Whilst birding the Jubail area in early June there
were still a few migrants around including over 30 Red-backed Shrikes, five
Spotted Flycatchers and a single late Pied Wheatear. Red-backed Shrike and
Spotted Flycatcher are typical late migrants with many records in June but Pied
Wheatear have normally passes by the end of May. I also saw a single
Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin a summer breeder, but a species rarely seen by me in
Jubail. Wader numbers have decreased markedly but a couple of Wood Sandpipers
were still about among the breeding Black-winged Stilts, Kentish Plovers and
Little Ringed Plovers.
