08-11/09/2024 at Al-Abraq and Jahra Reserve

Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator linoticus
Caucasian Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator niloticus… adult male showing its identity as subspecies niloticus. It has a broad wing bar, a large white tail base, note all flight feathers and wing coverts have been replaced except primary coverts.

Jahra Pools Reserve:

Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 2, Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 17, Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 44, Namaqua Dove Oena capensis 7, Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 17, Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 5, Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus 5, Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 3, Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 1, Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus 1, White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus 3, Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 1, Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 2, Ruff Calidris pugnax 1, Little Stint Calidris minuta 15, Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 1, Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 18, Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 5, Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 8, Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 5, White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis 1, European Bee-eater Merops apiaster 53, Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla 2, Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 4, Isabelline Shrike Daurian Lanius isabellinus isabellinus 2, Great Grey Shrike Steppe Lanius excubitor pallidirostris 4, Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor 2, Caucasian Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator niloticus 2, Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 30, Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 2, Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes 1, Caspian Stonechat Saxicola maurus hemprichii 1, Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 3, Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina 10, Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca 1, Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka 4, Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 3, Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 1

10/09/2024: Abraq Al-Habari

Common Quail Coturnix coturnix 1, Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 1, Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 1, Black Kite Milvus migrans 1, Common Buzzard Steppe Buteo buteo vulpinus 1, Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 8, European Bee-eater Merops apiaster 8, European Roller Coracias garrulus 1, Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 3, Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus 1, Steppe Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor pallidirostris 1, Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 3, Crested Lark Galerida cristata 6, Sand Martin Riparia riparia 2, Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 1, Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 1, Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina 5, Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka 1, House Sparrow Passer domesticus 25, Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 2.

08/09/2024: Jahra Pools Reserve

Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 5, Namaqua Dove Oena capensis 40, Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius 1, Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 3, Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 1, Ruff Calidris pugnax 1, Little Stint Calidris minuta 4, Steppe Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor pallidirostris 1, Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 1, Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 1.

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