Mats was out birding the camp whilst I was away
ringing terns in Bahrain and reports a rather good morning better the last
week-ends. Two Crested Honey Buzzards lifted at 04 55 from the trees where I
have seen these before, one came back at 05 25 (see photograph). Mats walked
around on the golf course for about one hour but did not find any signs of a
nest. Mats also saw two Rufous-tailed
Scrub Robin at the Golf course, and uncommon summer breeder in the Eastern
Province. Mats also found a Red-vented Bulbul and nest another uncommon
resident of the camp, with very few records each year. Around the percolation
and settling ponds were 20 Black-winged Stilts, two Kentish Plovers, four Eurasian
Hoopoes, three Namaqua Doves, three Pallid Swift and a Green Sandpiper. Mats sent me the two photos below of a couple of the good birds he saw and has kindly allowed me to use them on my website.
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| Crested Honey Buzzard |
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| Red-vented bulbul |
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| Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin |