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Howard King @birdsofbahrain.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#Bahrain #Birds Greater Sandplover, currently it's hard to find a piece of shore without some

Howard King @birdsofbahrain.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#Bahrain #Birds TAKEN INTO CARE found last week exhausted, unable to fly on a beach but is it, a Juvenile Pallid or Montagues Harrier - currently at the vets, it will be nursed back to health and released

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Howard King @birdsofbahrain.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

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

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Howard King @birdsofbahrain.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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

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Howard King @birdsofbahrain.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

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

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Howard King @birdsofbahrain.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

#Bahrain #Birds Marsh Sandpiper, a scarce but regular migrant wader

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Howard King @birdsofbahrain.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

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

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Howard King @birdsofbahrain.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

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

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Howard King @birdsofbahrain.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

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

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Howard King @birdsofbahrain.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

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

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Howard King @birdsofbahrain.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

#Bahrain #Birds Squacco Heron now a regular breeding species

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Howard King @birdsofbahrain.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

#Bahrain #Birds. 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

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Howard King @birdsofbahrain.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

#Bahrain #Birds Previously scarce, almost vagrant, both the Spur-winged and Red-wattled Lapwing are now locally breeding residentS. This year, there are two pairs of the former and seven pairs of the latter.

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Howard King @birdsofbahrain.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

#Birds #Bahrain Bridled Terns are a regular spring migrant and summer-breeding species. They have the longest breeding cycle of all our terns, over 90 days

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Howard King @birdsofbahrain.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

#Birds #Bahrain Saunders's Tern chick not long to go before it flies

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Howard King @birdsofbahrain.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

#Bahrain #Birds I just received a message from our #BTO ringer Abdullah Al Kaab that he had just recovered a White -cheeked Tern he had first ringed as a chick here on 13/6/2011, making it 15 years old

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Howard King @birdsofbahrain.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

#Bahrain #Birds Lesser Crested Tern, one of many that breed each summer, mostly on small uninhabited offshore islands.

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Howard King @birdsofbahrain.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

#Bahrain #Birds White-cheeked Tern, a widespread summer breeding migrant that will depart south from October into early November

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Paul @vivthesetter.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

A few snaps from my trip to #Northumberland last weekend. 1/3 Tern #UKBirding #Birds #nature #wilfdlife 📷 Arctic Tern 📷 Arctic Tern 📷 Arctic and female American Black Tern 📷 2 Roseate and 1 Sandwich Tern

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Howard King @birdsofbahrain.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

#Bahrain #Birds Greenshank bookends, the only two migrant waders I found on the shore yesterday

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Howard King @birdsofbahrain.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

#Bahrain #Birds A late addition to migrants passing through, a Spoonbill

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Howard King @birdsofbahrain.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

#Bahrain #Birds Locally numerous breeding male Kentish Plover

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Howard King @birdsofbahrain.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

#Bahrain #Birds Clamorous Reed Warbler, a breeding, residential species

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Howard King @birdsofbahrain.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

#Birds #Bahrain Environmental issues, a consequence of Trump's Gulf war, must now include early departure of 99% of wintering migrant wader species - after 700-plus disruptive intercept explosions, today's migrant wader count was zero, breeding tern count 1 pair Saunders's

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Howard King @birdsofbahrain.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

#Bahrain #Birds getting out & about has been difficult; however, key species were seen: Lesser Grey Shrike, Roller, Starling, and White-throated Robin. Tiny Bahrain, only 780 sq km, intercepted 97% = 515 Iranian drones and 194 missile attacks, alas also suffering three killed and nearly 50 injured.

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Howard King @birdsofbahrain.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

#Bahrain #Birds Curlew Sandpipers, won't be long before they depart

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Howard King @birdsofbahrain.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

#Bahrain #Birds In 1992, only 18 Squacco Herrons were recorded for the year, with none between October and January. Today, the species is now a prolific breeding resident with numbers in the hundreds at a variety of wetland sites.

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Howard King @birdsofbahrain.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

#Bahrain #Birds A Tree Pipit, a common regular spring passage migrant

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Howard King @birdsofbahrain.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

#Bahrain #Birds The beauty of spring birds, The Woodchat Shrike :

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Howard King @birdsofbahrain.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

#$Bahrain #Birds Greater Sand Plover, having been the subject of a recent split, the suggested new name is Desert Sand Plover. A bad choice IMO, it spends 9 months of its life cycle on the coast in places like Bahrain.

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Howard King @birdsofbahrain.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

#Bahrain #Birds today no peace at all. As the Holy month of Ramadan came to a close, we were subjected to a massive air raid. Outcome unknown? The building I live in trembled during the numerous blasts. Bahrain fits into an area smaller than metropolitan London, a threat to whom, so WHY

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Howard King @birdsofbahrain.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

#Bahrain #Birds Citrene Wagtail among the many wagtails currently on passage northwards

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Howard King @birdsofbahrain.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

#Bahrain #Birds You can always tell when spring has arrived by the birds that you see. Blue Rock Thrush

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Howard King @birdsofbahrain.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

#Bahrain #Bird At the moment, birding is difficult to say the least, with 288 missiles and drone interceptions. The stories of the ones that hit and exploded on this tiny island, beyond the pale. Was out this morning 5 enormous bangs overhead startled the birds as usual among them a Willow Warbler

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Howard King @birdsofbahrain.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

#Bahrain #Birds Baltic Gull, quite a few around on most beaches. So dark compared to all the many other types thay are easy to spot

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Brian Smith @briansmith-photos.eurosky.social · 09/03/2026

The photogenic Clark's Grebe from yesterday also gave me a #SideProfile, just before turning a little towards me, so today's #BirdoftheDay gets the same bird. #Birds #ECK 🪶

A Clark's Grebe paddling right to left of frame in calm water which looks black due to a dark boat reflection that the grebe is sitting in. Strking red eye is visible, as are the feet at the back and the orange/yellow pointed bill.

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Howard King @birdsofbahrain.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

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

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Howard King @birdsofbahrain.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

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

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