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Buff-breasted Wheatear (Oenanthe bottae)
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The 2025 Spring Bird Tour: Another Record-breaking Bash around the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Tour Dates: April 18 - 26, 2025 Duration: 9 days Species Recorded: 238 Participants: Bert de Bruin, Miguel Demeulemeester, Arthur Geilvoet, Piet Opstaele, Michel Watelet, Graham Woods Leader: Gregory Askew Co-leader: Ibrahim Al Shwamin Avian Highlights: Helmeted Guineafowl Harlequin Quail Arabian Partridge Philby's Partridge Rameron Pigeon Great Spotted Cuckoo Nubian Nightjar Montane Nightjar Plain Nightjar Red-knobbed Coot Greater Painted-Snipe Small Buttonquail Crab-Plover


The February 2025 Bird Tour: A Saudi Birding Epic!
Tour Dates: February 15 - 28, 2025 Participants: Jonathan Angliss, John Bjorkman, Jeff Hopkins, Wayne Kidder, Cuneyt Ozdal, Bob Tallyn, Robert Tizard Leader: Gregory Askew Co-guides: James Conder and Ibrahim Al Shwamin Southwest Highlights: Harlequin Quail Arabian Partridge Philby's Partridge Rameron Pigeon Dusky Turtle-Dove White-browed Coucal Nubian Nightjar Red-knobbed Coot Small Buttonquail Crab-Plover White-eyed Gull Saunders's Tern Lesser Flamingo Black Stork Abdim's St


Saudi Arabia's First-ever International Bird Tour!
Highlights: Harlequin Quail (Arabian) (E ssp) Arabian Partridge (E) Philby's Partridge (E) Nubian Nightjar Abyssinian (Montane) Nightjar Crab-Plover White-eyed Gull (NE) African Openbill Abdim's Stork Black-headed Heron Intermediate Egret Tawny Eagle Arabian Scops-Owl (E) Arabian Eagle-Owl (E) Abyssinian Roller Arabian Woodpecker (E) Asir Magpie (E) Thick-billed Lark Arabian Lark (NE) Rufous-capped Lark (NE) "Mangrove Reed Warbler" Yemen Warbler (E) Arabian Warbler (NE) "Mang


A Kingdom of Birds: Birding in Saudi Arabia
This is a video recording of an online talk I gave to the Fort Worth Audubon Society in Fort Worth, Texas about birding in Saudi Arabia....


Birding Saudi’s Northwest (December 2020)
My family and I spent a fantastic week and half exploring the Tabuk region and the Al Ula Governate in Saudi’s northwest from December 23...
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