Birdwatching on 19/09/2019
Today it was nice to see a Hume’s Whitethroat. Although it is full species in IOC since v4.4 2014 (I could only trace it back to IOC 4.4), Clements Checklist update August 2019 has decided to down list...
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Birdwatching on 17/09/2019
It was quiet today, only the Woodpigeon happened to arrive early this year. Some good numbers of Cattle Egrets and Western Yellow Wagtails. Common Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 1, Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 74, Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis 2,...
18-30 March 2019 India: Part 1: Kerala, India 18-21 March 2019
Part 1: Kerala, India 18-21 March 2019 The main purpose of the trip is to visit Andaman Island with Sajan and Dr Saraswathivilasam S Suresh and a professional bird guide, Danish Trogan. Since I am already travelling to...
My Bird sightings on 12/09/2019
Today I spent some time checking every harrier trying to find Montagu’s Harriers as much as I can. Montagu’s Harriers are passage migrant only in Kuwait. There passage is quick unlike the Pallid Harrier which is common as...
Eurasian Golden Oriole on 04/09/2019 at Mutla’a Ranch
The weather was very hot today as usual at this time of the year, reaching 47 degrees celsius in the afternoon. Birds tend to seek shade and wet places specially irrigation channels in farms where it is cooler...
Spring Tour Report 12-20 April 2019
Tour participants (from left to right): Paul Nilsson (Danish), Marc Lucas (Belgium), Gordon Cox (British), Graham Clarke (Irish), Jim John Christensen (Danish), Anders Hammergart (Danish), AbdulRahman Al-Sirhan (Tour leader), Daniel Mauras (French), Nicholas Watmough (British). Day 1: 13/04/2019...
29/04/2019 at various sites.
Basra Reed Warbler Acrocephalus griseldis Abraq Al-Habari Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 4, Namaqua Dove Oena capensis 1, Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 1, Little Egret Egretta garzetta 5, Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 1, Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 1, Long-legged...
At Sulaibiya Pivot Fields on 25/04/2019
At this time of the year we see Black-winged Pratincole, this year they were late as with many other birds such as the Semi-collared Flycatcher. This is because of the good rain that hit the Arabian Peninsula, birds...
At Mutla’a Ranch and Liyah Reserve on 24/04/2019
Highlights of today: Arabian Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor aucheri, photographed at Liyah Reserve, main ID features include strong bill, greyish underparts, lack supercilium, and a fairly dark upperparts. It is probably the 6th record for Kuwait if accepted by...
Autumn Tour Kuwait 12-18/11/2018
All photographs in this report were supplied by Daniel Mauras ©2018. Day 1: 12/11/2018 Kuwait had experienced heavy rain just two weeks before the tour starts. This had its toll on bird numbers and diversity. Rain was expected...
Kuwait Spring Tour 07-15 April 2018
The following photographs were kindly supplied by Christopher Elmer. Day 1: 08/04/2018 We went to west of KISR to search for the Hypocolius, it wasn’t there! Highlights were a Turkestan Shrike, Armenian Gull, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler, and an...
At Mutla’a Ranch and Liyah Reserve on 09/04/2019
Mutla’a Ranch: Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 9, Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis 5, Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 1, Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 1, Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 1, Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 1, Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 3,...
At Jahra Pools Reserve on 10/03/2019
Birds seen at Jahra Pools Reserve: Garganey Spatula querquedula 7 , Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 5 , Gadwall Mareca strepera 6 , Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 8 , Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 4 , Eurasian Coot Fulica atra...
At JPR and Jahra Farms on 05/11/2018
Highlights of today include: Hypocolius 1, Masked Shrike 3, Eurasian Golden Oriole 1, Daurian Shrike 3, Greater Spotted Eagle 10, European Stonechats 5.
Birdwatching on 04/11/2018
Highlight of today: Eversmann’s Redstart 1, Hume’s Leaf Warbler 2 found by Omar Al-Shaheen. Also a Great Bittern showed well in the open, photographed by AbdulMohsen Al-Surayea. Other birds include Menetries’s Warbler, Asian Desert Warbler. Other birds seen...
Birdwatching on 10/10/2018
Today I went to Doha for waders, in the morning the weather was hot but bearable and later at midday it became extremely hot and reached 43° Celsius. I spent some time looking at plants and photographing them testing...