Graham Langley went birding for a day in Jeddah on 13th September and mentioned he got up very early and took a taxi to the Southern Corniche, where there were shorebirds, gulls and tern everywhere although passerines were sadly short in number. Graham sent me his reocrds and kindly said I could put them on my website so here they are:-
Indian Reef Heron (Grey Morph)
Indian Reef Heron | common on shoreline, mostly dark phase birds |
Little Egret | 2 seen although I didn't bother sorting most from the above |
Eurasian Spoonbill | At least 25 on the pools near at the Corniche |
Greater Flamingo | Only two seen at the Corniche |
Western Marsh Harrier | A female northern end of Southern Corniche |
Crab Plover | One bird on sandbar offshore from Corniche |
Black-winged Stilt | Regular along the Corniche and at airport pools |
Spur-winged Plover | Six sen on Jeddah airport approach road |
Kentish Plover | Several at Corniche and on brackish pools inland |
Common Ringed Plover | Common on shore at Corniche |
Grey Plover | One at northern end of Southern Corniche |
Eurasian Curlew | One on sandbar offshore from Corniche |
Common Redshank | Several at Corniche. One at airport pools |
Common Greenshank | Several at Corniche. One at airport pools |
Marsh Sandpiper | One at Corniche, bizarrely on a seaweed covered shoreline pool |
Sanderling | Several on shoreline at Corniche |
Little Stint | Two on airport pools, scattered individuals at Corniche |
Curlew Sandpiper | Two on a brackish pool at Corniche |
Ruff | One on Airport pools |
Ruddy Turnstone | Very common on Corniche |
Lesser Crested Tern | Common offshore at Corniche |
Swift Tern | At least two birds probably this species not the above at Corniche |
Saunder’s Tern | Several 'little' terns at Corniche. At least one was a Saunders |
Whiskered Tern | Very common at the Corniche |
White-winged Tern | Several seen with Whiskered terns at the Corniche |
Sooty Gull | Regularly seen all along the Corniche |
Caspian Gull | One on a lamppost at northern end of Southern Corniche |
White-eyed Gull | a few seen along The Corniche |
Slender-billed Gull | regular individuals and small groups along the Corniche |
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse | 2 at Jeddah airport |
Rock Dove | Very common |
Eurasian Collared Dove | Common throughout |
Laughing Dove | A few seen, mainly on edge of the city and around the hotel |
Namaqua Dove | 5 seen on road from Corniche to Khoumrah town |
Desert Lark | Several seen on road from Corniche to Khoumrah town |
Crested lark | Common along road from Corniche to Khoumrah town |
Black-crowned Sparrow Lark | Flock of six on road from Corniche to Khoumrah town |
Barn Swallow | two birds heading south along Corniche |
African Rock Martin | Two birds around the hotel, nesting. |
Yellow Wagtail | A group of at least 10 over pools by Corniche, subsp unknown |
Southern Grey Shrike | One on fence near Jeddah Airport approach road |
Masked Shrike | One on fence between Khoumrah and the coast |
Yellow-vented Bulbul | Several on Airport approach road. Two at hotel |
Arabian Babbler | Two in acacia scrub between Khoumrah and the coast |
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler | One in trees in hotel car park |
Spotted Flycatcher | One in trees in hotel car park |
House Sparrow | Common everywhere |
Ruppell’s Weaver | Two 'singing' in car park trees in hotel |
Common Myna | Common everywhere |
House Crow | Common everywhere |
Brown-necked Raven | Two with house crows at Jeddah Airport terminal |
Fan-tailed Raven | One with house crows on rubbish dump at edge Khoumrah town |