Bird of Kuwait Sightings - Birdwatching Tours
29/11/2007 at JEO. 1 Redwing found and photographed by Rashed, 3 Eurasian Coots, 3 Little Crakes, 2 Moustached Warblers, 1 Long-legged Buzzard, 1 Steppe Eagle, 2 Greater Spotted Eagles, 2 Marsh Harriers, 1 Osprey. The Redwing found and...
2 European Stonechat, 1 Long-tailed Shrike the 3rd record, the 2nd stayed from 14 Oct. 2006 until 9 April 2007 nearly 6 months, 1 Isabelline Shrike phoenicuroides ssp., 8 Eurasian Curlew of orientalis ssp. The Long-tailed Shrike, a...
26/11/2007 at JEO and SAANR. Pekka Fågel went to JEO and found a juvenile Little Bittern, at SAANR was lucky to find the Macqueen’s Bustard, Chlamydotis macqueenii and also found a Hoopoe Lark. All Photographs by Pekka Fågel.
1 Buff-bellied Pipits, 6 Richard’s Pipits, 5 Long-legged Buzzards, 1 Imperial Eagle, 1 Pallid Hrrier adult male, 200+ White Wagtails, 100+ Northern Lapwings, 60 Cattle Egrets, 2 Great Egrets, 3 Isabelline Shrike, 150+ Starlings. The Great Egret ...
The Buff-bellied Pipit the fourth record was found and photographed today by A. Al-Sirhan.Buff-bellied Pipit identification: Our bird of ssp. japonicus can be told from Water Pipit ssp. coutelii by bill length and depth and usually leg colour...
22/11/2007 at JEO The following photographs by Rashed at JEO. A juvenile Steppe Eagle.
22/11/2007 at JEO It was found and photographed by Rashed Al-Hajji. In his excellent book “The Birds of the State of Kuwait”, George Gregory wrote: Under the heading “European Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)” the following: All or almost...
Today another Buff-bellied Pipit that has darker and more streaks on breast, belly and flanks. 2 Meadow Pipits, 2 Eurasian Skylarks, 1 Citrine Wagtail a different bird from the one of 19/11/2007 has more yellow on face and...
A Buff-bellied Pipit, the second record for Kuwait of ssp. japonicus, was found and photographed by A. Al-Sirhan today. The first Buff-bellied Pipit was seen on 11/02/2005 by A. Bailey, B. Foster and G. Gregory. Description of the Buff-bellied...
21/11/2007 at JEO 2 Greater Spotted Eagles, 2 Marsh Harriers, 1 Little Crake, 30+ Water Pipits, 2 Yellow Wagtails 1 flava ssp. with a ring on its right leg. 1 Buff-bellied Pipit, the second record for Kuwait of...
19/11/2007 at JEO Rashed had photographed a Steppe Buzzard, a Spanish Sparrow and a Southern Grey Shrike.The following photographs all by Rashed Al-Hajji from left to right clockwise a Steppe Buzzard, the same bird again, a Spanish Sparrow...
3 Great Reed Warblers, 1 Siberian Stonechat ssp. maurus,1 Little Crake, 1 Eurasian Coot, 4 Red-throated Pipits, 30+ Water Pipits, 1 Citrine Wagtail, 1 Little Bittern in juv. plumage, 16 Chiffchaffs, 1 Southern Grey Shrike, 2 Green Sandpipers.
18/11/2007 at JEO Rashed Al-Hajji found and photographed the following: A Great Bittern.
86 Northern Lapwings, 1 White Stork, 2 Richard’s Pipits, 4 Long-legged Buzzards, 3 Night Herons (2 juveniles) at the fenced lake, 10 Namaqua Doves, 10+ Wood Pigeons, 1 Southern Grey Shrike, 1 Greater Spotted Eagle, 1 Imperial Eagle...
16/11/2007 at JEO: 3 Eurasian Coots, 6 Moorhens. There were also many Water Pipits and Wagtails but no trace of the Calandra Lark that was seen yesterday or the Chaffinch. 16/11/2007 at Tulha in the SAANR 1 European...
15/11/2007 at JEO 1 Calandra Lark found and photographed by Rashed Al-Hajji. This is the second record for Kuwait since the first record on 6/11/1998 by J. Gaskell. The Calandra Lark photographed by Rashed Al-Hajji (the black primaries...