After seeing so many Hume's, this bird was spotted this morning by my daughter Sarah. I had her on the lookout for a Hooded Wheatear as we drove through the wadi! It was hopping on and off the wall at the side of the road through the village. By now others have also seen it, so hopefully there should be a few more photos soon.
Regards,
Steve
Thx for the update
The bird is still there
Wow
The star is still present today from 11am to 2:30pm
Thanks again to Steve for getting the news out quickly enough for the mega-twitch to take place. And great to see everyone who turned up!
And for the twitchers in the days to come: Drive to the pink waste-bin and park here: 25.481514N,56.137583E Walk to the bottom of the new wall (looks like a dam wall, but it's not) here: 25.482132N,56.139507E Check the top of the wall. Ot perches here quite often, sometimes with a Hume's Wheatear. You could also drive or even better, walk, up to the top of the wall from here: 25.480750N,56.141315E If it's not present here, climb the hill with the antennae, here: 25.481061N,56.138620E It has been seen around the fences and power lines to the south. I also saw it forage on the floor of the track, here: 25.483067N,56.140284E Good luck :-)
A jolly day out, twitching. Mark - you were sorely missed! (& these are with the P1000 - an INSANELY cool piece of kit)