Birding Bahrain

Category: Admin - Howard King

2017-03-27

Time to finally nup date the page

22:04:23, Categories: Observation by Howard, Admin - Howard King

The last few weeks work and pleasure have gone into overload only now do I have time to up date the site. The weather has been the winner this month regardless - to sum up its been cold wet and worse still no change in access it remains - sticky icky on the tracks.

Durian Redstart

Black-eared Wheatear - not the best picture but interesting plumage

Bluethroat
Blue-throat

Chiffchaff

Squacco Heron

Cattle Egret

Coot - only a few left now
Coot

Desert Warbler as seen in town

Palm Dove and Masked Shrike

Houbara Bustard

Hypocolius probably the last until they return in October

Hypocolius

Isabelline Shrike - very high numbers this year

Isabelline Shrike

Little Grebe

Masked Shrike

Northern Wheatear

Pied Wheatear

Pintailed Snipe identified by the facial markings

Pintailed Snipe

Red-throated Pipit

Stonechat

Redbacked Shrike

Yellow Wagtails

Willow or Chiffchaff - my vote Willow
WARBLER

Saunders's Tern

Rock Thrush

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2016-12-21

Windy and some rain helped the desert but disperses the birds

18:11:59, Categories: Observation by Howard, Admin - Howard King

December is always a busy month at work so any birding opportunities are few however I did manage a few trips out. Gratefully now back in the UK for Christmas with time to spare to put up the few pics I took. PICS in no particular order but to start what I think is my best photo of the month

Desert Warbler always a difficult bird to photograph patience with a element of luck paid off with this chap

Desert Warbler

Kestrel two seen one quite tame
Kestrel

Kestrel

Desert Wheatear

Pallid Harrier

Really was too late for these chaps as a Marsh with the Pallid Harrier depart
harriers

Paired Hoopoe - breeding season can't be far away
Hoopoe

Hoopoe

Black-headed Gull

Just them Northern/Siberian Gulls again so many any gull freaks heaven
Gull Gull

Gull Gull

Gull

Curlew - eight now at Hamalah
Curlew

Curlew

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2016-12-04

Not a lot of change to report

14:59:36, Categories: Admin - Howard King

The two Barred Warblers making use of my garden to forage in the mornings, are still present

- the species has wintered before I wonder if they will this time around. The number of other species photographed remains much the same although I did manage some poorly lit shoots of two Song thrush at the Hypocolius roost at Jasra recently. Another problem has been the early morning fog in some places it has lingered so long have heard but not seen the birds present.

Song Thrush

Stonechat all getting easier to photograph

Skylark a plenty - about 1 in 20 are likely to be Oriental problem is getting one in the open to be certain
Skylark

Isabelline Shrike

Isabelline Wheatear

Hypocolius

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2016-04-23

Seems like summer already

19:31:51, Categories: Admin - Howard King

even though we keep having some unseasonable days weather wise it is quickly going quiet as temperature warm up

Lesser Grey Shrike a few around

Red-backed Shrike a slow passage

Red-backed Shrike

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler the first of our summer breeders

Whinchat still passing

Turtle Dove resident

Lutea - Yellow Wagtail still a huge variety
Lutea - Yellow Wagtail

Red-throated Pipit remains very common across a variety of habitats

Red-throated Pipit

Spotted Flycatcher one of many

A quick trip to Hawar on Saturday to check arrivals only brought out a resident Osprey
Osprey

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2015-04-26

Yet another dust storm ruins the weekend

15:59:44, Categories: Admin - Howard King

For the second week in a row wind and dust has played havoc with planned trips out - Saturday was a complete wash or rather dust out even a drive around the shore of Maharraq proved a waste of time as far as photography was concerned. A frustating weekend lots seen not much new photographed - worst miss was a Nightingale at ten feet carried away in the wind before I could even point the camera

Great Grey Shrike - taking up territory