Jahra Pools Reserve, KISR, and Oshairej West
I had minor foot surgery on 24/05/2022, to remove the metal plates from the joint of my 2nd toe. By the 1st of June, I was able to drive my car, so I went birding by car.
Highlights of the day was a Socotra Cormorant.
Jahra Pool Reserve, 1/06/2022:
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 1, Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 6, Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 7, Namaqua Dove Oena capensis 1, Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 8, Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 5, Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus 6, Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 23, Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus 2, White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus 9, Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii 1, Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus 1, Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 8, Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 6, Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 12, Little Stint Calidris minuta 24, Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus 1, Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola 7, Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei 132, Little Tern Sternula albifrons 50, Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia 1, Socotra Cormorant Phalacrocorax nigrogularis 1, Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus 1, Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 4, Little Egret Egretta garzetta 4, Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 4, Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 2, Osprey Pandion haliaetus 1, Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis 1, Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 2, Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor 1, Crested Lark Galerida cristata 8, Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus 1, Sand Martin Riparia riparia 10, Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 4, Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava beema 8.
KISR West, 5/06/2022:
Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 22, Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 8, Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei 96, Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica 12, Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida 2, Common Tern Sterna hirundo 2, Common Myna Acridotheres tristis 4, House Sparrow Passer domesticus 4
Oshairej West, 5/06/2022:
Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii 61, Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus 12, Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 7, Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 2, Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 4, Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei 5, Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 2, Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis schistacea 6.
Jahra Pool Reserve, 5/06/2022:
Garganey Spatula querquedula 1, Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 1, Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 32, Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 5, Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 4, Namaqua Dove Oena capensis 1, Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 7, Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 8, Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus 11, Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 23, Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus 1, White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus 4, Bar-tailed Godwit European Limosa lapponica lapponica 120, Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 4, Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor 1, Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei 200, Little Tern Sternula albifrons 17, Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica 12, White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 1, Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus 1, Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 1, Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 3, Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 2, Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 1, Osprey Pandion haliaetus 1, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus 1, Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 1, Upcher’s Warbler Hippolais languida 1, Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus 1, Common House Martin Delichon urbicum 2, House Sparrow Passer domesticus 28.