Birding Jubail has been hard work over the last few weeks with very little if any migration noted. This meant that I concentrated on the water birds that are always present and easy to see. Wader wise the most unusual bird was a single distant Black-tailed Godwit. Common waders included Black-winged Stilt, Common Ringed Plover, Kentish Plover, Little Stint & Ruddy Turnstone. Other common birds seen that use the water included Slender-billed Gull, Caspian Tern & Common Moorhen. A more unusual species seen was Glossy Ibis, where we located three birds together and a further bird in a different area. This is a species we see every year in Jubail but normally only once or twice a year so was a welcome sighting.
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| Black-tailed Godwit |
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| Black-winged Stilt |
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| Black-winged Stilt |
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| Caspian Tern |
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| Common Moorhen |
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| Common Ringed Plover |
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| Glossy Ibis |
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| Kentish Plover |
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| Kentish Plover |
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| Little Stint |
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| Little Stint |
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| Ruddy Turnstone |
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| Ruddy Turnstone |
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| Slender-billed Gull |