16/09/2016 at Mutla’a Ranch a Green Wabler
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.
AbdulRahman Al-Sirhan
Striped Crake 1st for Kuwait and third for WP
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.
18/04/2016 at Al-Abraq
Little Bittern 1, Cattle Egret 10, Squacco Heron 20, Black-crowned Night-Heron 5, Eurasian Sparrowhawk 3, Black-eared Kite 1, Wood Sandpiper 2, Temminck’s Stint 1, Little Stint 2, Laughing Dove 1, Common Cuckoo 1, Eurasian Hoopoe 2, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater...
07/04/2016 at Jahra Pools Reserve
Today was quiet but I wanted to see if the White-tailed Lapwings are still there. It is a target species for a visitor coming in the next few days. I was glad to relocate the bird. It is probably...
06/04/2016 at Abraq Al Habari (arrival of the Basra Reed Warbler)
Today I witnessed the arrival of Basra Reed Warbler, just three days ago I checked the reed at Al Abraq thoroughly with no sign of Basra Reed Wabler, but today I found four. Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides) 21,...
05/04/2016 at Jahra Pools Reserve
It seems that migration is slow probably because the rainy season this year so there are many insects to catch and birds are not in a hurry. Breeding birds with chicks all over the site, but couldn’t relocate...
3-4/04/2016 at Al-Abraq, Kabd Reserve and Jahra Pools Reserve
Al-Abraq was quiet on 3rd April, except for few migrating birds which were: Apr 3, 2016 9:09 AM – 11:55 AM Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides) 5, Steppe Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo vulpinus) 1, Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) 1,...
27-28/03/2016 Various sites with a visitor Eric Jan Alblas
Eric Jan Alblas visited Kuwait for the Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark which was his main target. Early morning to Kabd Reserve produced 24 Black-crowned Sparrow-Larks. He wanted to see the Eastern Mourning Wheatear of the ssp perica but at this...
Salalah and Muscat, Oman 26 February to 10 March 2016
I went to Salalah for 4 days then to Muscat for the Asian Dowitcher. In Salalah I saw four of my target species which were the Pallas’s Fish Eagle (5th record if accepted), Malachite Kingfisher, Forest Wagtail, and...
17/03/2016 at Kabd Reserve
Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark (Eremopterix nigriceps) 20, Laughing Dove (Streptopelia senegalensis) 4, Namaqua Dove (Oena capensis) 1, Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops) 2, Daurian Shrike (Lanius isabellinus) 2, Steppe Grey Shrike (Lanius meridionalis pallidirostris) 2, Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca) 1, Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin...
15/03/2016 at Jahra Pools Reserve
Three Pied Kingfishers still lingering in Jahra Pools Reserve, and migration seems picking up. Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) 3, Garganey (Anas querquedula) 44, Common Pochard (Aythya ferina) 4, Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca) 2, Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) 12, Great...
25/02/2016 at Al-Ratqa
At Al-Ratqa: sightings by Mohd Khorshed, Humoud Alshayji, Saad Al-nouri and Mohammad Murad. Dunn’s Lark Eremalauda dunni 5, Temminck’s Lark Eremophila bilopha 5, Pale Rockfinch Carpospiza brachydactyla 5.
09/01/2016 at Kabd Reserve
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse (Pterocles alchata) 300+, Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark (Eremopterix nigriceps) 20, Crested Lark (Galerida cristata) 8, Greater Hoopoe-Lark (Alaemon alaudipes) 5, Pallid Swift (Apus pallidus) 30, Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina) 5, Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti) 2.
25/12/2015 Lesser Flamingo 4th record if accepted by KORC
A lesser Flamingo was seen today at Sulaibikhat Bay. I rushed there to see this beautiful bird with a Greater Flamingo flock as usual and managed a few photographs.
23/12/2015 at Jal Al-Zour
A short visit to Jal Al-Zor produced a Red-tailed Wheatear, Eastern Mourning Wheatear, Desert Wheatear and Isabelline Wheatear.
A trip to Salalah, Oman 10-14/11/2015
I heard the news that the Malachite Kingfisher has arrived in Salalah, so decided to visit Salalah to see the wintering birds. I was hoping to see the Pin-tailed Snipe, Long-toed Stint, Watercock, White-breasted Waterhen, Small Pratincole, Cotton...