Duffbirder meets South Holderness!: UAE - First Impressions

Monday, 26 November 2018

UAE - First Impressions

Settled in at Rob and Laura's. Mainly sightseeing so far with a recce or two. A few issues sorting out the camera and light. Had a run up the coast today to try for Crab Plover. A few access issues to solve...but I'll solve them. Family first Birding second...and there's PLENTY of time!!!

Around the house...

Common Myna...

White-eared Bulbul...

Hoopoe...

Rose-ringed Parakeet...

A few sketchy images from the Uum Al Quwain area, an hour North of Dubai...

Socotra Cormarant...

Western Reef Heron

Striated Heron...

A steady start with 18 species seen...I think!

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RUSH BIRDS - Best of Twitching

1. Varied Thrush - Papa Westray, Orkney 7/11/2021
2. Common Nighthawk - Scilly (Bryher) 24/10/1999
3. Black-browed Albatross - Bempton, E.Yorks 3/7/2020
4. Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Scilly (St Mary's) 16/10/2019
5. Cliff Swallow - Spurn 23/10/1995
6. Blackburnian Warbler - Bryher, IOS 14/10/22
7. Amur Falcon - St Buryan, Cornwall 17/7/2017
8. Cape May Warbler - Unst 29/10/2013
9. White-throated Robin - Hartlepool Headland 6/6/2011
10. White-rumped Swift - Hornsea Mere 14/10/2018
YEARLY HIGHLIGHTS
Double-Crested Cormorant - Charlton's Pond, Billingham 2/2/1989
Naumann's Thrush - Chingford, Essex 22/2/1990
Red-breasted Nuthatch - Holkham Wood, Norfolk 11/4/1990
Red-eyed Vireo - Spurn 30/9/1990
Sociable Plover - Welney 25/10/1990
American Bittern - Marton Mere, Lancs 3/2/1991
Snowy Owl - Skegness, Lincs 2/1/1991, Scilly (St Mary's) 29/10/2008
Nutcracker - Stoke 2/11/1991
Red-necked Stint - Cley 2/8/1992
Pechora Pipit - Filey 9/10/1994
Red-flanked Bluetail - Winspit Valley, Dorset 7/11/1993
Alpine Accentor - Rimac, Lincs 16/11/1994
Rock Thrush - Hunstanton, Norfolk 22/5/1995
Eyebrowed Thrush - Mains of Auchmithie, Tayside 29/5/1995
Pallid Harrier - Birsay, Orkney 24/6/1995
Gull-billed Tern - Seaforth 30/7/1995
Ivory Gull - Inverness 22/7/1995
Cedar Waxwing - Nottingham 21/2/1996
Harlequin Duck - Girvan, Ayrs 13/4/1996
American Coot - Stodmarsh, Kent 19/4/1996
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper - Foryd Bay, Gwynedd 25/8/1996
Little Bustard - Lizard 26/10/1996
Indigo Bunting - Ramsey Island 21/10/1996
Black and White Warbler - Scilly (Tresco) 25/10/1996
Collared Flycatcher - Eithie Mains 30/5/1997
Common Yellowthroat - Scilly (St Mary's) 23/10/1997
Chimney Swift - Scilly (St Mary's) 23/10/1999
Slender-billed Gull - Sandwich, Kent 8/5/1999
Crag Martin - Swithland Res, Leics 17/4/1999
Upland Sandpiper (2) - Scilly (St Mary's) 26/10/1999
White-tailed Eagle - Burton Constable Estate, Hull 7/11/1999
Solitary Sandpiper - Scilly (St Mary's) 20/10/2000
Bobolink - Spurn 27/10/2001
Snowy Egret - Seil Island, Argyll, 9/11/2001
Audouin's Gull - Dungeness, Kent 5/5/2003
Black Lark - South Stack, Anglesey 2/6/2003
Cream-coloured Courser - Scilly (St Martin's) 30/9/2004
White's Thrush - Easington (Spurn Area) 10/10/2004
Ovenbird - Scilly (St Mary's) 28/10/2004
Sooty Tern - The Skerries, Anglesey 8/7/2005
Scops Owl - Thrupp 16/6/2006
Calandra Lark - Isle of May, Fife 14/5/2006
Scops Owl - Thrupp, Oxon 16/6/2006
Long-billed Murrelet - Dawlish Warren, Devon 12/11/2006
White-tailed Plover - Calaeverock, Dum and Gal 1/6/2007
Brown Flycatcher - Flamboro Head 3/10/2007
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Scilly (St Agnes) 25/10/2007
King Eider - Flamboro' Head 25/4/2008
Little Swift - Old Moor 2/7/2008
Brown Shrike - Flamborough Head 25/9/2008
Eastern Crowned Warbler - South Sheilds 23/10/2009
Gyr - Gower Peninsular 19/12/2009
Lesser Kestrel - Westleton Heath, Suffolk 29/3/2010
Marmora's Warbler - Blorenge, Gwent 3/6/2010
Alder Flycatcher - Blakeney Point 25/9/2010
Oriental Turtle Dove - Chipping Norton, Oxon 19/2/2011
American White-Winged Scoter - Murcar Links, Aberdeen 19/6/2011
Sandhill Crane - Loch of Strathbeg, Aberdeens 24/9/2011
Northern Waterthrush - Scilly (St Mary's) 22/10/2011
Wilson's Snipe - Scilly (St Mary's) 22/10/2011
Veery - Isle of Muck, Highlands 20/11/2011
Orphean Warbler - Hartlepool Headland 29/5/2012
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler - Whitburn Coastal Park 26/9/2012
Dusky Thrush - Margate Cemetery 18/5/2013
Mourning Dove - Rhum 3/11/2013
Short-toed Eagle - Morden Bog NNR, Dorset 1/6/2014
Siberian Rubythroat - Mainland Shetland 4/10/2014
Great Blue Heron - Scilly (Bryher) 20/4/2015
Hudsonian Godwit - Shapwick Heath, Somerset 25/4/2015
Citril Finch - Burnham, Norfolk 10/5/2015
Swainson's Thrush - Skokholme Is, S.Wales 8/6/2015
Cretzschmar's Bunting - Bardsey Island, Wales 15/6/2015
Acadian Flycatcher - Dungeness 22/9/2015
Black-billed Cuckoo - North Uist 23/5/2016
Siberian Accentor - Shetland, Mainland 10/10/2016
American Redstart - Barra 13/9/2017
Grey Catbird - Lands End 18/10/2018
Tengmalm's Owl -Tresta, Shetland 27/2/2019
Pacific Swift - Hornsea Mere 10/8/2019
Brown Booby - Carbis Bay, Cornwall 28/8/2019
Eastern Yellow Wagtail - Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey 27/9/2019
Hermit Thrush - Scilly (St Mary's) 29/11/2019
Steller's Eider - Papa Westray 3/3/2020
Taiga Flycatcher - Trow Quarry, Tyne and Wear 15/10/2020
Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin - Holkham, Norfolk 17/10/2020
Northern Mockingbird - Exmouth, Devon 29/2/2021
Elegant Tern - Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey 4/7/2021
Green Warbler - Buckton, E.Yorks 10/9/2021
Long-toed Stint - St Aidan's RSPB, W.Yorks 9/10/2021
Belted Kingfisher - River Ribble, Preston, Lancs 26/11/2021
Eleonora's Falcon - Worth Marshes, Kent 27/5/2022
Kelp Gull - Grafham Water, Cambs 10/8/2022
Stejneger's Scoter - Lower Largo, Fife 30/4/2023
Grey-headed Lapwing - Low Newton, Northumberland 1/5/2023
Black-winged Kite. Horsey, Norfolk 19/7/2023
Red-footed Booby - Bishop Rock Lighthouse IOS 20/8/2023
Magnolia Warbler - St Govan's Head, Pembrokes 21/9/2023
Bay-breasted Warbler - Ramsey Island, Pembrokes 23//9/2023
Canada Warbler - St Govan's Head, Pembrokes 23/9/2023
Yellow Warbler - Tiree, Argyll 2/10/2023
Pale-legged Leaf Warbler, Bempton, E.Yorks 28/9/2024

