Bird of Kuwait Sightings - Birdwatching Tours
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus 530, Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 15, Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii 95, Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus 45, Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 25, Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 2, Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus 20, Dunlin...
Participants: AbdulRahman Al-Sirhan, Chris Lansdell and Graham Sorrie Written by: A Al-Sirhan Sri Lanka is officially known as the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon. It was once known as Serendib, a name used...
This morning I was contacted by Omar saying there is a Forest wagtail at Jahra Pools Reserve. Khaled Al-Ghanem found the bird this morning. I rushed there but waited for some time, moved forward along the track then...
Highlights: Asian Shikra and Sociable Lapwings. Birds seen today: Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 200, Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis 8, Namaqua Dove Oena capensis 4, Pallid Swift Apus pallidus 20, Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 40, Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus...
Highlights: Male Shikra Al-Abraq produced the following: Namaqua Dove Oena capensis 3, Black-winged Kite (Asian)Elanus caeruleus vociferus 1, Asian Shikra Accipiter (badius) cenchroides 1, Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 2, Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus 1, Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops...
I paid a short visit to the Sulaibiya Pivot Fields for the Indian Roller, found yesterday by Aju P John. After about half an hour, the bird was just overhead along the road!Today’s highlight: Five Sociable Lapwings Today’s...
This morning at Al Abraq I met Khaled Al-Ghanem and Abdulmohsen Al-Surayea. We stayed chatting together and birding this oasis for three hours.Highlights of the day, again Crested Honey Buzzards and Shikras. They are migrating now so soon...
A morning visit to Pivot Fields produced the following: Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 80, Namaqua Dove Oena capensis 2, Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 13, Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 1, Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus 6, White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus 32, Ruff Calidris...
An early morning visit to Al Abraq produced 3 Shikras, Ménétries’s Warbler and Common Quail.The list of today include the following: Common Quail Coturnix coturnix 1, Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis 2, Shikra Accipiter badius 3, Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter...
I arrived at Al Abraq at 6:30 to find both Mike Pope and Khaled Al-Ghanem arrived 30 minutes ahead of me.We moved around then stopped in the shade watching raptors as they come and go. Some drop to...
This morning, again I went to Al-Abraq, early in the morning. I arrived an hour after sunrise and raptors started flying around low in the farm. They were lots of Black-eared Kites, Steppe Buzzards and few Honey Buzzards.I...
An early morning visit to Al Abraq showed little migration. At the beginning I had an Arabian Grey Shrike which is a very rare bird in Kuwait (11 records), although it had bred a couple of years ago,...
A short visit to Mutla’a Ranch produced the following species, migration in Autumn is quick so most of the birds stop over for a couple of days or so and leave. Booted Warbler was this morning in Sabah...
This morning I had a call from Rashed Al-Hajji telling me he found a Bay-backed Shrike!!!!The bird has a distribution that include all Indian subcontinent, extends north through Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran.It also extends from south Pakistan to...
Day 1: 11/11/2019 KISR western side outfall We left the hotel at 6 AM to arrive our first site. Looking through the telescope for less than half a minute I relocated the Lesser Flamingo amongst more than 900...
This morning I went to Jahra Farms, having a feeling that the Black-throated Thrush should have arrived by now as two weeks earlier one was found in Pivot Fields. I didn’t find any interesting bird so had to...