Howard King

#Bahrain #Birds today, we have seen a flurry of reports of Redstarts. The ring was attached here

#Bahrain #Birds first Common Whitethroat of the spring passage recorded today

#Bahrain #Birds First returning Chiffchaff this spring recorded

Today’s #BirdoftheDay is #PrimaryColours and mine are yellow! A White-throated Sparrow and Horned Lark. I’ve been trying for a while to get a photo of the Lark’s “horns!”

According to Min of Interior, no injuries from the missile strikes, but since the initial attacks, over 25 other booms and bangs have been heard, 5 within the last 10 mins to my north

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#Bahrain #Birds My first intended weekend birding after returning was spoiled by the soggy orange baffoon. I shall also share the view from my window an hour ago, after one of the previous barrages had put a big hole in the US Navy base in Bahrain. Centre/Featured species is a Broad-billed Sandpiper

I am currently at home in the UK after the sudden death of a close family member - I SHALL RETURN to Bahrain after the funeral, but until then will not be posting anything in the meantime.

Masked shrike

An unusual picture of a Redshank

The annual post-breeding moult of a shorebird lasts about three months - that's as long as a successful breeding season.
Monitoring moult using digital cameras: wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/10/09/m...
#ornithology

#Bahrain #Birds #Hawar currently around the Hawar archipelago, over twenty pairs of Osprey are breeding. Last year, we fitted three of the chicks with satellite tags. One chick met a short end, being electrocuted in Saudi Arabia. The other two are well-spaced out but remain within the Gulf.

always a possibility however would be a first for the Gulf

#Bahrain #Birds I DO NOT KNOW what this is, it looks more like some experiment gone wrong, but certainly a duck.. Seen at the max of my 600mm lens through a chain link fence, suggestions as to species, singular or plural, most welcome

#Bahrain #Birds Black-winged Kite, in a matter of years, a species that has moved from being a vagrant to a regular winter visitor, two have already been observed so far this month.

#Bahrain #Birds a regular winter visitor, the Northern Lapwing

The best #songbird in my neighborhood is the spot-breasted oriole. They sing an evocative but short melody. Native to Central America, a few breeding pairs were introduced to Miami in 1949 and have an established but not invasive presence here. #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin #birds

#Bahrain #Birds Eversmann's Redstart, an irregular late autumn and spring migrant

Great Potoo Mother and Chick. #CostaRica #birding #birds #birdphotography #NaturePhotography #naturelovers #photographers #birdwatching #Bird

Another bird from our pelagic trip... White-chinned Petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis). The white chin is so tiny that you can't see it unless the bird is 2 meters away. 😀 #BirdingTasmania #BirdingAustralia #petrels #seabirds

From white-chinned to white-bellied. 😀 This adult White-bellied Sea Eagle (Ichtyophaga leucogaster) was following our boat for a while... no doubt hoping for a handout from all the fish guts we had on board. 😋 #BirdingTasmania #BirdingAustralia #eagles #seaeagles #raptors #birdsofprey

#Bahrain #Birds #Waders this weekend have been chasing waders. For most expected species, numbers seem normal; unfortunately, Broad-billed Sandpiper numbers seem much reduced. Could only find an occasional small group rather than the large flocks we are used to.

#Bahrain #Birds #Waders Marsh Sandpiper is a regular but numerically scarce winter visitor. Normally found close to fresh or brackish water, this one was found yesterday on the seashore.

#Bahrain #Birds #Waders a surfing Eurasian Oystercatcher

#Bahrain #Birds #Waders Good numbers of Eurasian Curlews (orientalis) on the shore today

#Bahrain #Birds Black Redstart is a regular wintering species, but in very small numbers

#Bahrain #Birds Common around the Gulf, but an irregular winter visitor here, a solitary Shelduck was seen at Ras Sanad Mangrove.

#Bahrain #Birds, probably the final appearance of the Blue Rock Thrush on the Jebel Duhkan before it finally disappears southward

The lovely linnet. 🪶