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European Greenfinch VS Sparrowhawk
Passeriformes – Fringillidae – For a few days I have observed, from the corner of my eye a fairly large bird flying swiftly over and around my tent and above the feeding table making the passerine...
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The European sparrowhawk digesting his latest meal!
Accipiter nisus male – Accipitridae – Accipitriformes – He remained at 3 meters from me for exactly 22 minutes, calculated on the timing from the first pic to the last! Il s’est écoulé 22 minutes...
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Raptor Movement and La Janda News
It’s been another busy week here down on The Strait of Gibraltar. As the summer slowly comes to an end and autumn weather and shorter days signal birds to move slowly south, the skies above Cadiz...
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Eurasian Sparrowhawk (juvenile)
Some images of a juvenile Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) that I encountered this morning at Moriyama reclaimed land area. Read more...
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Thick fog and wet birds – Dhahran Hills
Very early morning the last couple of days has been hampered with thick fog. With the amount of dew about the surrounds looked very unfamiliar as all the trees and grass were covered in dew and many...
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Eastern Black Redstart – Al Khafah
Phil and I went to some extensive palm groves in a little village called Al Khafah near Nairyah looking for Hypocolius a species I am yet to see in Saudi Arabia. We had no luck with the Hypocolius but...
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North Caspian Taxon Caspian Stonechat – Dhahran Hills
Whilst birding the ‘patch’ the last few days I have seen a very smart male variegatus sub-species of Eastern (Siberian) Stonechat now know as NCT or Northern Caspian Taxon. As mentioned previously the...
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Pallid Swifts, House Martins and Barn Swallows
As mentioned a week or so ago the first signs of spring migration are appearing with the most obvious being the large numbers of Pallid Swifts seen over the pond and spray fields in the evening. The...
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Common Starlings and Eurasian Skylarks – Dhahran Hills
A couple of interesting groups of birds have been seen on the ‘patch’ in the last few days. The most interesting sighting was a group of 11 Common Starlings that were seen flying around the...
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Some Arabian Endemics near Taif – Wadi Thee Ghazal
On Saturday 17 January Phil Roberts and I went to Wadi Thee Ghazal near Taif. This is a well-vegetated wadi with large mature Juniper trees and other large plants and was a site where Arabian...
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Unusually patterned Eurasian Sparrowhawk – Sabkhat Al Fasl
Whilst birding at Sabkhat Al Fasl Phil Roberts and I found an unusually patterned Eurasian Sparrowhawk. The bird had large white spots on its mantle similar to that shown by Northern Goshawk, but the...
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Highlights from this year’s Spring Tour on The Strait of Gibraltar – April 2015
Here’s a quick photo summary of some of the birds we watched down in Andalucia on one of my spring birdwatching tours. Each spring we offer such small tour group holidays to go out in the field and...
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European Greenfinch VS Sparrowhawk
Passeriformes – Fringillidae – For a few days I have observed, from the corner of my eye a fairly large bird flying swiftly over and around my tent and above the feeding table making the passerine...
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The European sparrowhawk digesting his latest meal!
Accipiter nisus male – Accipitridae – Accipitriformes – He remained at 3 meters from me for exactly 22 minutes, calculated on the timing from the first pic to the last! Il s’est écoulé 22 minutesentre...
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Autumn Migration
Raptor and passerine migration is now well and truly underway in my region of Japan. The Chinese Goshawks have finished and now it is the turn of the Oriental Honey Buzzards, Grey-faced Buzzards,...
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