Bird of Kuwait Sightings - Birdwatching Tours
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Highlights of today include: Hypocolius 1, Masked Shrike 3, Eurasian Golden Oriole 1, Daurian Shrike 3, Greater Spotted Eagle 10, European Stonechats 5.
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...
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...
Al-Abraq: Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus) 1, Short-toed Eagle (Circaetus gallicus) 1, Booted Eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus) 1, Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis) 2, Asian Shikra (Accipiter (badius) cenchroides) 1, Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) 2, Steppe Buzzard (Buteo buteo vulpinus) 3, Long-legged...
Al Abraq: Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis 2, Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus 1, Asian Shikra Accipiter badius cenchroides 1, Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 2, Steppe Buzzard Buteo buteo vulpinus 25, Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 5, European Bee-eater Merops apiaster 24, Common...
Al-Shallal’s Farm: Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 3, Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis 2, Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 1, Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 5, White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis 1, Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 1, Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 1,Eurasian Golden...