Bird of Kuwait Sightings - Birdwatching Tours
At JPR migration is going on. Today I saw 8 turtle doves, several raptors and also resident birds like kingfishers. White Pelican seemed to be around too. It is sad that uncontrolled hunting has shrinked Turtle Dove population...
In the morning I visited with Roeland Bom, who has studied Crab Plovers in Oman, in Jahra Pool Reserve. Our main target Boubiyan Island was to come by midday so we had time in the morning for ordinary...
Kabd is pretty good place for migrants. This time of the year different shrikes are on the move as well as many warblers. Red-backed Shrike is especially common at the moment. I saw c. 20 of them. The...
We have 14 visiting birders at the moment in Kuwait. We expats as well as Kuwaiti birders try to help visitors as much as possible. Today we managed to see Crested Honey Buzzard at Mutla”a Ranch where we...
My visit today to Al Abraq shows that spring migration is in full swing. I had 4 Redstarts of race samamisicus which always migrate before ordinary Redstarts. I saw 2 Grey Wagtails, Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Blue-cheeked Bee-eaters, Great...
I visited this morning Jahra Farms. I stopped by the birding well of Bank Mynas and I soon heard their familiar call. Yes they are back again after being missing the whole winter. I saw a flock of...
At the end of the day we visited Jahra Pool Reserve hoping to see Baillon’s Crake which didn’t show up. However, Dennis O’Sullivan spotted a hirundine that we thought in the beginning to be Brown-throated Martin. Just after...
I was with 5 British, one Irish and one Italian birders in Abdaly farms. We managed to see 6 Afghan Babblers and as a bonus species we saw adult male Shikra. There were also a big flock of...
I went to Al Abraq in hope to find Zitting Cisticola which was found on previous day. I managed to see the bird with AbdulRahman’s kind help. I didn’t get any picture but others did. This is 6th...
Last time when Eversmann’s Redstart was seen was Friday Nov. 22nd in Al Abraq. Next day I photographed White-throated Kingfisher in Tulha, SAANR. Today I found Persian Wheatear at Al Zour ridge. There were also 2-3 Mourning Wheatears.
I visited Al Abraq this morning alone. Almost the first bird that I saw was Eversmann’s Redstart. Male bird showed up very well. Other birders came soon to photograph the bird. I saw also Mustached Warbler, Blue Rock...
Migratory birds are currently going through Kuwait and first wintering ones have just arrived. Personally my latest Golden Oriole ever here in Kuwait showed up this morning at Al Abraq. I saw at least 8 Red-breasted Flycatchers, c....
On Friday I visited with Wade Mutla’a Ranch. Very few birds around but we came across with interesting looking snake. Later on I got kind help from AbdulRahman to identify it as Arabian Sand Boa. Common snake in...
Today was the day for raptors to migrate. Mostly they were Steppe Buzzards but among them I saw with Wade Macpherson some European Honey Buzzards and Pallid Harrier. Al Abraq was under heavy gun fire and it didn’t...
Migration is in the full swing and new species emerges all the time. In Al Abraq I saw Black-shouldered Kite, Golden Oriole, White-throated Kingfisher, 4 Lesser Grey Shrikes, Woodchat Shrike, 10 Hoopoes, 50 Yellow Wagtails and 3 European...
This is a collection of some of my photos over two weekends. Warblers, Golden Orioles and various shrikes have still been on the move. All pictures are from Al Abraq expect Coot with 4 chicks at Jahra Pool...