Jem's Birding & Ringing Exploits in the Eastern Province and elsewhere in Saudi Arabia
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23 May 2019
Dunlin in breeding plumage - Jubail
Whilst birding the Jubail area recently I saw a few summer plumaged
Dunlin, these birds are supposedly of the subspecies Calidris alpina
centralis. I rarely see Dunlin in summer plumage, so took the opportunity to
take a few photos and although the light was very poor but I did manage to
obtain a few average photos, shown below.C. a.
centralis breeds in north-east Siberia from Taymyr Peninsula to Kolyma
Delta and winters from the eastern Mediterranean and Red Sea eastwards to southern
Asia.