Whilst birding near Jubail Phil and I found a
group of over 50 Common House Martins associating with a flock of similar
numbers of Barn Swallows. The Common House Martin is a common passage migrant,
which moves very early in the spring. Their spring passage is quite spread out
and lasts until mid-March although stragglers occur until May. The return
autumn passage is short occurring in September and early October. It is always
nice to see this species and worth checking thoroughly for the as yet
unrecorded in Saudi Arabia Asian House Martin.
