Here are a few more shots of what was on offer the other morning. A complete list of the species is included below. I must make a special mention of three Eurasian Golden Orioles I saw flying overhead shortly after I had arrived. Unfortunately they did not alight anywhere to allow me to get images. I suspect they had overnighted in the trees near the staff accommodation and they were heading off again Steppe Grey Shrike Scorpion impaled in Shrike "larder" Turkestan Shrike This Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin was perched on a shrub with its wings held open and away from its body, allowing the prevailing breeze to cool it off A Greater Hoopoe-Lark caught in the act of swallowing a large grasshopper Whilst there were many Swallows there were only a few Sand Martins to be seen A Spotted Flycatcher working the trees in the Wadi for insects Species included: Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Common Moorhen, Barn Swallow, Sand Martin, Purple Heron, Greater Hoopoe-Lark, Eurasian Golden Oriole, Greater Flamingo, Wood Sandpiper, Red-necked Phalarope, Spotted Flycatcher, Eurasian Hoopoe, Glossy Ibis, Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark, Crested Lark, Marsh Harrier, Black-winged Stilt, Broad-billed Sandpiper, Bar-tailed Godwit, Eurasian Coot, Steppe Grey Shrike, Turkestan Shrike, Ferruginous Duck, Yellow Wagtail, Common Quail and the rest
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