Bird of Kuwait Sightings - Birdwatching Tours
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,...
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.
The third record of Grey-necked Bunting for Kuwait was found on 16/09/2011 by Rashed Al-Hajji at Sabah Al-Ahmad Nature Reserve. This record is subject to acceptance by KORC.
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...
Montagu’s Harrier 3, Steppe Buzzard 2, Black Kite 2, European Roller 2, Collared Pratincole 10, Wood Sandpiper 1, Greater Short-toed Lark 20, Northern Wheatear 1, Mauryan Grey Shrike 2, Tawny Pipit 2, Red-backed Shrike 1, Woodchat Shrike 2,...
This morning I went birding with Yogeesh and his friend and found the following: At Pivot Fields: Purole Heron 24, Steppe Buzzard 2, Black Kite 4, Sand Martin 30, Crested Lark 10, Montagu’s Harrier 1, Greater Short-toed Lark...
04/09/2001 at Jahra Farms: Barred Warbler 2, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Common Whitethroat 2, Garden Warbler 1, Steppe Grey Shrike 1, Grey Wagtail 1. 05/09/2001 at Jahra East Outfall: Whimbrel 3, Ruff 5, Lesser Grey Shrrike 3. 05/09/2011 at...
A quick visit to Sulaibikhat Bay at high tide time produced: Dunlin 20, Greater Flamingo 250, Steppe Gull 18, Curlew Sandpiper 20, Common Ringed Plover 12, Eurasian Curlew 15, Caspian Tern 25, Gull-billed Tern 20, Greater Sand Plover...
Steppe Grey Shrike 1, Lesser Grey Shrike 2, Pallid Harrier 1, Red-backed Shrike 2, Barn Swallow 10, Golden Oriole 4, Caspian Reed Warbler 3, Willow Warbler 6, Common Whitethroat 4, Common Rosefinch 1, Black-headed Bunting 4, Spotted Flycatcher...
On 31st July Khaled Al-Ghanem photographed a Striated Heron, Butorides striata at Sulaibikhat Bay, which is a first for Kuwait. There were no past records of this species in Kuwait (The Birds of the State of Kuwait, George Gregory 2005). This...
My family and I decided to spend a two week holiday at Uzungöl resort, Turkey. We arrived late in the evening on 29th June. Uzungöl is a lake at altitude of 1120m above sea level, the coordinates of which are 40...
The Savi’s Warbler has bred in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia and has been suspected to breed in Kuwait (G. Gregory 2005). This morning there were three birds at JEO one of which was a juvenile.Birds seen...
At Sulaibikhat Pivot Fields: Ortolan Bunting 20, Long-legged Buzzard 1, Black-winged Pratincole 20, Montagu’s Harrier 1,Pallid Harrier 1, Black-headed Bunting 1, Richard Pipit 1, Common Redstart 4, Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush 1, Common Nightingale 1, Whinchat 25, White-throated Robin...
Mike Pope and I went birding in Saudi Arabia on the 15-16/04/2011. We went as far as Zulfi, 370km south of the border of Kuwait where we stayed the night and also birded Artawiya and some desert areas...
This morning Khaled al-Ghanem was lucky enough to find the second record for Kuwait a Mongolian Finch. It was first recoded by himself at the same place on 05/03/2009. It was found at a small drinking pool at...
Jahra East Outfall: Siberian Stonechat 1, Osprey 1, Upcher’s Warbler 1, Eastern Cinereous Bunting 1, Turkestan Shrike 1, Steppe Grey Shrike 1, Steppe Buzzard 1, Willow Warbler 12, Sykes’s Wagtail 2, Yellow-headed Wagtail 2, Black-headed Wagtail 3, Water...