Mohammed Al-Ruqaya a local birdwatcher and excellent photographer went back
out to Sabkhat Al Fasl last weekend and managed to take a number of
excellent photos of some of the birds he has seen there. Mohammed has kindly sent
me some of his photos and allowed me to use them on my website which are
reproduced below. The herons are quite common at the site with Little Bittern being very numerous and seen almost every trip there and Purple Heron less so
although still seen regularly. The other two species Mohammed has sent photos
of are much less common. Black Kite is seen yearly in small numbers but Masked
Shrike is a much less common bird although seen most years. Having Mohammed
birding the area and taking photos is helping add data ti the species of this
site that would have otherwise gone unrecorded and is improving the data set of
both Sabkhat Al Fasl and the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.
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| Black Kite |
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| Masked Shrike |
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| Purple Heron |
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| Little Bittern - juvenile |