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...
AbdulRahman Al-Sirhan
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...
05/11/2015 Al-Abraq, Jahra Pools Reserve and Jal Al-Zour
Highlights of today: Eurasian Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus 4, Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus 1 (Yesterday), Lilith Owl Athene noctua lilith 1, Blue Rock-Thrush Monticola solitarius 1, Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens 5, Kurdistan Wheatear Oenanthe xanthoprymna 3, Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus 8, Hume’s Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei 1 (At Al-Abraq), Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis...
04/11/2015 Hume’s Warbler and Pallid Scops Owl at Al-Abraq
At Al-Abraq (By A. Al-Sirhan): Hume’s Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei 1, Mountain Chiffchaff Phylloscopus sindianus 1, Pallid Scops-Owl Otus brucei 1, White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis 1, Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus 2, Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 1, Common Chiffchaff (Scandinavian) Phylloscopus collybita abietinus 5, Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa...
03/11/2015 at Jahra Pool Reserve
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 4, Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata 20, Northern Pintail Anas acuta 4, Garganey Anas querquedula 2, Common Pochard Aythya ferina 9, Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 15, Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 8, Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus 1, Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 8, Great Egret Ardea alba 1,...
27/10/2015 at Jahra Pools Reseve
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata 5, Common Pochard Aythya ferina 1, Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 12, Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 3, Little Egret Egretta garzetta 2, Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 2, Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus 1, Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga 2, Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus...
28/09/2015 at Al-Abraq
Asian Shikra (Accipiter (badius) cenchroides) 2, Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus) 4,Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus samamisicus) 1, Eurasian Golden Oriole (Oriolus oriolus) 1, Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis) 1, Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus) 3 Steppe Buzzard (Buteo buteo vulpinus) 5.