This is the rare Mistle Thrush

Well done, Oscar, for getting this out. And to ALL of you who have contributed a Rare Bird Report. Much appreciated

Common Kestrel

Try the downloadable Checklist. All answers will be revealed on all Shrikes of the UAE 😎

Great Grey Shrike (Arabian)

Great Grey (Arabian)

Then it’s not Spotted Flycatcher, as they are in Africa in January

Hi Greg. Nice to see you are still active. I'll forward an educated guess: 1. Spotted Flycatcher. Which date was this? 2. correct 3. Temminck's Stint & Kentish Plover 4. correct 5. Ruff 6. female Pied Wheatear? 7. Greater Short-toed Lark 8.-9.-10. correct 11 Grey Plover 12. onwards: Desert Wheatears

A stunning Lesser Grey Shrike :-) Note the forehead. And also note: Southern Grey Shrike does not occur in Arabia after the taxionomic update in 2019: see the downloadable checklist for details

On my mobile, so can not scrutinise the image. If grey neck = Red-backed female If brown neck = Turkestan

Common Redstart - female

White tail-sides indicates Eastern Olivaceous

Depending on how it moved it’s tail, (see fieldguides for details), it’s Upcher’s or Eastern Olivaceous

Both are, yes. Note the red throat ;-)

Good luck, Samer. I see you will be close to Abu Dhabi airport. Hopefully someone is around.

Looks good for Tawny Pipit, Edzel

Hi Laurent. The last image is great :-) Looking at the black legs and both bills being fairly short (yes, one bill is slightly longer, so I can see the confusion), I'd vote Lesser for both birds.

eBird rocks, eh? ;-) As does Merlin it seems. The gull is most likely a Lesser Black-backed Gull. I normally log these young ones as Larus sp. in eBird, as Caspian is a possibility, but looking at the round head, I'd say Lesser Black-backed ssp is a fair bet. Tern is correct. Lark is 99.9% Eurasian Skylark, but Oriental (uncommon to rare) is best ID'd on call. The Pond Heron is interesting, as IPH is rather rare in Abu Dhabi. But I don't see anything making this a Squacco Heron. More photos of the other bird?

Glad you like it