Howard King

I am not a photographer, just a birder with a camera

[Howard King @BirdsofBahrain]

#Birds #Bahrain Saunders's Tern chick not long to go before it flies

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#Bahrain #Birds I just received a message from our #BTO ringer Abdullah Al Kaab that he had just recovered a White -cheeked Tern he had first ringed as a chick here on 13/6/2011, making it 15 years old

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#Bahrain #Birds Lesser Crested Tern, one of many that breed each summer, mostly on small uninhabited islands.

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@Photos2Print THANKS

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#Bahrain #Bird Numbers are building of summer breeding White-cheeked Terns. Most will stay until the end of October

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#Bahrain #Birds A late addition to migrants passing through, a Spoonbill

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#Bahrain #Birds Yesterday White-winged Tern displaying

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#Bahrain #Birds Clamorous Reed Warbler

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#Birds #Bahrain Environmental issues, a consequence of Trump's Gulf war, must now include early departure of 99% of wintering migrant wader species after 700-plus disruptive intercept explosions. Today's migrant wader count, zero, breeding tern count 1 pair.

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#Bahrain getting out has been difficult; however, key species were seen: Lesser Grey Shrike, Roller, Starling, and White-throated Robin. Tiny Bahrain, only 780 sq km, intercepted 97% = 515 Iranian drones and 194 missile attacks, alas also suffering three killed, 50 injured.

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#Bahrain #Birds Curlew Sandpipers,
It won't be long before they depart

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#Bahrain #Birds In 1992, only 18 Squacco Herrons were recorded for the year, with none between October and January. Today, the species is a prolific breeding resident with numbers in the hundreds at a variety of wetland sites.

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#Bahrain #Birds The beauty of spring birds, The Woodchat Shrike :

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@Photos2Print They split Lesser into Two -- Siberian and Tibetan
Siberian Sand Plover (Anarhynchus mongolus / Charadrius mongolus)
Tibetan Sand Plover (Anarhynchus atrifrons / Charadrius atrifrons)

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#Bahrain #Birds Greater Sand Plover, having been the subject of a recent split, the suggested new name is, Desert Sand Plover. A bad choice IMO, it spends 9 months of its life cycle on the coast in places like Bahrain.

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Iran war still taking its toll.

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#Bahrain #Birds Black-headed Wagtail

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Beauty in the midst of a region embroiled in conflict: a Plain Tiger butterfly here in Qatar

[mark@birdingpinoso @Photos2Print]

I had another amazing session this morning with the Pin-tailed Sandgrouse near Pinoso Spain. If you look carefully you can see why they are called Pin-tailed. What a privilege to see 39 birds so close again. #birds #birdphotography #birdsseenin2026 #birding #naturephotography

[Howard King @BirdsofBahrain]

#Bahrain #Birds today no peace at all. As the Holy month of Ramadan came to a close, we were subjected to a massive air raid. Outcome? The building I live in trembled during the numerous blasts. Bahrain fits into an area smaller than metropolitan London, a threat to whom, so WHY