Guided Bird Walks in November

Health Safety and Environment are happy to offer three Guided Bird Walks in November. Come along and observe some of the 247 species of bird that have been recorded within KAUST over the past 8 years.

A Junior Walk is to be held at the Safaa Golf Club on Sunday, November 5 starting at 5:00 p.m. and lasting about 1 hour. Children should be aged between 6 and 12 years old and parents are welcome to accompany their children. We will meet in the Reception area.

The first adult walk is around the mangroves on the Island on Saturday, November 18. We will meet at the Island Mosque at 4:00 p.m. The walk will last about 2 hours. This walk should be good for observing birds that gather in the mangroves and surrounding mudflats. We will hopefully see a variety of waders, gulls and herons. If we are lucky we may also spot one of the shyer mangrove specialist, possibly a Mangrove or Clamorous Reed Warbler.

The second adult walk will be around the SAFAA golf course on Friday, November 24 meeting in the reception area at 7:00 a.m. We will walk amongst the woodlands and fairways, which always have birds of interest, before spending a lengthier period looking at the lakes near the the 1st Fairway. We should see a good variety of birds and hopefully encounter around 40 different species.

To register please go to the HSE website. We do have a number of pairs of binoculars which community members may use on the walks but if you have a pair of your own, please bring them along. We hope to see you there.

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