Bird of Kuwait Sightings - Birdwatching Tours
I visited a number of birding sites for three consecutive days. The highlights were a a highest daily count of Common Woodpigeon of 294, and two Red-tailed Wheatears at Jal Al Zor. Kabd Reserve 15/01/2023 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 33, Laughing...
On the evening of 8th Jan 2023, I received a photo on WhatsApp of a Long-tailed Duck photographed the same at Jahra Pools Reserve. The next day early in the morning, I was there and was happy to...
I saw a report on eBird.org that a Striated Heron was seen at Al-Shaheed Park. I went in the morning but had no luck with the bird. It is the 8th record for Kuwait if accepted by KORC....
Yesterday Aju John witnessed the arrival of the Lesser Flamingo. It is becoming annual since when it was first found in 2007. It was then occurred in 2010, 2012, 2015 through this year. KISR West Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus...
This morning I went to Abraq Al-Habari; it was very quiet there.Some flying raptors circled overhead, and Tawny and Tree Pipits were migrating at this time of the year; other than that, a Griffon Vulture flew low then...
I went birding again with Stamatis Zogaris, who is currently visiting Kuwait for work. The weather was OK in the morning, 24 degrees celsius at 7 am.We went to Mutla’a Ranch. The first bird that caught our attention...
Migration is picking up by now, more birds are showing up in Kuwait. I recently visited Jahra Pools Reserve, and most regular waders were seen, including Broad-billed Sandpipers, Greater and Lesser Sand Plovers, Terek Sandpiper, Green, and Wood...
This is my third visit to Kerala State, India. The first was in May 2016 and lasted for a week; the second was in March 2019 for four days. This time I contacted Eldhose to do a 5-day...
I decided to make a pelagic trip to the southern islands of Kuwait, so we were four to start a pelagic trip at 8 O’clock on 20 May 2022.We started from Fintas towards Um Al Maradim Island, the...
Kabd Reserve 13/04/2022 Feral Pigeon Columba livia 2, Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 6, Pallid Swift Apus pallidus 2, Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca 1, Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 1, European Bee-eater Merops apiaster8, Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni 3,...
I noticed today that the female (probably a first winter) Hypocolius was furiously feeding on the flowers of the Arabian Boxthorn Lycium shawii bush. The outcome of today is as follows: Kabd Reserve Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 5, Laughing Dove Streptopelia...
This morning I visited Mutla’a Ranch and then Jahra Reserve. I call it Jahra Reserve because what is called Jahra Pools Reserve and Jahra East Outfall are now one reserve all run by the Environment Public Authority, EPA....
Highlight of the day is Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta, Red-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe chrysopygia and Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana. Khiran: Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 1, Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis 1, Crested Lark Galerida cristata 1, White-eared Bulbul...
Abraq Al-Habari Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus 1, White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis 1, Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 1, White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis 2, European Robin Erithacus rubecula 2, Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 4. Poultry Pivot Fields Namaqua Dove Oena...
This morning, Irvin Calicut and Kichu Aravind found an immature Striated Heron Butorides striata at Jahra Farms, I soon went there to find the bird. It is a Kuwait tick for me. Abdulmohsen Al-Surayea and Sajan Raju joined...
