Army Birding

Life in the Musa Qaleh AO has changed drastically with the temperature increasing every day but with the abundance of water from the winter thaw in the north, both wheat and poppy are already knee high. Swallows are very much present and the locals have taken to putting up nets although I'm not conv...

The migration continues but with nothing new. However, whilst being over watch in the wadi for a very important shura, I spotted Kingfisher, kestrel and a small brown job with a rusty red rump, brown tail but the outer tail feathers were rusty red aswell. It had a pale underside and brown back and w...

Sanger duty I am finding has it's perks, especially when your watch covers the dawn migration. A great white egret meandered north up the Musa QAleh wadi, probably to the wetlands two kilometers north of the DC, where I have seen a heronry and smaller egrets. Common sand pipers were also present as ...

The only plus point to sanger duty over looking the wadi at silly o'clock in the morning is being able to watch the dawn migration. This morning I saw: Barn Swallow White Wagtail Tree sparrow House sparrow Black-headed gull Common Mynah Magpie And an unknown. Think gull. Light grey back and wings, w...

Hello All, With the winter now over, which involved flash flooding and a drop in temperature, the ground is lush with grass and insects. Therefore, I have seen some species migrating north including swallows, gulls and flocks of little brown jobs, which I can not possitively identify. I have also se...

All, Due to the nature of my role, I will be moving north and operating from another FOB. Unfortunately the new FOB does not have the internet so my next installment of 'Birding through SUSAT' will take place when I get back to Bastion for POTL. I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas, 29 Extreme Bird...

Is there anyone in Camp Bastion during the dates of 20-25th Nov 08 who would like to meet up for some birding in the mornings?

Also, if anyone knows of some good spots whilst I'm here, please let me know!

29 Cdo Extreme Birding.

Hello All, I've just come back from a stint in the north finding the FLET (found it!)and have found a brilliant marsh land with oodles of birds. The river is braided to the north with wetlands. I have seen: A colony of grey heron A black Kite Around this time, more flocks are seen migrating south, e...

Hello, I have the internet again! Thank you all for your comments. Further to my last, I have spotted: Great White Egret Long Legged Buzzard Collard Dove Gull - specie unknown but very large. White Wagtail Another unknown is a type of dove? It has a black body with white wings and tail, splaid out l...

All, Currently based in Musa Qaleh, North Helmand. Being part of the FST working with the infantry, the only birding that I can do is whilst on patrol, identifying birds using the SUSAT of my minimi. However crude this form of extreme birding is, I have managed to identify: Blue-Cheeked Bee-Eater Cr...