late spring early summer breeding species were out and about often with young
Clamorous Reed Warbler and young
Rufous Bush-chat and young
Coot a pair in residence at Buhair breeding - possible
Great Grey Shrike Southern
Southern Red Bishop always nice to see a few around Adhari - a site condemned to destruction
On the shore a few new species to report moving in
Black-tailed Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwits
Broad-billed Sandpiper a lonesome single more will follow very soon
Curlew Sandpiper more and more arriving
Flamingo
Greater Sand Plover
Lesser Sand Plover
Gull-billed Tern
Little Stint huge increase in numbers
Family Oyster Catchers
Non breeding summering birds being joined by birds having completed their breeding somewhere east and north of here
Squacco Heron blue is the new orange
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