Well Oman keeps on getting better and better and since my last update on 11th November the fast pace of rarity finding has continued.
There’s been a Fulvous Whistling Duck (possibly 2 constituting the 4th & 5th records for Oman) moving between the small khawrs east of Salalah, a Cotton Pygmy-Goose in Al Qurm Park, a flock of 17 Sociable Lapwings were a fantastic sight at the Hilton Hotel Wetlands in Salalah, with another Caspian Plover nearby.
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| Up to 17 Sociable Lapwings were present at the Hilton Wetlands..... |
Small Pratincoles were at Khawr Raysut & East Khawr, Baillon’s Crake at Muntesar Oasis, a Red Collared Dove at Al Ghaftain (6th for Oman), possibly two different Malachite Kingfishers around Khawr Mughsayl, along with a Little Swift & Lanner Falcon, the 3rd Sykes’s Nightjar for Oman was at the site I found at Maqshin Water Treatment Plant where up to 7 Egyptian Nightjars have been seen hawking for insects in the street lights, Yellow-browed Warbler & Little Bunting at Muntesar Oasis, Hume’s Warbler at Maqshin Oasis, Bimaculated Lark near Uber, Blyth’s Reed Warbler (9th for Oman) at Ayn Hamran along with a Common Hawk Cuckoo (6th for Oman) & Little Swift at Ayn Razat.
And the long-staying Black Heron (3rd for Oman) at Khawr Mughsayl, Watercock at Wadi Ashawq, Bay-backed Shrike in Mirbat Public Park & Plain Martin (1st for Oman) at Muntesar Oasis all remain. There’s also been several White-breasted Waterhens & Pheasant-tailed Jacanas, regular sightings of Swinhoe’s Storm Petrels on the Mirbat Pelagics, a Diderik Cuckoo being fed by a Ruppell’s Weaver & an ‘eastern’ Common Nightingale in Ayn Hamran and Lappet-faced Vultures reported from many localities.
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| Swinhoe's Storm Petrel |
Oman continues to rock and I’m now off to Musandam seeking more rares!
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