Paul Wells has been doing his usual patch of Dhahran near the golf
course and has been seeing the usual fare of Shrikes and Wheatears on the golf
course. He did manage to see two Egyptian Nightjars on 18 March that were
incredibly hard to spot, especially against the wet sand at the moment. He only
knew they were there because he almost stepped on one. I have seen a few around
the camp over the years but never one in March before. They may be starting to
breed in the area hence March records occurring as I have heard of other March
records in the Eastern Province this year. I thank Paul for sending me the details and for allowing me to use his photo shown below.
