Louise & I spent the weekend exploring the Liwa area this weekend and managed to enjoy some early spring migrants as well as the stunning dunes. Bird diversity was pretty low, but things picked up when we managed to find areas of short grass, including roadside verges.
Stopping to check the verges & park at Madinat Zayed produced Song Thrush, Yellow Wagtail, Black Redstart and this stunning female Blue Rock Thrush.
Thanks Mark, nice write up. I love the Rock Thrushes. Regarding the honey buzzard: Wing structure suggests Crested I guess? i.e. six fingers