Bird of Kuwait Sightings - Birdwatching Tours
Today the two groups arrived at Kuwait international airport, a Danish and a British group; they headed straight to Subiya and relocated the two Purple Sunbirds. This morning they were at the Pivot Fields when I met them,...
12/12008 Dr. Gary photographed a European Golden Plover, his photograph is shown below.
9 European Golden Plovers were seen today by Brian Foster at Pivot Fields, the highest number so far.
Today I went to Subiya and got the following photographs. Yesterday Pekka, Brain and Mike saw the Purple Sunburds at Subiya, the following photogrphs by Pekka.
At JEO he found and photographed a Little Grebe, Glossy Ibis, Shouthern Grey Shrike and a Common Kingfisher.The Glossy Ibis below. The Little Grebe A Steppe Grey Shrike
Today Rashed, the most active birder in Kuwait, went to Subiya to relocate the Purple Sunbirds, he found 3 and suspected them being four. All photographs below are Rashed’s. The two photographs are of the Purple Sunbird.
1 European Stonechat, 6 Red-wattled Lapwings, 5+ Common Babblers, 1 Southern Grey Shrike. Below are the photographs of the Common Babbler.
3 Red-vented Bulbuls, 8+ Common Mynas, 4 Barred Warblers (wintering), 4+ Collared Doves, 1 White-throated Kingfisher, 2+ Laughing Doves, 2 Common Cormorant, 1 Redshank, 1 White-cheeked/ Red-vented Bulbul hybrid, with a head battern of a White-cheeked and a...
The two Purple Sunbirds were relocated today, I found a number of Isabelline and Dersert Wheatears together with Desert Warblers. Below is a photograph of a Desert Warbler.
The two Purple Sunbirds were relocated today and one photographed see photograph below.
The Purple Sunbird was found and photographed by Rashed Al-Hajji Today Rashed Al-Hajji has found and photographed a new record for Kuwait and the Western Palearctic as defined by BWP by Cramp & Simmons 1977. The record involved...
At Kuwait Towers: 15+ Bank Mynas. Bank Mynas are becoming easier to see at some sites specially around Kuwait Towers which was discovered recently by Pekka Fagel and Mike Pope, it is a breeding species, introduced into Kuwait from escapes, oringally an...
Dr. Gary had photographed a Bar-tailed Lark on 3/1/2008 his excellent photograph is shown below
At Pivot Fields Dr. Gary Brown found two European Golden Plovers (the 3rd record for Kuwait and for this year) also seen by me and the two visiting groups .
The two visiting groups found 8 Dunn’s Larks, 4 Black-crowned Sparrow Larks. At Pivot Fields the Little Curlew was relocated by Dr. Gary Brown. The following photo by A Al-Sirhan The following photos by Pekka Fagel:
