26/04/2008 a trip to Failaka Island
A trip to Failaka Island produced an Arctic Skua 1, Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush 3, Slender-billed Gull 9, Great Cormorant 1. Great Cormorant. Arctic Skua.
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25/04/2008 at Pivot Fields
Common Nightingale 1, Masked Shrike 1, Great Reed Warbler 4, Blackcap 1, Common Buzzard 1, Red-backed Shrike 3, Pied Wheatear 3, Long-legged Buzzard, Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin 2, Whinchat 10+, Common Redstart 3, Song Thrush 1, Woodchat Shrike 3,...
1-10/04/2008, sightings by Mark O. Chichester.
Observer: Mark O. Chichester chichmark@aol.com ochi@chevron.com 1-10 April 2008 Locations: (N-W) Nuwaiseeb-Wafra Road (WOF) Wafra Oil Field – including the Joint Operations Administrative Camp GPS for Wafra Administration Camp N28 degr 38.438′ E48 degr 56.043′ (WPR) –...
10/04/2008 the first Lesser Frigatebird for Kuwait at Zour Port.
The following has just been posted at WestPalBirds@yahoogroups.com on behalf of Richard Bonser: A Lesser Frigatebird has been seen and photographed this evening at Zour Port, southern Kuwait by visiting English birders- a national first and as I...
5/04/2008 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields
Eurasian Wryneck 1, Pallid Harrier 2, Siberian Stonechat ssp. maurus 2, Woodchat Shrike 3, Tawny Pipt 10+, Tree Pipt 5, Masked Shrike 1, Common Buzzard 1, Cattle Egret 63+, European Bee-eater 10+. Northern Wheatear, female. European Bee-eater. Byzantine...
02/04/2008 at Sulabiya Pivot Fields by Belgian visiting group.
A Spur-winged Lapwing found and photographed by Kris De Rouck from Belgium on 2nd April 2008.
29/03/2008 at Abraq Al Habari by Pekka Fågel and a Belgian visiting group.
Rock Martin 3, the 6th record for Kuwait, Long-eared Owl 1, the 3rd record for Kuwait. All records are subject to acceptance by KORC. Rock Martin photographed by Pekka Fågel.
29/03/2008 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields, Abraq Al Habari and Sulaibikhat Bay
At Sulaibikhat Bay: Common Shelduck 4. At Sulaibiya: Orphean Warbler 1, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Upcher’s Warbler 3, Common Redstart ssp. samamisicus 1, Common Whitethroat 1, Deser Warbler 1, Steppe Grey Shrike 1, Pallid Harrier 1. At Pivot Fields:...
28/03/2008 news from Pekka Fågel
I received this email from Pekka Fågel: Belgian group came this morning and they got an excellent start for their trip. Male Shikra in the morning at Sulaibikhat N.R. There they saw also 4 Little Gulls in breeding plumage (we have...
20/03/2008, at Khiran South by Rashed
Isabelline Shrike ssp. isabellinus 1. Pale Rochfinch 3, Kurdish Wheatear Oenanthe xanthoprymna xanthoprymna 1, Tree Pipit 1. Kurdish Wheatear Oenanthe xanthoprymna nominate race. Turkestan Shrike form karelini, which might be a hybrid between Turkestan Shrike and Red-backed Shrike....
19/03/2008, at Jahra East Outfall
Northern Wheatear 1, Baillon’s Crake 1, Yellow Wagtail ssp. beema 4, Yellow Wagtail ssp. feldegg 8+, Siberian Stonechat ssp. maurua 1, Pallid Swift 2, Red-rumped Swallow 6, Barn Swallow 8, House Martin 4. Baillon’s Crake.
19/03/2008, at Jahra East Outfall by Rashed.
White Stork 1, Yellow Wagtail ssp. feldegg (melanogrisea) 1. White Stork . Yellow Wagtail ssp. feldegg (melanogrisea).
18/03/2008 at Jahra East Outfall
Baillon’s Crake 2, Spotted Crake 1, Garganey 1, Red-rumped Swallows 20+, House Martin 5+, Pallid Swift 6+, Barn Swallow 20+, Sand Martin 20+. Baillon’s Crake.
18/03/2008, at Jahra East Outfall by Rashed
Garganey 2, Little Swift 1, Baillon’s Crake 1, Bluethroat ssp. svecica 1, Bluethroat ssp. cyanecula 1.Bluethroat ssp. cyanecula. Bluethroat ssp. svecica. Baillon’s Crake Little Swift Garganey Garganey