Now that the wind has died down a bit and the dust that was choking everything has abated it was good to spend some time out on the farm. The wind had been blowing out of the North West. It has caused a drop in the temperatures and for the last two mornings it has been quite cool to start of with. I had spoken to Mike in Kuwait and he had told me of large numbers of Barn Swallows being present. Well they were also here as well as a few Sand Martins keeping them company. There were several species that I saw for the first time this season, as well as some of the old regulars I drove past both of the owl burrows and all was well There was another wave of Bee-eaters. Both species were to be seen. Here a Blue-cheeked Bee-eater is resting on the deck Between their aerial sorties over the irrigated fields in search of food the Barn Swallows would also land and rest on the roads I found this Arabian Grey Shrike perched on one of the trees in the Wadi. Note how the tree is coming into leaf Here is a Turkestan Shrike for comparison A female Namaqua Dove. One of several that I saw today Mike Pope had been telling me that the Rollers and the Golden Orioles had not been seen in Kuwait yet. Well today I spotted my first European Roller of the season A Greater Short-toed Lark with a raised crest Other species included: Crested Lark, Lesser Kestrel, Grey Heron, Wood Sandpiper, Ruff, Upcher's Warbler, Isabelline Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, Black-winged Stilt, Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin, Common Moorhen, Squacco Heron, Little Grebe, Grey Francolin, Ortolan Bunting, Red-wattled Lapwing, Pied Wheatear, Northern Wheatear, Indian Silverbill and the rest
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