Lesser Grey News Today

Graham Gordon concludes his summary of a memorable season surveying in the Arabian desert.

Graham Gordon was drafted in to spend several weeks surveying in the Arabian desert earlier this year, where migrant birds enthralled him with their feats of endurance.

Graham Gordon was drafted in to spend several weeks surveying in the Arabian desert earlier this year, where migrant birds enthralled him with their feats of endurance.

Graham Gordon was drafted in to spend several weeks surveying in the Arabian desert earlier this year, where migrant birds enthralled him with their feats of endurance.

Large numbers of Shrikes – Jubail Whilst birding Jubail at end of April, a number of migrants were recorded including more than sixty shrikes. The majority of shrikes were Red-backed Shrikes although good numbers of Turkestan Shrikes were also seen along with five Lesser Grey Shrikes. These were my first records of the spring for Lesser Grey Shrike, one of the least common of the passage migrant shrikes through the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. Apart from shikes, the wader numbers were s...