Christmas and the end of the year is rushing toward us and this is the penultimate survey of the year.
At the big tower, Common Chiffchaff's are now here in numbers
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| Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita) |
But, looking carefully through the multitudes, we were able to pick out Mountain Chiffchaff
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| Caucasian Mountain Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus lorenzii) |
And also found Indian Reed Warbler
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| Indian Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus s. brunnescens) |
Surveying the big pool from the tower, we added Continental Great Cormorant
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| Continental Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sinensis) |
A small flock of Mallards
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| Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) |
And the Pied Kingfisher seen last week (if it is still the same bird)
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| Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) |
In the desert area, Greater Spotted's were roosting in the dead trees
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| Greater Spotted Eagle (Aquila clanga) |
In the same open area, Daurian Shrikes were on the lookout for prey from the tops of the sabkha bushes
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| Daurian Shrike (Lanius isabellinus) |
Today we had European Stonechat
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| Female European Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola) |
On the way to the beach, the sunlight caught on this intricate spider's web
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| The intricacies of a Spider Web |
At the smaller shallow pool, a lone Greater Flamingo stood out like the proverbial sore thumb
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| Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) |
Dwarfing the Marsh Sandpiper feeding nearby
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| Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis) |
A female Pallid Harrier came in low from the beach, flushing everything in it's path
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| Female Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus) |
On the way to the beach, the White-tailed Lapwing's were in their 'usual' spot
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| White-tailed Lapwing (Vanellus leucurus) |
After our survey, we made a detour and had a walk around Jahra Farms, seeing Bank Myna's as we stopped the car at the farm
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| Bank Myna (Acridotheres ginginianus) |
In the fields we found Meadow Pipit
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| Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) |
And the normally very skittish Song Thrush
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| Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos) |
By now, it was time for our compulsory McDonald's breakfast stop on the way home
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