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Saudi Arabia’s largest ever gathering of Black-necked Grebe - Uqair
Whilst birding the Uqair area on the edge of the Arabian Gulf with Phil Roberts in late November, I came across a large group of Black-necked Grebes. Phil had is scope with him and after confirming their identification and number totaling over one hundred birds we scanned the entire visible bay. We found several more groups and smaller numbers scattered around and estimated the total to be well over 500 birds. The birds were very active feeding and diving so an accurate count was impossible. They were also mainly well offshore and did not approach the coast itself whilst we were present. Large numbers of fifty or more have been recorded in the Half Moon Bay area 50 kilometres north of this record, but no numbers as large as this have been noted. Our previous largest group was 192 birds at an inland lake at Dawmat Al Jandal, Jouf province in the northwest of the Kingdom in January 2019. This is the largest ever ga
Large gathering of Hypocolius - Uqair
Hypocolius is a species that many birdwatchers would like to see as it is a family on its own. They are quite difficult to see as they occur in regions that are not so easy to access like Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Hypocolius is a short-distance migrant. Small numbers remain in western Iran throughout year but the majority migrate south and east to their main wintering areas in southern Iran, Pakistan, western India, west and central Saudi Arabia, and Arabian Gulf States (notably Bahrain). Departure from the breeding areas mainly occurs in August with birds arriving back in April. In Saudi Arabia as a whole, they are an uncommon, but may be a locally common winter visitor to Central Arabia, Northern Hejaz, Hejaz and Northern Red Sea. Flocks of over 100 birds have been recorded in Riyadh each winter. This winter more than 150 birds are present near Uqair fort and I managed to take a few photos of the birds despite them being very flighty and n