17/04/2009 at Jahra East Outfall
Basra Reed Warbler 8, Little Egret 6, Spotted Crake 3, Graceful Prinia 2, Common Chiffchaff 6, Meadow Pipit 2, Sedge Warbler 4, Squacco Heron 9, Collared Pratincole 1, Little Bittern 1
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20/03/2009 Mongolian Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes mongolicus a first record for Kuwait
On 5/03/2009 Khaled Al-Ghanem has found a first record for Kuwait a Mongolian Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes mongolicus. The bird was found in Sabah Al-Ahmed Natural Reserve in a flock of up to six, but today on 20/03/2009 the number...
07/03/2009 at Jahra Farms
White-throated Kingfisher 2 ( amale and female in courtship feeding), Bank Myna 2, Sparrowhawk 1, Common Myna 2, Common Chiffchaff 10, Songthrush 6, Siberian Stonechat 1, Common Redstart 1, Grey Wagtail 2, Red-rumped Swallow 4, Rose-necked Parakeet 4,...
04/03/2009 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields
Common Linnet 2, Common Snipe 1, Imperial Eagle 2, Marsh Harrier 1, Black Kite 6, Cattle Egret 60, Red Bishop (escapee) 2, Isabelline Shrike 2, Siberian Stonechat 4, Eurasian Skylark 3, Crested Lark 5, Eurasian Hoopoe 1, Corn...
23/02/2009 at Jahra East Outfall
Cetti’s Warbler 2, Moustached Warbler 2, European Reed Warbler 1, Little Crake 2, Spanish Sparrow 2, Common Moorhen 2 Cetti’s Warbler Cettia cetti
22/02/2009 an Asian Koel at Abdali Farms a first for Kuwait and the WP
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...
21/02/2009 at Souq Sharq, Pivot Fields, Doha Peninsula and JEO with Gordon Saunders
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...
20/02/2009 Kuwait Bay, Sulaibikhat Bay and Jahra Farms
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,...
17/02/2009 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields
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...
12/02/2009 at Jahra East Outfall and Jahra Farms
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...
05/01/2009 at Abraq Al Habari
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...
Socotra and Yemen Trip Report 4-9 Decemeber 2008
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...
29/12/2008 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields
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,...
27/12/2008 at Jahra Farms
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...
28/11/2008 at Abraq Al Habari
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
19/11/2008 at Jahra East Outfall
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...