Dubai Pivot Fields, UAE

I'm making the best of my last few days off before I leave to live in Saudi Arabia at the end of this week and paid another visit to my local patch this morning. The rubbish pit now hosts three wood sandpiper and a european stonechat. The smaller of the two pivot fields still holds the sociable plover and three pacific golden plover. There were also several Richard's pipit on the short grass and skylarks on the ploughed areas.

White wagtail

Starling

I also flushed a immature marsh harrier with its avian prey (I'm not sure what it is but it looks suspiciously like a lapwing's wing... the bird that has been present for a week or so didn't seem to be around today).

Marsh harrier

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10 Grey francolin

1 Marsh harrier

3 Wood sandpiper

60 Red-wattled plover

1 Sociable plover

50 White-tailed plover

1 Black-winged stilt

100 Collared dove

50 Laughing dove

1 Little green bee-eater

3 Indian roller

5 Hoopoe

50 Crested lark

8 Skylark

5 Richard's pipit

40 Water pipit

6 Yellow wagtail

50 White wagtail

8 White-cheeked bulbul

2 Isabelline wheatear

1 Graceful prinia

1 Daurian shrike

1 Southern grey shrike

2 Starling

30 Common myna

300 House sparrow