Birding the
Jubail area a week ago is quite interesting as you can see winter visitors and
spring migrants side by side. I saw a reasonable number of migrants as well as
a few winter visitors with wintering birds still around in small numbers
including Water Pipit, White Wagtail, Red-spotted Bluethroat and Greater
Spotted Eagle. Many of the Water Pipits and some Red-spotted Bluethroats are already in summer plumage and will be leaving very soon for their breeding grounds. Summer migrants were mainly Barn Swallows, Sand Martins, Pallid
Swifts and a few Yellow Wagtails of various subspecies but mainly Black-headed
Wagtail. A single Citrine Wagtail was present with the Yellow Wagtails and this
could either be a winter visitor as some winter in very small numbers or more
likely a passage migrant as March is the best month for seeing the species in
the Eastern Province of the Kingdom.
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| Water Pipit |
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| White Wagtail |
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| Greater Spotted Eagle |
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| Red-spotted Bluethroat |
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| Black-headed Wagtail |
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| Black-headed Wagtail |
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| Citrine Wagtail |
