FNDF- F Port beach and Khor Kalba 3rd May 2011

[drrezakhan]

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FNDF-Goat farm on 3<SUP>rd</SUP> May, 9am to 12 noon, very windy and dusty<o:p></o:p>
1. Lone Eastern cattle Egret amongst cattle under shed<o:p></o:p>
2. 1 possibly Blyth’s Pipit- see pic, short legs and tail, darker brown<o:p></o:p>
3. 16 Lesser Kestrel<o:p></o:p>
4. 1 Common Kestrel over Goat farm-FNDF road<o:p></o:p>
5. 1 Wood Sandpiper<o:p></o:p>
6. 1 Winchat male<o:p></o:p>
7. 15 Barn Swallow<o:p></o:p>
8. 4 crag/sand martin? Could not focus camera on them as it was too windy<o:p></o:p>
9. 2 European bee-eater<o:p></o:p>
10. 2 European Roller<o:p></o:p>
11. + 20 RW Lapwing
12. 1 DEAD LITTLE TERN?<o:p></o:p>
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FUJAIRAH PORT BEACH
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300+ Sooty Gull
14 Bridled Tern
200 Common Tern
20 White-ceeked Tern
200 Little Tern
1 reef Heron
8 Slender-billed Gull
25 Sanderling
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KHOR KALBA FISHING BAY
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80 Sooty Gull
50 Lesser Crested Tern
5 Sandwich tern
30 Common tern
30 Sanderling
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Mangrove by bridge
2 curlew
2 Bar-tailed Godwit
12 Slender-billed Gull
+39, possibly Curlew Sandpiper/Dunlin as they were against the sun, see pic

[MarkS]

Hi Reza

Think your pipit might be a Red-throat - there's something about the grey-browness that says RTP to me. Zooming in shows it to have a yellow-based bill with dark tip and a hint of some colour coming through on the throat.

Your waders look a bit Dunlin-ish - not leggy enough for Curl Sands.

As for your tern - yep, it's dead.

[drrezakhan]

Hi Marek
You are right in both counts. Thanks a lot.
Best wishes
reza Khan