QNHG Birdwatching Outings 2016 Sightings lists and photographs 04 Mar 16: North Coast 05 Mar 16: Irkaya Farm 1. Mallard Anus platyrhynchos Y 2. Northern Shoveler Anus clypeata Y 3. Garganey Anus querquedula Y 4. Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Y 5. Grey Francolin Francolinus pondicerianus Y Y 6. Common Quail Coturnix coturnix Y 7. Little Grebe Tachbaptus ruficollis ruficollis Y 8. Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Y 9. Black Necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis Y 10. Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus Y Y 11. Black Crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Y 12. Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Y 13. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Y Y 14. Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Y 15. Little Egret Egretta garzetta Y 16. Indian Reef Heron Egretta (galuris) schistacea Y 17. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo carbo Y Y 18. Socotra Cormorant Phalacrocorax nigrogularis Y 19. Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus haliaetus Y 20. Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga Y 21. Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Y 22. Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Y Y 23. Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Y 24. Long Legged Buzzard Butoe rufinus rufinus Y 25. Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Y 26. Eurasian Coot Fulica atra Y 27. Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Y 28. Black Winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Y Y 29. Red- wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus Y 30. White Tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus Y 31. Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola Y 32. Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Y 33. Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Y 34. Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus Y Y 35. Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii Y 36. Common Snipe Gallinula gallinula Y 37. Bar- tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica Y 38. Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus Y 39. Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata Y 40. Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus Y 41. Common Redshank Tringa totanus Y Y 42. Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatillis Y 43. Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia Y Y 44. Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Y 45. Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Y 1
46. Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Y 47. Great Knot (possible) Calidris tenuirostris Y 48. Sanderling Calidris alba Y 49. Little Stint Calidris minuta Y Y 50. Dunlin Calidris alpina Y 51. Ruff Philomachus pugnax Y 52. Slender Billed Gull Chroicephalus genei Y Y 53. Common Black- headed Gull Chroicephalus ribundus Y Y 54. Great Black- headed Gull Larus ichthyaetus Y Y 55. Steppe Gull Larus (fuscus/heuglini) barabensis Y 56. Gull- billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Y 57. Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Y 58. Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalenis Y 59. Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Y Y 60. White- winged tern Chlidonias leucopterus Y 61. Feral Pigeon/Dove Columba livia forma domestica Y Y 62. Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Y Y 63. Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis Y Y 64. Namaqua Dove Oena capensis Y 65. Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Y Y 66. Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops Y Y 67. Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Y 68. Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Y Y 69. Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Y Y 70. Mauryan Grey Shrike Lanius [excubitor] lahtora Y Y 71. Arabian Grey Shrike Lanius [excubitor] aucheri Y 72. Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator Y Y 73. Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Y 74. Greater Hoopoe- Lark Aleamon aluadipes Y 75. Greater Short- toed lark Calandrella brachydactyla Y 76. Crested Lark Galerida cristata Y Y 77. White- eared Bulbul Pycnonotus (leucogenys) leucotis Y Y 78. Red- vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer Y 79. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Y Y 80. Pale Crag Martin Ptyonprogne (fuligula) obsoleta Y 81. Common House Martin Delichon urbicum Y Y 82. Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita collybita Y 83. Indian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus (stenoreus) brunnescens Y 84. Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca Y 85. Eastern Orphean Warbler Sylvia crassirostris Y 86. Asian Desert Warbler Sylvia nana Y Y 87. Menetries's Warbler Sylvia mysacea Y 88. Common Myna Acridotheres ginginianus Y Y 89. Song Thrush Turdus philmelos Y 90. Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus samamisicus Y 91. Eastern Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros semirufus Y Y 92. Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Y Y 93. European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Y 94. Western Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Y Y 95. Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe monacha Y Y 2
96. Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Y 97. Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Y Y 98. Indian House Sparrow Passer domesticus indicus Y Y 99. Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Y 100. Indian Silverbill Lonchura malabarica Y 101. Black- headed Wagtail Motacilla (flava) feldegg Y 102. Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Y 103. White Wagtail Motacilla alba Y Y 104. Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Y 105. Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Y 106. Corn Bunting Embiriza calandra Y Also: Indo- Pacific Hump- backed Dolphin Sousa chinensis at Al Ruwais West Headland on 04 Mar 2016. Above: Eurasian Hoopoe, Al Mafjar, 04 Mar 2015 Neil G Morris 3
Above: Masked Shrike, Al Shamal Park, 04 Mar 2015 Neil G Morris Above: Daurian Shrike, Al Shamal Park, 04 Mar 2015 Neil G Morris 4
Above: Eastern Black Redstart, Al Ruwais West Headland, 04 Mar 2015 Neil G Morris Above: Blue Rock Thrush, Ras Al Shindwee, 04 Mar 2015 Neil G Morris 5
Above: Eastern Orphean Warbler, near Doha, 03 Mar 2015 Neil G Morris (As seen at Ras Al Shindwee on 04 Mar 2016) Above: Siberian Stonechat, Al Mafjar, 04 Mar 2015 Neil G Morris 6
Above: Asian Desert Warbler, near Doha, 03 Mar 2015 Neil G Morris (As seen at Al Ruwais West Headland on 04 Mar 2016) Above: Woodchat Shrike, Al Mafjar, 04 Mar 2015 Neil G Morris 7
Above: Indian Reed Warbler, near Doha, 03 Mar 2015 Neil G Morris (As seen at Irkaya Farm on 05 Mar 2016) Above: Greater Spotted Eagle, Irkaya Farm, 05 Mar 2015 Neil G Morris 8
Above: Yellow- spotted (Blue- headed) Agama, Irkaya Farm, 05 Mar 2015 Neil G Morris With thanks to Peter Shellard for recording the sightings during both trips. And with thanks to Simon Tull and Peter Shellard for their assistance in finding and pointing out the birds! NGM 09.03.2016 9