A good
gathering of pipits and larks is now underway in the spray fields at Dhahran
Hills with plenty of Water Pipits, probably over 50 birds with a few Tawny
Pipits and several Meadow Pipits mixed in. Meadow Pipit is an uncommon migrant
and winter visitor to the Eastern Province and has also been seen in Central
Arabia and northern Hejaz at these times. Trying to get good views of the
pipits in the long grass is very difficult, but I managed to get a few photographs
of them and the Eurasian Skylarks. I was hoping for an Oriental Skylark in
amongst them but saw and heard only Eurasian Skylarks. Very little else was
seen in the spray fields with the exception of two Daurian Shrikes and several
White Wagtails.
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| Meadow Pipit |
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| Eurasian Skylark |
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| Eurasian Skylark |
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| Daurian Shrike |