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Howard King
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I'm not a photographer, only a Birder with a camera.
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#Bahrain #Birds #Herons Purple Heron of the 160 or so that passed over last month, many more than normal, decided to stop over and enjoy the local cuisine
November 15, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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#Bahrain #Birds this year, we are seeing a marked decline in the number of both Willow Warblers (Pic) and Chiffchaff passing. Other common species, so far so good, with some species like Whitethroat showing well.
November 15, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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#Bahrai #Birds Never numerous, Paliid Harries are a constant throughout the winter
November 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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#Bahrain #Birds Our smallest migrant winter visitor is the Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana.
November 12, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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#Bahrain #Birds The loneliest bird in the Eastern Paleartic (population of one) arrived in the spring of 2024, and amazingly, it is still here. The Black Heron, an African species, is surviving well in the tidal pools at the rear of Sanad Mangrove.
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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#Bahrain #Birds #passage Masked Shrike, European Stonechat, a Water Pipit and White Wagtail, all four winter visitors
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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#Bahrain #Birds: The influx of Pied Kingfishers continues, with the total now standing at 18; normally, it's one or occasionally two. They have been found in a variety of habitats, from coastal mangroves to golf course lakes.
November 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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#Bahrain #Birds European Kingfisher, a regular winter visitor in small numbers.
November 8, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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#Bahrain #Birds #Waders After a day's vigorous mudlarking, a bath is essential. Whimbrel
November 7, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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#Bahrain #Birds plus a #Camel or two
November 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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#Bahrain #Birds #Waders essential moult maintenance, Black-tailed Godwit
November 4, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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#Bahrain #Birds the delicate touch of a small foot, Little Stint
November 4, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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#Bahrain #Birds 4th national record Greater White Fronted Goose Sanad mangrove pools 2 Nov 2025 Frank Gardner & Howard King.
November 3, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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#Bahrain #Birds: Skylarks are a common and numerous winter visitor
November 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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#Bahrain #Birds Bluethroat: After a slow start, numbers are now beginning to increase; however, only a few individual birds will remain for the winter.
October 31, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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#Bahrain #Birds #Waders Bar-tailed Godwit (yamalensis) a common wintering species as seen yesterday (29/10/25) in full winter plumage
October 30, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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#Bahrain #Birds Hypocolius, a special Middle East endemic here as a winter visitor. They started arriving around the 23rd of October this year; so far, we have counted 60+, but expect the number to reach hundreds.
October 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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#Bahrain #Birds #Waders Greater Sandplover over 300 at one of many roosts on the shore with early morning high tides this week. Variety is in the eye of the beholder, or needed DNA studies
October 29, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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#Bahrain #Birds Pacific Golden Plover, a regular but scarce, numerically, winter visitor
October 27, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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#Bahrain #Birds Southern Grey Shrike, a residential and partial migrant species.
October 26, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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#Bahrain #Birds the small areas of coastal mangrove around Tubli Bay do provide cover around its pools of open water sanctuary for a variety of ducks. Currently, Shoveller, Garganey and Mallard are the most numerous, with Gadwall, Pintail and Teal starting to arrive.
October 23, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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#Bahrain #Birds we usually have one or two Pied Kingfiers each winter but currently we have five possibly six in a small influx at Ras Sanad mangrove reserve
October 21, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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#Bahrain #Birds European Nightjar -- Not my photo, it was taken by a friend, Pakur Pradesh, using a borrowed Z9 with an 800mm lens in fading light yesterday evening.
October 20, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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#Bahrain #Birds Ruff, a common winter visitor, more often to farmland than the shore.
October 19, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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#Bahrain #Birds Turkestan Shrike, always confiding when approached cautiously. A wintering species with seasonal peaks during migration passages
October 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM