Bird of Kuwait Sightings - Birdwatching Tours
New birds for the season were Thrush Nightingale and Red-breasted Flycatcher. The latter one is actually really scarce in the spring (my first). In the autumn it is common. Other good birds were Upcher’s Warbler, Syke’s Warbler and 6...
Just brief visit to Tulha in the morning produced some migrants though nothing new. Little Egret 1, Wood Sandpiper 3, Little Stint 1, Curlew Sandpiper 5, Collared Dove 2, Turtle Dove 3, European Bee-eater 3, Woodchat Shrike 1, Masked...
Updated 21.4.2009 by P. Fågel Today we encountered a surprisingly big flock of Pratincoles. My best estimation was 700 birds mainly Black-winged Pratincoles about 600 rest being Collared Praticoles. We found also c. 5 Oriental Pratincoles. They were seen flying...
Finnish/Swedish group visited Al Abraq this morning finding many migrants after obviously good migration night. The biggest surprise was to find many c. 10 Bassra Reed Warblers. Probably it is too early to say that this species has recovered...
13. Apr. Indian Roller was still at Jahra Farms and Common Babbler at Sulaibikhat Nature Reserve. Lesser Sandplover 300+ and 17 Crab Plovers were seen at Doha Spit. Today we had a male Caspian Plover, 120 Red-necked Phalaropes and...
10.4 was a good birding day. Three groups found among others the following: Basra Reed Warbler at JEO, Migrating male Shikra in SAANR, 9 Hypocolius on Green Island, Indian Roller at Jahra Farms and 3 Socotra Cormorants in Port Zour....
First few comments about yesterday 5. Apr.: Indian Roller was seen again in Jahra Farms and Common Babbler in Sulaibikhat N.R. Basra Reed Warbler was not seen. Today Abdaly Farms produced 7 Red-wattled Lapwings and Egyptian Nightjar. At Subiya we...
Socotra Cormorant was seen at Port Zour on 3. Apr. Juvenile bird flew at close range ending up finally in front of German group. Although weather was bad (continious rain) the bird was seen very well. White-cheeked Terns have...
Al Abraq was once again a good migrant trap. We had plenty of warblers and other migrants. Highlights were Shikra, 5 Alpine Swifts, Little Swift and Goldfinch. Semi-collared Flycatcher 6, Redstart 6 (2 of race samamisicus), Night Heron...
I visited with 6 German birders, headed by Ferdinand Wegmann, Pivot Fields today. Actual target species was Caspian Plover. First we managed to find 3 among 96 Collared Pratincoles. After short but heavy wind and some slight rain...
It was a true surprise to come across with Indian Roller at this time of the year. My best guess is that this bird, which was first seen on 10th Oct. 2008, is the same. It probably visits...
I heard from Khalid Al-Ghanem about Mongolian Finches on previous day. Today I went to the site with Simon Price to see the birds by ourselves. First we saw two Trumpeter Finches but soon after that Mongolian Finches...
Migration is in full swing though numbers are still relatively small. Semi-collared Flycatcher, White-throated Robin, Eastern Orphean Warbler among other species bring clear message of spring migration. Scops Owls make their way to North as well. Amazingly one tree...
Strong Northern wind kept Steppe Eagles on the deck. Also Collared Pratincoles preferred to feed by jerky movements on ground and flying only ocassionally. Female Chaffinch is not any WP-highlight but locally good species. According to G. Gregory’s book...
As nobody has seen Asian Koel since 29th Feb. AbdulRahman and I decided to try Desrt Finches at Port Zour. Mark Chichester found the birds early November and they were still there though it took some time to...
After checking many Southern sites without finding much Simon, Jens and I decided to visit Fahaheel. At harbour we found one Great Black-headed Gull among Slender-billed and Black-headed Gulls. Great Black-headed Gull (Larus ichthyaetus)