Today I witnessed the arrival of Basra Reed Warbler, just three days ago I checked the reed at Al Abraq thoroughly with no sign of Basra Reed Wabler, but today I found four.
Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides) 21, Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) 2, Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops) 1, White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) 1, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (Merops persicus) 1, Turkestan Shrike (Lanius phoenicuroides) 3, Duarian Shrike (Lanius isabellinus) 5, Masked Shrike (Lanius nubicus) 3, Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator) 4, Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita) 5, Eurasian Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) 2, Basra Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus griseldis) 4, Great Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) 1, Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia) 1, Eurasian Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) 18, Hume’s Whitethroat (Sylvia althaea) 1, Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca) 5, Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin (Cercotrichas galactotes) 1, White-throated Robin (Irania gutturalis) 5, Semicollared Flycatcher (Ficedula semitorquata) 1, Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) 26,Ehrenberg’s Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus samamisicus) 1, Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus) 1, Hypocolius (Hypocolius ampelinus) 2, Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana) 1, House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 35, Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis) 4.
