15/12/2007 at the Sulaibiya Pivot Fields

Little Curlew, the 1st record bird for the Middle East and the 6th for the Western Palearctic. First found and photographed by Abdulmohsen Al-Suraye on 12/12/2007.

Today together with Brian Foster, Pekka Fågel, Mike Pope, Mark Chichester and Gary Brown and I happily twitched the Little Curlew.

The following photographs were taken by A. Al-Sirhan

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Little Curlew
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Little Curlew
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Little Curlew