{"id":436,"date":"2020-05-19T12:16:55","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T09:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qatarbirds.org\/?page_id=436"},"modified":"2020-05-19T12:16:55","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T09:16:55","slug":"older-records","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/qatarold.cs-aspirations.com\/?page_id=436","title":{"rendered":"Older Records"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Additions to Category A, 2014<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pied Stonechat<\/strong>&nbsp;(27 Nov 2008, Al Ruwais Harbour): Originally identified as Variable Wheatear, now re-identified from photographs as Pied Stonechat.&nbsp;<em>This now constitutes the first record of the species.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pale Crag Martin<\/strong>&nbsp;(07 Mar 2013, Sealine Beach, Neil Morris)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Short-toed Eagle&nbsp;<\/strong>(17 Mar 2013, Irkayya Farm, Neil Morris)&nbsp;<em>Eight record<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Black-eared Kite&nbsp;<\/strong>(29 Mar 2013, Zubara Road, Alistair Crighton)&nbsp;<em>Tenth record&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Baillon\u2019s Crake&nbsp;<\/strong>(07 Apr 2013, Sealine Beach Resort, Brian Hunter)&nbsp;<em>Third record<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Long-tailed Skua&nbsp;<\/strong>(08 Apr 2013, Sealine Resort, Neil Morris)&nbsp;<em>Second record<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eurasian Crag Martin&nbsp;<\/strong>(14 Apr 2013, Fuwairit, Neil Morris)&nbsp;<em>Eighth record<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pale Crag Martin&nbsp;<\/strong>(15 Apr 2013, Al Khor Reed Bed, Neil Morris)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trumpeter Finch&nbsp;<\/strong>(18 Apr 2013, Irkayya Farm, Neil Morris)&nbsp;<em>Third record<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eurasian Crag Martin&nbsp;<\/strong>(24 Apr 2013, Irkayya Farm, Neil Morris)&nbsp;<em>Ninth record&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Black-winged Pratincole<\/strong>&nbsp;(24 Apr 2013, Irkayya Farm, Neil Morris)&nbsp;<em>Third record&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Icterine Warbler&nbsp;<\/strong>(28 Apr 2013, Irkayya Farm Entrance, Neil Morris)&nbsp;<em>Second record<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Marsh Warbler<\/strong>&nbsp;(3 on 28 Apr 2013, Irkayya Farm, Neil Morris)&nbsp;<em>Second confirmed record &#8211; now considered regular migrant&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Marsh Warbler<\/strong>&nbsp;(6 on 30 Apr 2013, Irkayya Farm, Neil Morris)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Short-toed Eagle<\/strong>&nbsp;(03 May 2013, Irkayya Farm, Wayne Hodgkinson)&nbsp;<em>Ninth record&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eurasian Crag Martin<\/strong>&nbsp;(08 May 2013, Al Shamal Park, Neil Morris)&nbsp;<em>Tenth record&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Marsh Warbler<\/strong>&nbsp;(2 on 05 May 2013, Irkayya Farm, Neil Morris)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Garden Warbler<\/strong>&nbsp;(21 Oct 2013, Irkayya Farm, Neil Morris)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Black-eared Kite<\/strong>&nbsp;(22 Oct, 02 Nov and 04 Nov 2013, Abu Nahkla, Neil Morris, Jonathan Ewbank, Simon Blaxill)&nbsp;<em>Eleventh record<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Black Kite<\/strong>&nbsp;(of the nominate form, 03 Nov 2013, Al Shamal Park, Neil Morris, Jonathan Ewbank, Simon Blaxill)&nbsp;<em>First record&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pied Kingfisher&nbsp;<\/strong>(03 Nov 2013, Ras Al Shindwee, Neil Morris, Jonathan Ewbank, Simon Blaxill, and presumed same as 30 Nov 2013, Neil Morris, Henk Ruissen and 17 Jan 2014, Neil Morris, Simon Tull, Gordon Saunders)&nbsp;<em>Eighth record<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Caspian Plover<\/strong>&nbsp;(05 Nov 2013, Irkayya Farm, Neil Morris, Jonathan Ewbank, Simon Blaxill)&nbsp;<em>Tenth record&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eurasian Dotterel<\/strong>&nbsp;(05 Nov 2013, Irkayya Farm, Neil Morris, Jonathan Ewbank, Simon Blaxill)&nbsp;<em>Third record&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bimaculated Lark&nbsp;<\/strong>(2 on 05 Nov 2013, Irkayya Farm, Neil Morris, Jonathan Ewbank, Simon Blaxill)&nbsp;<em>Third record<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Short-toed Eagle<\/strong>&nbsp;(06 Nov 2013, Irkayya Farm, Neil Morris, Jonathan Ewbank, Simon Blaxill, Nigel Marven)&nbsp;<em>Tenth record&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sooty Falcon&nbsp;<\/strong>(06 Nov 2013, Al Karaanah, Neil Morris, Jonathan Ewbank, Simon Blaxill, Nigel Marven)&nbsp;<em>Second mainland record<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pomarine Skua<\/strong>&nbsp;(Dark phase, 12 Nov 2013, Al Ruwais, Neil Morris, Mark Swallow)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Paddyfield Warbler&nbsp;<\/strong>(14 Nov 2013, Irkayya Farm, Neil Morris)&nbsp;<em>Second record<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Greater Sandplover&nbsp;<\/strong>(1 or more probably of