Thursday 20 September 2012

Weekend in Jizan Part 3

As I said the water levels were a bit too high for many waders but a few of the more common ones were making use of the small amount of mud such as wood sandpiper, common sandpiper and green sandpiper.

Common sandpiper

Also around the fringes were a lot of yellow wagtail of various sub species either drinking or bathing. I sat and watched a small flock for a while hoping something more unusual would drop in. Sure enough after about twenty minutes a target species for the trip put in an appearance. A trio of arabian golden sparrow flew down from the scrub to take a bath. Two first winter birds and a cracking male, albeit a bit more buttercup yellow than gold. They didn't hang around long enough for a photo unfortunately.

First winter yellow wagtail

Among the many migrant birds were a couple of individuals clearly exhausted by the journey that allowed close up photos.


Sand martin

White-winged tern

Over the lake I mainly saw gull-billed tern but there was the odd heron and egret flying through and what appeared to be a decent sized cattle egret roost.


Squacco heron

Cattle egret roost

A list of the 98 species seen over the weekend:

Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)






Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)






Pink-backed Pelican (Pelecanus rufescens)






Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus)






Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)





Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)--------2
(1)
----
Great Egret (Ardea alba)--------2
(1)
----
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)--------8
(1)
----
Western Reef-Heron (Egretta gularis)------2
(1)
------
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)------100
(1)
40
(1)
----
Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)------2
(1)
4
(1)
----
Striated Heron (Butorides striata)------1
(1)
------
Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)--------9
(1)
----
Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)------11
(1)
------
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)------3
(1)
------
Eurasian Marsh-Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)------1
(1)
------
harrier sp. (Circus sp.)------2
(1)
------
Black Kite (Milvus migrans)------2
(2)
2
(1)
----
Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)--------5
(1)
----
Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)------2
(1)
1
(1)
----
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)------30
(1)
------
Lesser Sand-Plover (Charadrius mongolus)------350
(1)
------
Greater Sand-Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)------10
(1)
------
Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)------100
(1)
------
Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)------40
(1)
1
(1)
----
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)--------1
(1)
----
Crab Plover (Dromas ardeola)------150
(1)
------
Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)------8
(1)
------
Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)--------2
(1)
----
Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)------2
(1)
------
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)------1
(1)
1
(1)
----
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)------2
(2)
2
(1)
----
Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)------5
(1)
2
(1)
----
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)--------2
(1)
----
Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)------150
(1)
------
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)------10
(1)
------
Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)------10
(1)
------
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)------350
(1)
------
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)------40
(1)
------
Little Stint (Calidris minuta)------100
(1)
5
(1)
----
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)------100
(1)
------
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)------3
(1)
------
Broad-billed Sandpiper (Limicola falcinellus)------6
(1)
------
Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)--------2
(1)
----
Slender-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus genei)------4
(1)
------
White-eyed Gull (Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus)--------1
(1)
----
Sooty Gull (Ichthyaetus hemprichii)------3
(1)
------
Saunders's Tern (Sternula saundersi)------1
(1)
------
Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)------8
(2)
20
(1)
----
Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)------25
(2)
2
(1)
----
White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)--------1
(1)
----
Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida)------2
(1)
------
White-cheeked Tern (Sterna repressa)------7
(1)
------
Great Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)------8
(1)
------
Lesser Crested Tern (Thalasseus bengalensis)------25
(1)
------
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse (Pterocles lichtensteinii)------11
(1)
------
Rock Dove (Columba livia)--------1
(1)
----
African Collared-Dove (Streptopelia roseogrisea)------40
(1)
50
(1)
----
Laughing Dove (Streptopelia senegalensis)------20
(1)
20
(1)
----
Namaqua Dove (Oena capensis)------20
(1)
40
(1)
----
White-browed Coucal (Centropus superciliosus)--------1
(1)
----
Common Swift (Apus apus)--------1
(2)
----
Pallid Swift (Apus pallidus)------1
(1)
------
African Palm-Swift (Cypsiurus parvus)------2
(1)
8
(1)
----
Grey-headed Kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala)--------2
(1)
----
White-throated Bee-eater (Merops albicollis)------1
(1)
35
(1)
----
Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis)------2
(1)
2
(1)
----
Abyssinian Roller (Coracias abyssinicus)--------2
(1)
----
Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops)------1
(1)
1
(1)
----
Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)------1
(1)
------
Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)--------2
(1)
----
Isabelline Shrike (Lanius isabellinus)--------1
(1)
----
Southern Grey Shrike (Lanius meridionalis)------3
(1)
------
House Crow (Corvus splendens)--------12
(1)
----
Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark (Eremopterix nigriceps)------15
(2)
------
Desert Lark (Ammomanes deserti)--------8
(1)
----
Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)------15
(1)
10
(1)
----
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)------300
(1)
200
(1)
----
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)------200
(1)
200
(1)
----
Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica)------20
(1)
------
White-spectacled Bulbul (Pycnonotus xanthopygos)------2
(1)
2
(1)
----
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler (Iduna pallida)--------2
(1)
----
Graceful Prinia (Prinia gracilis)------8
(1)
8
(1)
----
Arabian Babbler (Turdoides squamiceps)------1
(1)
------
Black Scrub-Robin (Cercotrichas podobe)------1
(1)
3
(1)
----
Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin (Cercotrichas galactotes)------5
(1)
2
(1)
----
Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)------1
(1)
------
Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus)--------1
(1)
----
Blackstart (Cercomela melanura)--------3
(1)
----
Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)------1
(1)
------
Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)--------1
(1)
----
Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)------4
(1)
------
Western Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)------6
(1)
60
(1)
----
Striolated Bunting (Emberiza striolata)------1
(1)
------
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting (Emberiza tahapisi)--------1
(1)
----
Arabian Golden Sparrow (Passer euchlorus)--------3
(1)
----
Rueppell's Weaver (Ploceus galbula)------40
(1)
30
(1)
----
African Silverbill (Euodice cantans)------2
(1)
------


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