The size of the Greater Spotted Eagle compared to the Bonelli's Eagle, they were both high up in the sky UAE #birds #bird #birdsseenin2025 #birding #birdwatching #uae #uaebirding #uaebirds #nature #Eagle #flying #eagles

Greater White Fronted Geese , counted 15 this morning at zahker lake, UAE rare vagrant for the 🇦🇪 #birds #bird #birdsseenin2025 #birding #birdwatching #uae #uaebirds #uaebirding #101_wildlife #birds_adored #geese #wildfowl #vagrant

Highly recommended! I just finished a cover-to-cover read, and it's a great addition to the avian sensory ecology literature with excellent discussions of the links between brain & behavior. I prefer reading paper books (better retention) but the whole thing is freely downloadable! bit.ly/482xPZm 🦉🧠

Baillon's Crake What a lovely little bird this is, it came that close to my car , I couldn't photograph it with my 600mm #birding #bird #birdwatching #uae #uaebirds #uaebirding #nuts_about_birds #birdsseenin2025 #crake

Cotton Pygmy Goose A rare vagrant for the UAE 🇦🇪 taken at 12pm, so not good light conditions, but its a tick for the uae, lifer #363. #uaebirds #birding #birdwatching #nature #bird #birds #birdfreaks #birds_adored #birdsseenin2025 #uae #wildfowl #wildbirds #wildlife #Goose #lifer

Siberian Stonechat (male) This little one been coming to the same patch every migration time for the last 8 years now #bird #birds #birdsseenin2025 #uae #uaebirds #birding #birdwatching #nature #migration #king_birds #wildlife #birds_captures #birdfreaks #birds_adored #birdoftheday #Stonechat

Pallid Swift These birds are fast #BirdOfTheDay #birds #bird #birding #birdwatching #uae #uaebirding #uaebirds #birdlovers #naturephotography #natgeoyourshot #wildlife #birdsseenin2025

Common snipe Taken in the uae 🇦🇪 #bird #birdsseenin2025 #birds #birding #uaebirding #nuts_about_birds #nature #bbcearth #uae #uaebirds #snipe

Daurian Shrike #bird #birds #uaebirding ##uae #uaebirds #birding #birdwatching #nuts_about_birds #Pratincole #birdsseenin2025 #nuts_about_birds #Shrike

Small Pratincole Last time it was seen here in the uae 🇦🇪 was back in 2004, #bird #birds #birding #birdwatching #birds_captures #birds_captures #birdselite #birds_adored #UAE #uaebirding #birdseenin2025 #nature #wildlife #vagrant #lifer

Red-backed Shrike #birds #birding #birdwatching #uae #birders

The mysterious Jerdon's Courser has been rediscovered outside its known range for the first time in more than a century:

Eurasian Hoopoe Taken in the uae 🇦🇪 Had 31 that morning at my place #birdfreaks #bird #birds #uae #uaebirding #uaebirds #birding #birdwatching #nature #naturephotography #natgeoyourshot

European bee-eater, there were around 80 plus last weekend here in al ain, UAE #birds

Northern pintail Taken this year in the uae 🇦🇪 #birds #ducks #uaebirding ##uae #uaebirds #birdlovers #drake #Hokki #v3 #hide #birding #birdwatching #nature #migration

Egyptian vulture Endangered species, i think this is the first photographic evidence of them copulating in the UAE 🇦🇪 #birds #birdsseenin2025 ##birding #birdwatching #uae #uaebirds #birdlovers #naturephotography #natgeoyourshot

We need to ban single use plastics

Northern Shoveler female #birds #🪶#uae #nuts_about_birds #birdsseenin2025 #duck #ducks #wildfowl

Booted eagle Flying free like all birds should be #birds #🪶 #birdsseenin2025 #uae #uaebirding #letsgobirding #eagle

Great to see new wild bird indicators for Europe published today pecbms.info/european-wil... as well as individual trends for 170 bird species pecbms.info/trends-of-wi.... Produced from volunteer-collected data from 30 countries - congrats to the PECBMS team #ornithology #conservationscience🌍

Eurasian Wigeon Flying high #birds #🪶 #ducks #birdsseenin2025 #uae

@oceanwire.bsky.social Red-crested Pochard Female, hard 7 of them last Monday 20-1-25 uae 🇦🇪 #birds #🪶 #ducks #birdsseenin2025

showyourstripes.info/l/middleeast... the climate stripes for the UAE 🇦🇪

Eurasian Bittern Taken last Dec 2024 UAE. #birds #🪶🐌

Jack Snipe, been attacked by house crow, photos taken on phone , uae . #birds #🪶

Siberian Stonechat 1st time uploading a little video #101_wildlife #birds #🪶 #uae #uaebirding #Stonechat

Love is.... #birds #duck #bird #ducks #uae #uaebirding #love #bottom's_up

Wild Bird Acoustics Season 2; Episode 4 The Quest for Black Gold Join me in the woodlands of Sweden as I endeavored to field record and document the calls of Black Woodpecker #bioacoustics #ornithology #birds #birding #Sweden #podcast open.spotify.com/episode/58QG...

