Bird of Kuwait Sightings - Birdwatching Tours
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This morning, it has been my privilege to meet the first ever Western Palearctic Big Year guys for the year 2017. I will be guiding and helping them to access some birding site to achieve their goal to reach...
12th November: Arrival at Kuwait airport and overnight at Continental Inn. 13th November: At 6am we left the hotel with boxed breakfast towards Abu Al-Hasaniya. There we first encountered eleven Lesser Crested Tern then a Greater Crested Tern...
The winter tour 12-20 November 2016 ended today with another Eversmann’s Redstat at Al Shallal’s Farm. Highlights of the tour was two Eversman’s Redstarts at different location, two Shikras at two different locations and two Crested Honey Buzzards...
Today the visitors I am guiding were happy to see and photograph an obliging Eversmann’s Redstart, the 12th record for Kuwait. The visitors were Hugues DUFOURNY, Brian Rasmussen, Henrik Rask, Daniel Mauras, Jean-Jacques CLEMENT, Francis SMIGIELSKI and Thierry JEAN....
At Al Salmi: Dunn’s Lark 1 (photographed by Rashed), Finsch’s Wheatear 2, Eastern Pied Wheatear 1, Isabelline Wheatear 2, Northern Wheatear 1, Desert Wheatear 4, Asian Desert Warbler. At Jahra Pools Reserve (by Omar): Griffon Vulture 15, Cinereous...
Jahra East Outfall 5/11/2016: Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus 3, Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides 1, Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus 6, Mauryan Grey Shrike Lanius lahotra pallidirostris 3, Asian Desert Warbler Sylvia nana 5, Eastern Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens 4,...
There were a number of Spotted Eagle today perching on ground and tree branches. 38 birds species recorded today which include: Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 3, Eurasian Teal (Anas crecca crecca/nimia) 9 Common Pochard Aythya ferina 7, Little Grebe...
Al-Shallal’s Farm Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 1 Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) 7 Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva) 2 Western Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) 1 Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka) 2 Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos) 1 Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta) 5 Spanish...
This morning I went to Green Island at 8 am, I was told by the people at the gate that the opening hour is 9 am, drove around up to Shuwaikh looking for Bank Myna but I only saw...
Al-Shaheed Park: Indian Silverbill (Euodice malabarica) 9, Shikra (Accipiter badius) 1, Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) 26, Laughing Dove (Streptopelia senegalensis) 4, Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla) 1, Red-tailed Shrike (Lanius phoenicuroides) 1, Mauryan Grey Shrike (Lanius meridionalis pallidirostris) 1,...
Richard’s Pipit Anthus richardi 1, Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes 1, Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 1, White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis 1, Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides 1, Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis 1, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus 1, Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 8, Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 1, Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 1, Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 2, Eurasian Blackcap...
At Al-Nuwaiseeb – Rubbish Dumps: Eastern Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens persica 3, Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka 3, Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina 2, Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti 9, Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus 2, Asian Desert Warbler Sylvia nana 3, White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis 11, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus...
Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus 1, Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga 1, Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis 5, Imperial Eagle Aquila heliacal 1, Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus 3, Shikra Accipiter badius 1, Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 1, Long-legged Buzzard Buteo...
A short visit to Al Abraq produced: Asian Shikra 3, Eurasian Sparrowhawk 1, Red-breasted Flycatcher 1, Spotted Flycatchers 3, Pied Wheatear 2, Isabelline Wheatear 1, Tree Pipit 3, White Wagtail 6, Barn Swallows 5, Common Chiffchaff 6.
This morning Markus Craig and Neil Tovey found a Green Warbler, I rushed there and was able to see the bird first, but later had some photographs.
Photographs of a bird taken on 1st January 2015 in Kuwait was shown recently to birders and was identified as a Striped Crake, Aenigmatolimnas marginalis. Ammar Al-jeraiwi who found and photographed the bird, said that the bird was initially identified as a Spotted/Little Crake.