Zakher lake - Al Ain - 19 August 2012

[Jacky J]

Hi,
Back in UAE, i had a look at Zakher lake this morning.
Few waders and other migrants:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S11394931

Cheers,

[GregoryAskew]

For the 25/8, add 1 spoonbill, 1 male Little Bittern, 1 Slender-billed Gull, and 1 Ruff to Jacky's list.
G

Hi,
Back in UAE, i had a look at Zakher lake this morning.
Few waders and other migrants:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S11394931

Cheers,

[simonpeterlloyd]

1 male Little Bittern

I had a female Little Bittern on the 20th August.
Were they ever proven to have been breeding last year?

[Jacky J]

Hi,
I had a pair there on May 5th , then 2 observations of a single bird, on 6 July, and 1st August, (but I didnot record the sex...).
They might well be breeding.
Dave Clarck was searching for prove of breeding, last year if I remember well. He can tell us more, if he read this post...
Cheers,

[daveclark]

Hi - nice to see the little bitterns are still there after all the changes around the lake in the past 6 months - although I can not definitely prove it (with photos) the little bitterns almost certainly bred there last summer - the adult male and female were there all summer and on occasion I would see both of the adults in the open with another (that I could not see only hear) in the deep reeds (would not/could not fly).