AbdulRahman Al-Sirhan

12/11/2011 at SAANR

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...

Oriental Skylark standing on the ground

25/10/2011 at Sulaibikhat Bay

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...

Common Rosefinch standing on the ground

20/10/2011 at Abraq Al Habari

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...

Bonelli's Eagle standing on the ground

18/10/2011 at various palces

Together Mike Chalmers and I went birding at various places in Kuwait. (numbers has not been counted but they are the least estimate). At Souq Sharq: Armenian Gull 2 (we manged to identify two; one adult and one in...

Black-crowned Night Heron standing reed stems

04/10/2011 at Pivot Fields

Wetern Osprey 1, Pied Wheatear 3, Marsh Harrier 2, Black-crowned Night Heron 2, Black Kite 73, European Roller 2, Collared Dove 12, Namaqua Dove 9, Common Kestrel 2, Steppe Buzzard 10, Eurasian Hoopoe 4, Daurian Shrike 13, Turkestan...

Hume’s Whitethroat perched on a rock

29/09/2011 at Abraq Al Habari

Shikra 1, Pied Wheatear 4, Menetries’s Warbler 2, Common Whitethroat 4, Eurasian Hoopoe 5, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler 2, Common Redstart 3, Steppe Buzzard 1, Spotted Flycatcher 2, Pallid Harrier 4, Eurasian Sparrowhawk 2, Common Cuckoo 1, Barn Swallow...

Asian Shikra Accipiter perched on a branch of a tree

27/09/2011 at Abraq Al Habari

Shikra 2, Pallid Harrier 2, Steppe Buzzard 5, Black Kite 1, Spotted Flycatcher 4, Eurasian Hoopoe 3, Lesser Whitethroat 6, Common Whitethroat 2, Willow Warbler 5, Common Chiffchaff 2, Tree Pipit 4, Cattle Egret 5, Common Redstart ssp...

Cream-coloured Courser standing on the ground

23/09/2011 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields

Purple Heron 6, Black-crowned Night Heron 3, White-throated Kingfisher 1, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 20, Black Kite 17, Turkestan Shrike 3, Squacco Heron 5, Western Marsh Harrier 4, Steppe Buzzard 6, Cream-coloured Courser 2, Sand Martin 200, Isabelline Wheatear 10,...

Steppe Buzzard perching on the ground

22/09/2011 at Abraq Al Habari

Eurasian Sparrowhawk 4, Steppe Buzzard, Pallid Harrier 3, Montagu’s Harrier 1, Honey Buzzard 1, Steppe Buzzard 4, Marsh Harrier 1, Barred Warbler 1, Woodchat Shrike 1, Black-eared Wheatear 4, Eurasian Hoopoe 4, European Roller 2, Water Pipit 1.

Common Rosefinch standing on the ground

15/09/2011 at Abraq Al Habari

Steppe Buzzard 3, Black Kite 1, Common Rosefinch 1, Ortolan Bunting 6, Black-headed Bunting 9, Spotted Flycatcher 11, Eurasian Hoopoe 15, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler 3, Willow Warbler 3, Pied Wheatear 1, Isabelline Wheatear 3, Tree Pipit 4, Great...