Bird of Kuwait Sightings - Birdwatching Tours
At Majma’a farms there were many Chiffchaffs C. 12 in one farm, Indian Silverbill 8, Collared Doves 20, White-eared Bulbul 6, White-crowned Wheatear 2, Black Scrub Robin 1, Green Bee-eater 3, Pallid Swift 5, Pale Crag Martin 6, Steppe...
Today were not many birds but I managed to see the two Mesopotamian Crows, which are the 1st record of this species which looks as though it is going to colonize Kuwait. Birds seen included Ferruginous Duck 1,...
There were two rare birds found recently at Jahra the Great White Pelican which used to breed in Kuwait early in the previous century and the Peregrine Falcon which also used to breed in Kuwait City for a...
After obtaining the gate pass for Jahra Pool Reserve on Thursday and went on Friday to see the Horned Grebes that were found by Rashed on 1st day of 2013 I couldn’t relocate the birds! (they were two...
Pekka and I went to Salalah, Oman for a four day birding. We met Dr Gary Brown who did bird with us. Below is a list of the birds we have seen: 5/09/2012 East Khawr Little Egret 2,...
On 10/02/2012 the Swiss group found the second record of Masked Wagtail at Wafra Farms. Also found the following: At Fahaheel park: Masked shrike 1, Woodlark 1, Turkestan Shrike 1. At Wafra Farms: Masked Wagtail 1, Hypocolius 10,...
A Swiss group started birding on 03/02/2012 and had seen the following so far: 03/02/2012: Black-crowned Sparrow-lark 5, Crab Plover 20, Macqueen’s Bustard 7, Asian Desert Warbler 4, Menetries’s Warbler 2, Bar-tailed Lark4 and other birds. 04/02/2012: Greater Spotted Eagle...
Here are some photographs of the Red-vented Bulbul that were photographed on Green Island on 02/02/2012 that I thought I need to share them with others. The Red-vented Bulbul is an established breeder introduced from escapes. It is now...
This morning Rashed called me to draw my attention to a flock of geese at JPR. I was then at Jahra Pool and seen the 11 Eastern Greylag Geese. Eastern Greylag Goose Anser anser rubrirostri
While checking warblers at acacia trees I saw a bird with olive greenish upperparts with broad wing bar. The bird forages quickly from one tree to another, then started calling a short disyllabic call that made me identify...
One of the guards told us at the entrance that he saw this morning four Macqueen’s Bustard, but I went in the opposite direction to find two flying overhead. Macqueen’s Bustard 2, Asian Desert Warbler 5, European Robin 1, Red-breasted...
Jahra Pool Reserve: Little Grebe 1, Great White Egret 1, Little Egret 3, White-tailed Lapwing 2, European Stonechat 2, Moorhen 6. Jahra Farms: European Robin 2, Song Thrush 3, Eurasian Sparrowhawk 1, White-throated Kingfisher 1, Laughing Dove 5,...
Pivot Fields: Tawny Pipit 141 (highest ever daily count), Greater Spotted Eagle 3, Eastern Imperial Eagle 1, Steppe Eagle 1, Short-toed Snake Eagle 1, Long-legged Buzzard 2, Pallid Harrier 1, Montagu’s Harrier 1, Steppe Buzzard 5, Black Kite...
Oriental Skylark 2, Western Great Egret 14, Daurian Shrike 1, Common Ringed Plover 373, Grey Plover 85, Kentish Plover 300, Little Stint 500, Eurasian Curlew 20, Curlew Sandpiper 300, Greater Sand Plover 100, Lesser Sand Plover 200, Dunlin...
Oriental Skylark 1, Red-breasted Flycatcher 2, Black-winged Kite 1, Common Rosefinch 2, Spotted Flycatcher 1, Red-throated Pipit 1, Tree Pipit 1, Ortolan Bunting 2, Daurian Shrike 1, Pied Wheatear 1, Isabelline Wheatear 2, Common Quail 2, Steppe Buzzard 2, Willow...