Best of Duff

Bean Goose (Taiga) 8/3/1988
Short-eared Owl 22/3/1988, 4/5/2008, 12/10/2010, 26/9/2011
Goshawk 5/4/93
Mediterranean Gull 13/2/1997, 31/3/2004
Red-breasted Merganser 14/3/2003
Bean Goose (Tundra) 3 on 30/1/2000, 11/3/2004
Ring-necked Duck 21/2/2004, 29/5/2006
Glaucous Gull 26/2/2004, 16/2/2008, 29/3/2011
Water Pipit 19/3/2004, 19/2/2005
Arctic Tern 3 on 1/5/2004
Marsh Tit 2/10/2005
Brent Goose 15/1/2006
Common Scoter 31/3/2006
Little Egret 5/5/2006, 2 on 28/5/2006, 7/6/2006
Goshawk 5/3/1993
Gannet 2 on 26/9/2007
AMERICAN WIGEON 23/3/2007
Quail 17/5 till 13/7 2008
Red Kite 28/8/2008
Hobby 21/9/2008, 25/6/2011
Honey Buzzard 14/9/2008
CORNCRAKE 6/6/2009
Long-eared Owl 27/6/2009
RED-BACKED SHRIKE 24/5/2010
GREAT GREY SHRIKE 20/2/2011
Osprey 15/4/2012
Common Crane 3 on 20/3/2011
Bittern 22/11/2012
Black Tern 8/5/16
Great White Egret 30/5/16
Iceland Gull 25/2/18
Rock Pipit 3/3/18
Sanderling 24/3/2019
Wood Sandpiper 17/5/2019
Redstart 2/9/2022
Hen Harrier - 20/12/2022
Willow Tit - 16/2/2023
SQUACCO HERON 1/6/2023
Avocet (2) 8/5/2024