Phil and I
went for our winter birding trip to the spray fields north of Jubail in the
Qaryat Al Ulya area last weekend. We normally go to see if we can find any
wintering birds of prey as well as winter larks and buntings. We had three
large eagles at some distance but were unable to identify any of them with a
few Common Kestrels in the spray fields. Most birds seen were larks, pipits and
buntings with plenty of Tawny Pipits and Water Pipits in the fields. We found two
Corn Buntings feeding in a short crop field, a not too common species as well
as a large flock of 50+ Greater Short-toed Larks with ten Eurasian Skylarks.
Larks seen on the edge of the fields included Desert Lark and Black-crowned
Sparrow Lark and a single Bar-tailed Lark a species I have seen on only
three occasions in Kingdom so a good bird for me.
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| Tawny Pipit |
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| Corn Bunting |
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| Corn Bunting |
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| Bar-tailed Lark |
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| Bar-tailed Lark |