Good morning It's #MallardMonday again 😜 female mallard #ducks #uae #birds #🪶 #birdsseenin2025

Egyptian vultures mating in the #uae , it could be, the 1st photos for the uae 🇦🇪 of them mating i will upload better photos when i get home #birds #bird #🪶 #vultures #vulture #Egyptian #Endangered

Siberian Stonechat 17-1-25 Al Ain #uae this little fella is very friendly, just need to call, come come and he is here like that #uaebirding #uaebirds #birding #birdwatching #nature #bird #birds #🪶#Stonechat #101_wildlife #nuts_about_birds #birdsseenin2025

Jack Snipe Is the world's smallest snipe, and I love how they walk too.. #birds #🪶#bird #snipe #uae #birding #birdwatching #nature #101_wildlife #migration

Tufted duck Is a small diving duck I would say juvenile male, this beauty was far out into the lake to get nice clear shots #birds #🪶 #duck #duck #uae ##birdsseenin2025

Ruff Taken in Al Ain,uae #birds #🪶 #waders #birdwatching #birding #101_wildlife #nuts_about_birds #wildlife #birdsseenin2025

Gadwall #birds #🪶 #duck #ducks #waterfowl #uae ##birdsseenin2025

My #hide Hokki V3, set up with airbed, sleeping bag, with my #RRS gimbal from @ReallyRightStuff set on a homemade gimbal pad, I spent the night inside waiting for the crack of dawn and the #ducks & #waders had 100's of ibis ducks roosting all around, had great views with my night vision #birding

Pin-tailed duck Taken from my Hokki V3 hide #addbirder #birds #birding #birdwatching #hides #tragopan #uae #duck #ducks #waterfowl #Pin-tailed

Lesser noddy & brown noddy i found on the same boat trip #uae 26 lesser & 2 brown on the 25th Aug 2024 rare birds for the uae 🇦🇪 #noddy #seabirds #pelagic #uaebirding #birdwatching #birding

Egyptian vulture Coming into land on the far side of the lake , for a quick drink, #bird #birds #vulture #Endangered #endangeredspecies #Egyptian #uae #uaebirding #birding #birdsseenin2025

Little stint These are fast little feeders always on the run as they can be tricky to get good shots of them taken in Al ain uae 🇦🇪 #uae #birds #bird #birdwatching #birding #101_wildlife #waderwednesday #birdsseenin2025 #wader #waders

Black-winged Stilt #waderWednesday #wader #waders #birds #birdsseenin2025 #uae

Eurasian green-winged Teal (female) #birds #ducks #duck #bird #uae

Little stint These are fast Little feeders, never seem to stay still for more than 2 seconds, taken 11-1-25 Al Ain, UAE 🇦🇪 #birds #bird #waders #shorebirds #uae #uaebirding #uaebirds #birding #birdwatching #nature #101_wildlife #wildlife #wader #wetlands

Glossy ibis This is in non-breeding adult, If you zoom in on the 1st two photos, you will see water drops. The bird moved its head fast, Al Ain,UAE #bird #birds #ibis #uae #wader #wetlands #marshes

Mallard feeding and bathing #ducks #Mallard #MallardMonday #MallardMondays #uae #birds #wildlife #fowl #wildfowl #bird

White-eared Bulbul Al Ain ,UAE a very common bird here, introduced In the middle east late 80's early 90's #birds #bird #bulbul #nuts_about_birds #bbcearth #uae #uaebirds #birding #birdwatching #nature #101_wildlife #wildlife

Terek sandpiper With a head shot of a common snipe You just got to love that bill the way it can move taken in al ain, UAE #bird #birds #waders #birdwatching #birding #101_wildlife #nuts_about_birds #wildlife #wader #shorebirds

Sociable lapwing The conservation status of the sociable is Critically Endangered IUCN 3.1 This photo was taken in Ra's al-Khaimah UAE back in oct 2023 , we counted 21 birds that morning #birdwatching #birds_captures #birding #uaebirding #101_wildlife #bird #sociable_lapwing #Endangered #IUCN

Eurasian Spoonbill Taken in Al Ain #uae #birding #birdwatching #birds_captures #101_wildlife #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #Spoonbill

Siberian Stonechat Male , taken in Al Ain 2025 #uae #uaebirding #uaebirds #birding #birdwatching #nature #migration #bird #wildlife #101_wildlife