Whilst birding the Jubail area on 29
September Phil and I came across a White-tailed Lapwing. This is a scarce
passage migrant that has sometimes wintered. The Jubail area and Dhahran are
the two best areas for locating the species in the Eastern Province, but having
said that I have only seen White-tailed Lapwing once in the Jubail area. White-tailed
Lapwing records scattered throughout the Kingdom but the Tabuk area having the
majority of recent records. Records from the Eastern Province are very scarce
with less than annual sightings in recent years although this may partly be due
to lack of observers. They are great waders with very district pattern in
flight. Birds are normally not easy to get close too and this one was no
exception.
