Al-Abraq and Jahra Reserve 3-4/05/2021

Abraq Al-Habari (03/05/2021):

Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto  3, Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis  1, Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos  4, Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis  2, Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola  4, Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus  1, Little Egret Egretta garzetta  2, Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis  3, Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides  6, European Bee-eater Merops apiaster  1, European Roller Coracias garrulus  1, Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla  1, Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus  2, Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio  20, Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor  1, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida  2, Upcher’s Warbler Hippolais languida  1, Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus  2, Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris  3, Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus  3, Basra Reed Warbler Acrocephalus griseldis  2, Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus  13, Sand Martin Riparia riparia  5, Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica  16, Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus  3, Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla  15, Garden Warbler Sylvia borin  1, Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis  1, Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata  44, Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas galactotes  2, White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis  11, Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos  6, Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus  7, Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis  1, Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina  1, House Sparrow Passer domesticus  25, Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava  3, Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus  2.

Al Abraq Oasis (Outside 03/05/2021):

Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula  1, Little Stint Calidris minuta  2, Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola  1, Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata  5, Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus  1, Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus  2.

Al Jahra Reserve (04/05/2021):

Garganey Spatula querquedula  3, Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca  20, Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis  13, Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto  5, Pallid Swift Apus pallidus  4, Water Rail Rallus aquaticus  1, Corncrake Crex crex  1, Spotted Crake Porzana porzana  1, Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus  37 , Eurasian Coot Fulica atra  7, Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus  19, Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus  17, Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola  13, White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus  3, Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii  3, Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus  15, Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula  22, Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres  3, Ruff Calidris pugnax  3, Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus  55, Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea  63, Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii  1, Little Stint Calidris minuta  61, Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago  2, Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus  1, Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus  192, Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos  2, Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis  1, Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola  24, Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei  310, Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus  2, Little Tern Sternula albifrons  3, Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica  4, White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus  13, Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida  5, Common Tern Sterna hirundo  8, Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus  1 , Grey Heron Ardea cinerea  1, Little Egret Egretta garzetta  3, Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides  5, Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia  1, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus  5, European Bee-eater Merops apiaster  1, Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus  5, Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio  3, Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus  1, Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor  1, Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis  2, Sand Martin Riparia riparia  5, Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica  34, Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla  1, Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata  22, White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis  2, Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus  4, Whinchat Saxicola rubetra  1, House Sparrow Passer domesticus  30