• Welcome to BirdForum, the internet's largest birding community with thousands of members from all over the world. The forums are dedicated to wild birds, birding, binoculars and equipment and all that goes with it.

    Please register for an account to take part in the discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.
Where premium quality meets exceptional value. ZEISS Conquest HDX.

Search results

thxpress_search_the_forum Search Opus
  1. Z00thera

    New Oman Birding Website

    Hope the Oman Birding website is useful to visiting birders. It’s still in its infancy and the site info needs more work, when I get a chance…. I’m getting some really great photos to upload onto the photo gallery - much better than mine!! But can always use more.
  2. Z00thera

    New Oman Birding Website

    I'm working on that right now, as i've just seen your post... But yes, generally you drive to the end of the wadi where you reach some huge boulders. That pair of Desert Owls are particularly responsive and will fly from the huge cliffs to the north and over your head to the smaller cliffs...
  3. Z00thera

    New Oman Birding Website

    No you can't walk up from the lower end of the wadi in my opinion - but never tried. A scope is really useful for this site. Are you intending to bring one on your trip? What dates are you in Salalah? I'm flying to Muscat day after tomorrow, so will be in the country. You can always WhatsApp me...
  4. Z00thera

    New Oman Birding Website

    Yeah i've done that same route but the way in is far trickier that coming in from the western side
  5. Z00thera

    New Oman Birding Website

    I've included a page on seeing Arabian Grosbeak. Hope it helps? Here's the link: Seeing the grosbeak in upper Wadi Darbat
  6. Z00thera

    New Oman Birding Website

    Thanks DMW. So much still to add to the website. I’m going to be in Salalah Nick K from 13th Jan, so will no doubt miss you, but look forward to seeing your sightings. I will arrive in Muscat on 7th and aiming to visit a few sites i’ve never been to and hopefully getting some Oman ticks along...
  7. Z00thera

    New Oman Birding Website

    Yeah for sure. I'm amazed it doesn't (yet) considering the huge amount of interest since Covid..
  8. Z00thera

    New Oman Birding Website

    Just wanted to let anyone know who is interested, that i'm currently working on a new website dedicated to birding in Oman. Hopefully, it will be up and running on 1st January 2025 and will (over time) build up into a decent reference source for visiting birders. After all, Oman deserves it...
  9. Z00thera

    Birding Ibiza

    An early evening visit to Ses Salines produced only my second Great White Egret of the spring so far. More interestingly, for Ibiza anyway, we’re at least 3 smaller gulls but they were just too distant to i.d.....
  10. Z00thera

    Birding Ibiza

    The Bee-eater passage peaked at just over 300 on one day las week, but it’s dried up almost completely with several blank days and now just 2 heading north this morning. At Ses Salines there’s a Little Tern and Pallid Swift, a few Balearic Warblers still singing and it seems nearly every...
  11. Z00thera

    Birding Ibiza

    There’s been a steady stream of European Bee-eaters heading north over Cala de Bou. Estimated over 200 so far since I started watching from 9am - 12 noon. Also 4 Booted Eagles flying NW, a few Thekla’s Larks heard overhead, there’s a pair of Turtle Doves nesting in the garden, and hordes of...
  12. Z00thera

    Birding Ibiza

    Today over Cala de Bou there was a flock of 35 European Bee-eaters circling and seen on 4 occasions. They didn’t seem to be in any hurry to head north and my observations were spread over several hours. There’s not too much in the way of migrants today in light SE winds apart from a major...
  13. Z00thera

    Birding Ibiza

    Back on Ibiza after a week away and just had a flock of at least 6 European Bee-eaters flying around the hills south of San Antonio. They seem to be feeding up and not really heading in any direction.
  14. Z00thera

    Birding Ibiza

    Thanks Martin. That will be really useful.
  15. Z00thera

    Birding Ibiza

    Just wondered where I can find an official list of birds in Ibiza? Would be really useful to know the status of birds here as there’s such a difference between eg Ibiza & Mallorca with what is common, regular, scarce & rare etc.
  16. Z00thera

    Birding Ibiza

    Just wanted to post some recent good records from Ibiza this week: Ses Salines on 15th April had Marbled Duck (rare here), Purple Heron (uncommon and irregular), Great White Egret, Western Osprey and a drake Common Pochard. All these are really good birds here in Ibiza! The first Eleonora’s...
Back
Top