Phil
Roberts was birding near Jubail 19 December 2015 when he came across an unusual
small Bunting feeding on the ground on a dirt track. He took a couple of
photographs of the bird that proved it was a Little Bunting. This is an
excellent record for the Kingdom with only two previous records as far as I am
aware, one on the east side of the country and one on the west side, as
follows:
One at the
old Dammam Marsh 3 December 1976
One at Haql
18 October 2013
Phil told a
few people about his record and the bird was seen later the same day in the
same place by a couple of other local birders. I thank Phil for letting me know
about the bird and kindly allowing me to use a couple of his photographs on my
website that are shown below.
