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Bridled Tern, Oman
Bridled Tern, juvenile, seen on our 2007 Oman and Bahrain tour. Unusually large numbers seen this year. Photo by Mike Watson.
Pectoral Sandpiper, Oman
Pectoral Sandpiper at East Khawr. The eighth record for Oman. It is worth remembering that this species breeds as far west as the Taymyr Peninsula - much further west than Great Knot!
Masked Booby, Oman
Masked Booby, seen on our 2007 Oman and Bahrain tour. Photo by Mike Watson.
European Nightjar, Oman
European Nightjar, one of many seen on the 2007 Oman and Bahrain tour. Photo by Mike Watson
Sociable Lapwing, Oman
Sociable Lapwing. One of three of this threatened species seen on our 2007 Oman and Bahrain tour. Photo by Mike Watson.
Peregrine Falcon, Oman
A first calendar year Peregrine Falcon, presumably of the wandering arctic-breeding form calidus. Seen on our 2007 Oman and Bahrain tour. Photo by Mike Watson.
Olive-backed Pipit, Oman
Olive-backed Pipit, Qatbit Resthouse seen on our 2007 Oman and Bahrain tour. The 16th record for Oman. Photo by Mike Watson.
Forest Wagtail, Oman
Forest Wagtail, Qatbit Resthouse, seen on the 2007 Oman and Bahrain tour. One of an amazing three birds seen, representing the sixth to eighth records for Oman. Photo by Mike Watson.
Jacobin Cuckoo, Oman
Jacobin Cuckoo, Al Ghaftain Resthouse, seen on the 2007 Oman and Bahrain tour - one of three present at this site! Photo by Mike Watson
Jacobin Cuckoo, Oman
Jacobin Cuckoo, Al Ghaftain Resthouse, one of four seen on the 2007 Oman and Bahrain tour. Photo by Mike Watson