Bird of Kuwait Sightings - Birdwatching Tours
This evening I had a call from Rashed inviting me to photograph a Rosy Starling that he found. There were many Yellow Wagtail, Wood sandpipers, Little Bittern 2, Squacco Heron 3, Red-necked Phalarope 20+, Ruff 9, Curlew Sandpiper...
There were 59 species at JEO found during less than two hours: Red-necked Phalarope 48, Woodchat Shrike 1, Red-backed Shrike 9, Red-throated Pipit 20+, Aquacco Heron 4, Common Sandpiper 5, Common Morhen 3, Little Stint 160+, Ruddy Turnstone 8,...
On 27/04/2008 the French group found an Oriental Pratincole at JEO at dusk, next day the bird was not relocated. I then re-read the article in Dutch Birding 27:1-35 (2005) by G. Driessens & L. Svensson, referring back to...
Basra Reed Warbler 1, Sedge Warbler 1, White-throated Robin 5 (females), Blackcap 3, Ruff 1, Little Stint 1, Ortolan Bunting 6, Common Chiffchaff 4, Spotted Flycatcher 3, Red-backed Shrike 2, Isabelline Shrike ssp. phoenicuroides 2, ssp. isabellinus 1,...
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.
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,...
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) –...
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...
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...
A Spur-winged Lapwing found and photographed by Kris De Rouck from Belgium on 2nd April 2008.
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.
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:...
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...
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....
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.
