Whilst ringing at Jubail recently
we have started to catch typical winter species. These include Common
Kingfisher, Water Pipit and Bluethroats. Water Pipits are not easy to catch as
they normally see the nets and skillfully avoid them but occasionally we get
lucky. The subspecies seen in Saudi Arabia is coutelli. Bluethroat numbers are steadily increasing with them
making up the majority of birds caught and involving adults and juveniles as
well as males and females. Common Kingfishers are always great to catch as they
are beautiful birds and are very gentle when in the hand. A more unusual bird
for late November was a Great Reed Warbler that is late for the species. They
normally move through in September and October with late birds seen in early
November. Other species trapped and ringed were resident ones such as House
Sparrow, Graceful Prinia and Indian Reed Warbler.
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| Water Pipit |
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| Water Pipit |
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| Common Kingfisher |
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| Red-spotted Bluethroat |
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| Red-spotted Bluethroat |
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| Great Reed Warbler |
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| Great Reed Warbler |
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| House Sparrow |
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| Graceful Prinia |
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| Indian Reed Warbler |
