I visited Sabya Waste Water Lagoons three times
in July 2017 and saw a lot of good birds in the area. I explored further away
from the lagoons and found good areas of Acacia scrub and a well vegetated wadi
and a large rubbish dump that had started to be used in place of the original
dump. The rubbish dump had Abdim’s Storks and hundreds of Arabian Golden
Sparrows as well as some Ruppell’s Weavers. The wadi area had White-throated
Bee-eaters and White-browed Coucal. The pools held Purple Heron, Grey Heron, Little
Grebe, Glossy Ibis, Common Moorhens, Western Cattle Egrets, Greater Painted
Snipe, Spur-winged Lapwings, Common Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit and
Black-winged Stilts. The area around the pond had White-spectacled Bulbul,
Black Scrub Robin, Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark, White-browed Coucal, Crested
Lark and Green Bee-eaters. This site is an excellent birding location and one I
visit every time I am in the area and it always turns up good birds.
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| African Collared Dove |
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| Arabian Babbler |
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| Arabian Golden Sparrow |
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| Arabian Golden Sparrow |
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| Black-tailed Godwit |
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| Common Sandpiper |
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| Crested Lark |
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| Glossy Ibis |
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| Green Bee-eater |
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| Namaqua Dove |
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| Nile Valley Sunbird |
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| Spur-winged Lapwing |
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| Western Cattle Egret |
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| White-browed Coucal |
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| White-throated Bee-eater - juvenile |
