The percolation pond has been
very quiet for birds since it was drained last year with very few birds of note
being seen. There has, however, been a steady build up in the numbers of Little
Grebes seen and they now number well over forty birds. A few of them have
started building nests from the weed that is abundant in the pond and soon
there will be little stripy chicks following their parents. Now, at least the
adults are sitting on eggs and enlarging their nests. The Little Grebe is a
common breeding species on a number of wetland sites in the Eastern Province
with Dhahran and Sabkhat Al Fasl being the best locations for them to breed.
