Bird of Kuwait Sightings - Birdwatching Tours
Sulaibikhat Bay: Ruddy Turnstone 10, Greater Sand Plover 15, Lesser Sand Plover 1, Kentish Plover 10, Slender-billed Gull 20, Armenian Gull 2, Steppe Gull, Little Stint 30, Curlew Sandpiper 20, Greater Flamingo 700, Terek Sandpiper 2, Indian Reef...
The wind has been mostly southernly blowing that prevented the large influx at this time of the year. The birds were more or less the same as to my last visit to this site three days ago except...
Eurasian Oystercatcher 1, Lesser Sand Plover 1, Greater Sand Plover 4, Steppe Gull 10, Armenian Gull 5, Slender-billed Gull 50, Heuglin’s Gull 3, Little Stint 1, Curlew Sandpiper 200, Ruddy Turnstone 10, Common Ringed Plover 3, Indian Reef...
Eurasian Hoopoe 24, Spotted Flycatcher 2, Black-headed Bunting 10, European Bee-eater 100, European Roller 4, Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin 3, Upcher’s Warbler 1, Black Kite 1, Barn Swallow 18, Rose-coloured Starling 1, Red-backed Shrike 3, Willow Warbler 2, Common...
Pivot Fields was very quiet, the small pool to the left of the gate has no water anymore to attract migrant birds. Isabelline Wheatear 10, Common Moorhen 6, White-throated Kingfisher 1, Wood Sandpiper 1, House Sparrow 1000, Black-headed...
Eurasian Hoopoe 11, European Bee-eater 5, Great Reed Warbler 5, Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin 6, Barn Swallow 6, Black-headed Bunting 2, Sand Martin 1, Isabelline Wheatear 7, European Roller 3, Upcher’s Warbler 5, Yellow Wagtail 4, Lesser Grey Shrike...
Migration is gaining momentum slowly, so this morning I went to many sites to see what is out there. Pivot Fields: It was very quiet but I did see some birds; Isabelline Wheatear 1, European Roller 1, Eurasian...
Mike Pope and I went to Al-Abraq today. Migration has already started slowly with the usual birds such Isabelline Wheatear which arrived on 25 of July, Upcher’s Warblers etc. At Al-Abraq: Upcher’s Warbler 3, Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin 2,...
In a follow up visit to Kubbar Island, OSK members discovered three pairs of Swift Terns on a nest with one egg amongst the breeding colony of Lesser Crested Tern. Another four pairs of Swift Terns were displaying...
A brief visit to Kubbar Island produced the following breeding adults: White-cheeked Tern 3000, Lesser Crested Tern 500, Bridled Tern 4000. The good rain this year has improved the habitat for the breeding terns. The perennial bushes of Suaeda...
On 29/05/2010 Mohammed Khorshed an OSK member has briefly seen a falcon that stopped at Tulha at Sabah Al-Ahmed Natural Reserve only to drink and leave Mohammed only obtained photographs in flight. Later the bird was posted at OSK forum (www.oskonline.org/forum) and...
Egyptian Vulture 1, Squacco Heron 1, Sedge Warbler 7, Common Redstart 5, Garden Warbler 1, Masked Shrike 1, Eurasian Hoopoe 1, Eastern Orphean Warbler 2, Red-backed Shrike 8, Spotted Flycatcher 2, Upcher’s Warbler 2, European Bee-eater 1, Willow...
The visitors and Kuwaiti birders were lucky today to twitch the Ashy Drongo.
Birding Report 3-4 April 2010 by Gordon Saunders and Abdulrahman Al Sirhan Friday, April 2, 2010 at Kuwait City and surroundings … very pleasant conditions in early am and warmed up by mid-day, but tolerable. Marina Hotel/Mall beach...
The Black Bush Robin, the 3rd record for Kuwait is still at Al-Abraq today. Bird species seen at Al-Abraq were: Black Scrub Robin 1, Red-rumped Swallow 10, Barn Swallow 10,Common Redstart 1, Cattle Egret 1, Common Chiffchaff 15,...
