Bird of Kuwait Sightings - Birdwatching Tours
Pivot Fields: Great Bittern 1, Little Ringed Plover 1, Squacco Heron 3, Glossy Ibis 1, Ruff 6, European Roller 3, Sand Martin 10, Barwn Swallow 20, Green Sandpiper 1, Collared Pratincole 1, Marsh Harrier 1, Great Reed Warbler...
At Jahra Farms: Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler 1, Upcher’s Warbler 1, Bluethroat 1, Barred Warbler 1, Blackcap 1, Eurasian Hoopoe 3, Clamorous Reed Warbler 1, Rosenecked Parakeet 2, White-eared Bulbul 4. At Tulha: Lesser Grey Shrike 1, Isabelline Wheatear...
I started at 12:15PM at Shuwaikh Free Zone then moved along the coast at Sulaibikhat Bay untill I reached Doha Spit. High tide was at 12:35PM, I reached Doha Spit at 2:45PM so high waters were much reduced and the birds were too...
At Jahra Farms: Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler 2 (seen by Khaled Al-Ghanem), Icterine Warbler 1, Masked Shrike 1, Upcher’s Warbler 1, White-throated Robin 1, Laughing Dove 6, Southern Grey Shrike 1, Barred Warbler 1. At Sulaibikhat Bay: Armenian Gull...
This morning Pekka has relocated the Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler (Kuwait’s first) he has found on 12/08/2008, I was able to see the bird and photograph it. The birds we saw today as follows: Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler 2, Icterine...
At JEO: Caspian Plover 1 (juenile ), Grey Heron 10, Eurasian Curlew 20, Broad-billed Sandpiper 2, Greater Sand Plover 1, White Stork 1 (fisrt seen by Rashed on 13/07/2008), Bar-tailed Godwit 1, Little Stint 10, Wood Sandpiperr 3,...
Lesser Sand Plover 1, Greater Sand Plover 3, Western Reef Egret 2 (juvenile), Green Sandpiper 3, Curlew Sandpiper 3. Lesser Sand Plover Greater Sand Plover . . . for comparison! Western Reef Egret juvenile
Today it was very quiet. Birds that were seen included the following: Masked Shrike 1 (the same bird that was seen on 24 June and had lost its tail), Upcher’s Warbler 6+, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler 3, Hoopoe Lark...
Black-shouldered Kite 1, Isabelline Shrike 1, Masked Shrike 1, European Roller 2, Isabelline Wheatear 1, Upcher’s Warbler 2, Laughing Dove 1, Collared Dove 1, Lesser Short-toed Lark 2, Hoopoe Lark 2, Crested Lark 20+, House Sparrow 20+ Black-shouldered...
White-winged Lapwing 1 (juv.), Greenshank 2, Red-backed Shrike 1 (male), Pied Avocet 1, Black-tailed Godwit 1, Whiskered Tern 4, Cream-coloured Courser 2, Eurasian Curlew 40+, White-winged Tern 10+, Black-winged Stilt 30+, Little Tern 20+ Pied Avocet White-winged Tern...
Birds that have been seen today included all the birds seen in the last post except the Tawny Pipt and Red-necked Phalaropes, new ones are: African Collared Dove 1, European Bee-eater 1, Greater Crested Tern 3, Black-tailed Godwit...
Greater Sand Plover 20+, Red-necked Phalarope 2, Terek Sandpiper 1, Marsh Sandpiper 3, Curlew Sandpiper 20+, Kentish Plover 30+, Little Stint 2, Eurasian Curlew 60+, Tawny Pipt 1, Yellow Wagtail (feldegg) 1, White-winged Tern 20+, Sanderling 2, Ruddy...
White-cheeked Tern 450+ pairs (I have counted 450 pairs), Lesser Crested Tern 200+ (only rough estimation), Bridled Tern 500+ pairs (rough estimation), Tawny Pipit 1, Common Kestrel 2 White-cheeked Tern
Willow Warbler 1, Little Grebe 1, Red-backed Shrike 1, Isabelline Shrike 2, European Reed Warbler 8, Great Reed Warbler 6, Little Bittern 3, Squacco Heron 2, Graceful Prinia 10+, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 2, Yellow Wagtail 2 (feldegg 1, beema 1),...
Masked Shrike 1, Red-backed Shrike 3 (2males & 1female), Upcher’s Warbler 4, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler 2, Marsh Warbler 3, Garden Warbler 1, Eastern Orphean Warbler 1, European Reed Warbler 1, Rufous tailed Scrub Warbler 6, Tawny Pipit 3,...
At Tulha: Upcher’s Warbler 12, Garden Warbler 1, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler 3, Marsh Warbler 2, European Reed Warbler 4, Whitethroat 1, Ortolan Bunting 2, Red-backed Shrike 1 (male), Woodchat Shrike 1, Tawny Pipit 2, Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin 3, Common...