Bird of Kuwait Sightings - Birdwatching Tours
Ouda Al-Bathalie a member of Kuwait Birding forum has asked me to see what he thinks a new bird for Kuwait at his farm. This morning Rashed and I went to his farm and photographed the bird it turned...
At Souq Sharq: Pallas’s Gull 3, Black-headed Gull 20, Slender-billed Gull 2, Armenian Gull 10, Steppe Gull 20, Palld Swift 8. At Pivot Fields: Corn Bunting 3, Black Kite 60, Greater Spotted Eagle 3, Common Kestrel 1, Eurasian...
Together with a Canadian Visitor, Gordon Saunders we started from Kuwait Bay to Sulaibikhat Bay to produce the following: Armenian Gull 30 (maximum daily count so far), Steppe Gull 53, Lesser Black-backed Gull (fuscus) 1, Siberian Gull (heuglini) 3,...
Buff-bellied Pipit 1, Steppe Eagle 2, Woodchat Shrike 2, Long-legged Buzzard 2, Cattle Egret 10, Water Pipit 20, White Wagtail 15, Eurasian Skylark 30, Isabelline Shroke 1, Isabelline Wheatear 2, Common Moorehen 17, Common Snipe 1. Yesterday the Visiting...
At JEO: Curlew Sandpiper 500, Common Shelduck 60, Mallard 55, Eurasian Wigeon 5, Grey Plover 180, Northern Shoveler 1, Pied Wheatear 1, Siberian Stonechat ssp. variegatus 1, Desert Wheatear 1, Isabelline Wheatear 1, Steppe Eagle 1 At Jahra...
Pekka and AbdulRahman went to Al-Abraq today to reclocate the Hume’s Leaf Warbler (2nd record) after hearing the bird calls a number of time we finally managed to see the bird and Pekka managed to photograph it as well. Birds that were seen...
A trip to Socotra, Yemen 4 – 9 December 2008 By AbdulRahman Al-Sirhan Participants: Pekka Fågel, AbdulRahman Al-Sirhan, Gary Brown and Irina Mazurkevich. Dragon’s Blood Tree Dracaena cannibari. Photograph by A. Al-Sirhan Introduction The Socotra Archipelago is part...
Pivot Fields: Sociable Lapwing 3 (fourth record for Kuwait), European Golden Plover 5 (fourth record for Kuwait), Long-legged Buzzard 3, Pallid Swifts 5, Common Swift 3, Great Egret 1, Great Cormorant 13, Cattle Egret 12, Black Kite 50,...
At Jahra Farms: Woodlark 2 (first seen yesterday by Rashed Al-Hajji), Indian Roller 1, White-throated Kingfisher 1, Meadow Pipit 1, White-eared Bulbul 10, Rose-ringed Parakeet 4. At East Doha: Mew (Common) Gull 1 seen by Pekka and the Belgian...
Dark-throated Thrush 1, Blackbird 1, Song Thrush 3, Black Redstart 1, Red-breasted Flycatcher 1, Spotted Flycatcher 1, European Turtle Dove 1. European Turtle Dove, Streptopelia turtur
Mohd Khorshed has photographed a Stock Dove today, the 4th record for Kuwait. Also Mohd Khorshed has found and photographed a Cetti’s Warbler on 5th Nov. Today Rashed has photographed probably the same bird. Buff-bellied Pipit 1, Moustched...
Ring Ouzel 1, Redwing 1, Blackbird 2, Song Thrush 4, European Robin 1 Ring Ouzel Blackbird European Robin
Black-necked Grebe 1, Hen Harrier 1, Water Pipit 2, Yellow Wagtail 2
At Pivot Fields: Hen Harrier 1, Greenshank 6, Collared Dove 200, Namaqua Dove 54, Cattle Egret 93, Grey Heron 2, Isabelline Shrike 2, Common Buzzard 9, Black Kite 8, Imperial Eagle 3, Common Starling 10, Common Kestrel 10,...
At Al-Abrag: Corn Bunting 20 and Meadow Pipit 1 both found by Rick Saval, Dark-throated Thrush 1, Redwing 1, Penduline Tit Hen Harrier by Rashed
At Al-Abrag: Dark-throated Thrush 1, Redwing 1, Common Blackbird 1. All found by Khaled Al-Ghanim. At JEO: Buff-bellied Pipit 1 (seen by Rashed), Water Pipit 20, Mountain Chiffchaff 10, White Wagtail 5, Spanish Sparrow 3, Great Reed Warbler...