#Bahrain #Birds breeding season for the 25+ pairs of Osprey on the HAWAR ISLANDS is about to begin

#Bahrain #Birds Chiffchaff

#Bahrain #Birds a brace of Snipe, but are they all common

#Bahrain #Birds Migrating wintering Terns Gull-billed and White Winged

#Bahrain #Birds among the plovers and small waders, a Broad-billed Sandpiper takes refuge.

#Bahrain #Bird Blue-Cheeked Bee-eater

#Bahrain #Birds Got rear-ended by a Little Grebe

#Bahrain #Birds Ruff are a regular long-staying, often full winter migrant

#Bahrain #Birds Marsh Sandpiper a scarce but regular winter visitor

Bahrain #Birds Juvenile Collared Pratincole, a regular late summer migrant

#Bahrain #Birds #Waders Greenshank

#Birds #Bahrain #Waders are arriving in good numbers: Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint, Common Redshank

#Birds #Bahrain Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin is an early summer migrant breeding species.

#Bahrain #Birds It's never been anywhere near Tibet, so it remains to me at least for now, a Lesser Sand Plover

#Bahrain #Birds #Waders Bar-tailed Godwits, early returns

#Bahrain #Birds #Waders Kentish Plover

#Bahrain #Birds Socotra Cormorant incoming

#Birds #Bahrain White-cheeked Tern on the nest with at least two chicks. The species has water-absorbent breast feathers, which help keep chicks cool in the nest through evaporation.

#Bahrain had a near miss this morning with an incoming gift from Iran; they hit a nearby building penthouse. No injuries, but the next building, on its line, was a HOSPITAL. Back to more amiable incoming objects in flight, Lesser Crested Terns