Birdwatching on the Farasan Islands was excellent with very close views of birds possible due their lack of fear of humans. Great views of the common Greater Hoopoe Lark and Black-crowned Sparrow Lark were obtained with the views of the Sparrow-Lark probably better than anywhere else in the Kingdom I have seen them. The shoreline had numerous wader species in very good numbers with Crab Plover, Bar-tailed Godwit, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, Greater Sand Plover, Ruddy Turnstone, Whimbrel and Kentish Plover seen. Other species seen included Sooty Gull, Pink-backed Pelican, Western Reef Heron and Western Osprey. Inland and in the mangroves were Purple Heron, Barn Swallow, Egyptian Vulture, Common Cuckoo, Graceful Prinia and Black Scrub Robin.
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| Bar-tailed Godwits |
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| Black-crowned Sparrow Lark |
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| Black Scrub Robin |
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| Common Sandpiper |
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| Crab Plover |
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| Graceful Prinia |
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| Greater Hoope-lark |
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| Pink-backed Pelican |
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| Pink-backed Pelican |
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| Eurasian Oystercatcher |
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| Purple Heron |
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| Western Osprey |