Bird of Kuwait Sightings - Birdwatching Tours
I visited this morning with Simon Price and Jens Toettrup Abdaly Farms and later on Jahra Farms for their special birds. At Abdaly Farms we had Red-wattled Lapwing c. 20, Common Babbler 4, Southern Grey Shrike 1, Isabelline Shrike...
I went this morning with Rick and Simon to Pivot Fields having two target species in mind; Hen Harrier and Sociable Plover. We have had this winter one female Hen Harrier around. On 27. January we saw with...
This morning I went out with Simon Price who is a new “Kid in the Block”. Being South African birder most of our species are new to him as well as birding sites, of course. At Jahra East Outfall we encountered relatively...
Today’s target species were Dunn’s Lark and Black-crowned Sparrow-lark. The first one was relatively easy to find but Black-crowned Sparrow-lark was surprisingly difficult. Finally lark-specialist Dr. Gary Brown found one male for us. Dunn’s Lark 25, Crested Lark...
After quick visit to Jahra Farms, where we managed to see Shikra and Bank Mynas, we headed to Abdaly. At our arrival all Red-wattled Lapwings were flying and we got a new Highest Daily Count of 32 birds....
Visitors from England, Dominic Mitchell and Royston Beddard + myself, visited Green Island this morning for Hypocolius and Red-vented Bulbul which were present. Later short stop at Souq Sharq produced, thanks to Dominic, a Common Gull which is...
Short visit to Abdaly to check that Common Babblers and Red-wattled Lapwings are around. I saw at least three Common Babblers and 23 Red-wattled Lapwings. On my way back to Kuwait City I also checked former Purple Sunbird site...
Great Egret 2, Little Egret 2, Night Heron 3, Cattle Egret 4, Grey Heron 15, Cormorant 10, Kestrel 3, Sparrowhawk 2, Shikra 1, Imperial Eagle 2, Greater Spotted Eagle 2, Long-legged Buzzard 3, Common Buzzard 1, Black Kite...
While chasing Hume’s Leaf Warbler on New Year’s day Mike and myself independently saw a raptor approaching fields. We both photographed that bird from different positions. Later on we looked at our pictures just to see Honey Buzzard type of...
Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) attacks Sociable Plover (Vanellus gregarius) Sociable Plover pays back. The following is by Abdulrahman
At Al-Abraq AbdulRahman has photographed the Dark-throated Thrush Turdus [ruficollis] atrogularis, his photograph is shown below: Brief visit to Jahra Farms with AbdulRahman in late afternoon produced some nice records. Indian Roller 1, Dark-throated Thrush 1, Blackbird 1, Song...
Today I had just relaxed photographing of birds at JEO. Little Crake (Porzana parva) Clamorous Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus stentoreus) Moustached Warbler (Acrocephalus melanopogon) Jahra Farms provided a good opportunity to photograph an immature Rose-coloured Starling. Rose-coloured Starling (Sturnus roseus)
Our main goal this morning was to photograph Sociable Plovers but mist and skittish birds were too big obstacle. However, AbdulRahman and Mike managed to see young Barbary Falcon and I was lucky to find Stock Dove which...
Belgian group (Dirk Colin, Kris De Rouck and Jan Celis) found Hume’s Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus humei) on 28. Dec. 2008 at Al Abraq,. This will be just a second record for Kuwait if accepted by KORC. Today we were able to relocate...
At Pivot Fields it was, of course, the main target for us to see wintering birds. We tried to see Sociable Plovers again which were still there. Northern Lapwing 100+, Sociable Plover 3, Red-wattled Lapwing 1, European Golden Plover...
Shikra 1, Indian Roller 1, White-cheeked Bulbul 20+, Rose-ringed Parakeet 6, White-throated Kingfisher 1, Laughing Dove 10+, Song Thrush 5, Robin 1, Lesser Whitethroat 1, White Wagtail 3, Water Pipit 4, Meadow Pipit 1, Isabelline Shrike 1. Shikra,...