All photographs were taken in the evening ( 30 minutes before sunset).

Sanderling Calidris alba

Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa

Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica

Size comparison: Black-tailed Godwit (left) Bar-tailed Godwit (right)

Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus

Ruddy Turnstone 10, Greater Sand Plover 15, Lesser Sand Plover 1, Kentish Plover 10, Slender-billed Gull 20, Armenian Gull 2, Steppe Gull, Little Stint 30, Curlew Sandpiper 20, Greater Flamingo 700, Terek Sandpiper 2, Indian Reef Heron 4.

Doha Spit:

Ruddy Tunstone 30, Crab Plover 130, Eurasian Oystercatcher 20, Terek Sandpiper 20, Common Redshank 30, Curlew Sandpiper 10.

Little Stint Calidris minuta moulting into winter plumage

Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula

Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii in winter plumage

Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius atrifrons (right) and Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus (left)

Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus

Common Rosefinch 2, Barn Swallow 4, European Roller 4, Upcher’s Warbler 4, Great Reed Warbler 5, Eurasian Hoopoe 10, European Bee-eater 20, Black-headed Bunting 10, Sand Martin 15, Cattle Egret 4, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler 2, Byzantine Stonechat 2, Isabelline Wheatear 15, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 1.

Byzantine Stonechat Saxicola maurus armenicus this is probably first winter male it had dark arm pit and no white in tail, the rump was white with some orangey patches. The tail had pale fringes and tips to outer tail feathers.

Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus.

This individual (recognized by the missing foot) was seen in August 2007, then in the same spot on 18/08/2008, in 2009 I have not been to the same spot and again this year on 26/08/2010 500m from previous spot.

Armenian Gull Larus armenicus an adult note the short blunt-tiped bill, bill not as glossy as that of Steppe Gull below, steep forehead, round head and dark iris

Armenian Gull Larus armenicus first winter plumage (left) note the steep forehead short bill and rounded head.

Steppe Gull Larus fuscus/heuglini barabensis (right) note the long bill, 45° angled flat chest and belly and flat forehead.

Common Whitethroat Sylvia curruca

Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala

Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina

Whinchat Saxicola rubetra

Isabelline Wheatear 10, Common Moorhen 6, White-throated Kingfisher 1, Wood Sandpiper 1, House Sparrow 1000, Black-headed Bunting 2, Common Myna 3, Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark 3, European Roller 3, Barn Swallow 80, Sand Martin 20, Crested Lark 10, Collared Dove 100, Laughing Dove 10, Namaqua Dove 5.

Jahra Farms:

Upcher’s Warbler 5, Common Whitethroat 4, Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin 2, Namaqua Dove 3, Bank Myna 10, Common Myna 3.

Jahra Pool was mostly dry:

Little Grebe 1, Wood Sandpiper 1, Little Stint 5, Yellow Wagtail 10, Black-winged Stilt 5.

Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps

Upcher’s Warbler Hippolais languida

Isabelline Wheatear 32, Upcher’s Warbler 18, Marsh Warbler 1, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler 1, Whitethroat 8, Barn Swallow 20, Sand Martin 1, Black-headed Bunting 4, European Bee-eater 28, European Reed Warbler 1, Great Reed Warbler 4, Rose-coloured Starling 2, Eurasian Hoopoe 13, European Roller 7, Yellow Wagtail 20, Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin 3, Collared Dove 4, House Sparrow 200.

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida

Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris

Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes

Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala

Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus

European Roller Coracias garrulus

Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor

Pivot Fields: It was very quiet but I did see some birds; Isabelline Wheatear 1, European Roller 1, Eurasian Hoopoe 1, Barn Swallow 100, Collared Dove 10.

JEO: Greater Flamingo 180, Little Stint 500, Ruddy Turnstone 10, Oystercatcher 10, Little Tern 10, ?Blacl-winged Stilt 20, Slender-billed Gull 20, Common Redshank 8, Ruff 20, Eurasian Curlew 100, Common Sandpiper 2, Caspian Tern 20, Gull-billed Tern 2.

Jahra Farms:
Great Reed Warbler 2, European Roller 1, Upcher’s Warbler 6, Spotted Flycatcher 1, Common Whitethroat 2, Bluethroat 1, Bank Myna 10, Common Myna 3, White-eared Bulbul 6.

Sulaibikhat Club:
Little Tern 60, Terek Sandpiper 89, Common Redshank 2, Crab Plover 18, Gull-billed Tern 10, Slender-billed Gull 100, Greater Sand Plover 2, Eurasian Curlew 10.

Hospital Area:
House Crow 1, Little Stint 30, Caspian Tern 1, Ruddy Ternstone 4, Slender-billed Gull 100, Curlew Sandpiper 20, Greater Sand Plover 2, Lesser Sand Plover 1.

Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica an adult

Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica a first autumn

Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea

Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei a first autumn

Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

Indian Reef Heron Egretta gularis schistacea a first autumn white morph.

At Al-Abraq: Upcher’s Warbler 3, Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin 2, European Roller 3, Eurasian Hoopoe 5, Black-headed Bunting 1, Isabelline Wheatear 2, Barn Swallow 10, Collared Dove 8, Laughing Dove 10, Cattle Egret 3.

At Jahra Farms: Upcher’s Warbler 4, White-throated Kingfisher 2.

Upcher’s Warbler Hippolais languida