Upcher’s warbler ringed in Bahrain

Along with the sad news from dictatorially ruled Bahrain, there is sometimes good news. Eg, about birds.

From Birds of Saudi Arabia blog:

12 June 2012

Upcher’s Warbler Identification – Al Ali Farm (Bahrain)

Whilst ringing at Al Ali Farm in Bahrain at the weekend we caught an Upcher’s Warbler. It was caught in a mist net set between a long stand of trees and was a new ringing species for Nicole so she ringed the bird. The species breeds from Turkey eastwards to Kazakhstan and winters in Eastern Africa from Eritrea to Tanzania. I took a few photos and looked at it closely in the hand as it was nice to see clearly the main identification pointers separating it from Eastern Olivaceous Warbler.