the race C. l. columbinus, 16 Nov 2013, Al Wakrah Beach, Neil Morris)&nbsp;<em>Status requires investigation<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Arctic Skua&nbsp;<\/strong>(dark phase adult, 18 and 28 Nov 2013, Fuwairit Beach, Neil Morris, Simon Price, Ajith Everester)&nbsp;<em>Second record<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Arctic Skua&nbsp;<\/strong>(pale phase adult, 24 Nov 2013 from 0839, Al Khor Coast, Neil Morris)&nbsp;<em>Third record<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Arctic Skua&nbsp;<\/strong>(pale phase, 24 and 29 Nov 2013 from 0900, Fuwairit, Simon Price)&nbsp;<em>Fourth record<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>North Caspian Stonechat&nbsp;<\/strong>(2 on 26 Nov 2013, Irkayya Farm, Neil Morris, Peter Fawcett)&nbsp;<em>Fourth record<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Little Crake&nbsp;<\/strong>(29 Nov 2013, Irkayya Farm, John Thompson, David Sanders, Henk Ruissen)&nbsp;<em>Fifth record<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Common Blackbird&nbsp;<\/strong>(female\/1st win male, 30 Nov 2013, Al Ruwais, Neil Morris, Henk Ruissen)&nbsp;<em>Second record<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bimaculated Lark&nbsp;<\/strong>(02 Dec 2013, Irkayya Farm, Simon Price)&nbsp;<em>Fourth record<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Arctic Skua<\/strong>&nbsp;(pale phase, 14 Jan 2014, Al Khor, Neil Morris)&nbsp;<em>Fifth record<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Great Knot<\/strong>&nbsp;(At least 6, 17 Jan 2014, Ras Al Shindwee, Neil Morris, Simon Tull, Gordon Saunders)&nbsp;<em>Second record<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Intermediate Egret&nbsp;<\/strong>(22 Jan 2014, Abu Nahkla, Neil Morris, presumed same as 31 Jan 2014, Jamie Buchan)&nbsp;<em>First record<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>North Caspian Stonechat&nbsp;<\/strong>(22 Jan 2014, Abu Nahkla, Neil Morris)&nbsp;<em>Fifth record<\/em><strong>Egyptian Nightjar&nbsp;<\/strong>(four or more, 24 Jan 2014, Irkayya Farm, Neil Morris, Dileep Kumar, Thajudeen Chirakuzhi)&nbsp;<em>Second winter record substantiating suspicion of status as winter resident<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Additions to Category A, 2013<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Small Pratincole&nbsp;<em>Glareola lactea<\/em><\/strong>: One Al Kharaanah 25-26.01.2013 (GS, TC, NGM, ET, DKP, JAB, DV, MJG, &amp; AS et al) accepted into Category A.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Arctic Skua&nbsp;<em>Stercorarius parasiticus<\/em><\/strong>: One Simaisma coast 05.03.2013 (NGM). This now becomes the only record in Category A following acceptance of the record by QBRC and an earlier review of the one and only historic record which is no longer considered acceptable.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>North Caspian Stonechat&nbsp;<em>Saxicola maurus variegatus<\/em><\/strong>: One Irkayya Farm 19.02.2013 (NGM) accepted into Category A. This highly distinctive sub-species of Siberian Stonechat&nbsp;<em>Saxicola maurus<\/em>&nbsp;has surely been overlooked and it is hoped that publishing this first record might encourage the submission of more observations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Byzantine Stonechat&nbsp;<em>Saxicola maurus armenicus<\/em><\/strong>: One Sailiyah West Sewage Ponds 11.11.2012 (NGM). Another distinctive sub-species of Siberian Stonechat&nbsp;<em>Saxicola maurus<\/em>&nbsp;that has surely been overlooked. Hopefully, more records will follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Little Gull&nbsp;<em>Hydrocoloeus minutus<\/em><\/strong>: One first-winter Al Ruwais harbour 11.01.2013 (NGM, ET, GS, &amp; WH).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Long-tailed Shrike&nbsp;<em>Lanius schach<\/em><\/strong>: One Al Shamal Park 11.01.2013 to at least the 14.04.2013 (NGM, ET, GS, WH, SA, SO, JAB, &amp; MJG et al).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Additions to Category A, 2014 Pied Stonechat&nbsp;(27 Nov 2008, Al Ruwais Harbour): Originally identified as Variable Wheatear, now re-identified from photographs as Pied Stonechat.&nbsp;This now constitutes the first record of the species. Pale Crag Martin&nbsp;(07 Mar 2013, Sealine Beach, Neil Morris) Short-toed Eagle&nbsp;(17 Mar 2013, Irkayya Farm, Neil Morris)&nbsp;Eight record Black-eared Kite&nbsp;(29 Mar 2013, Zubara [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":129,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-436","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatarold.cs-aspirations.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatarold.cs-aspirations.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatarold.cs-aspirations.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatarold.cs-aspirations.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatarold.cs-aspirations.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qatarold.cs-aspirations.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/436\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatarold.cs-aspirations.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatarold.cs-aspirations.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}