

17/08/2008 at Jahra Farms and Sulaibikhat Bay

At Jahra Farms:

Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler 2 (seen by Khaled Al-Ghanem), Icterine Warbler 1, Masked Shrike 1, Upcher’s Warbler 1, White-throated Robin 1, Laughing Dove 6, Southern Grey Shrike 1, Barred Warbler 1.

At Sulaibikhat Bay:

Armenian Gull 2, Steppe Gull (Larus [cachinnans] barabensis) 20, Little Tern 98, Terek Sandpiper 100, Black-tailed Godwit 4, Eurasian Curlew 96, Bar-tailed Godwit 35, Grey Plover 40, Dunlin 20, Little Stint 50, Black-crowned Night Heron 1, Ruddy Turnstone 20, Grey Heron 60, Common Redshank 40, Greater Flamingo 250, Caspian Gull (eastern type) 2, Whimbrel 1, Little Egret 3, Caspian Tern 30,Gull-billed Tern 6.

Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans). Note the white in P10 which is typical of eastern cachinnans.


Armenian Gull.

Armenian Gull in flight, note how the black in wing is reduced in a similar fashion to that of some Steppe Gulls (barabensis).

Steppe Gull (L. barabensis).

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