Bird of Kuwait Sightings - Birdwatching Tours
Ramadan timings with reduced working hours is very much welcomed by expat birders. Just “slightly” pushing limits one can visit place like Al Abraq in early morning. Black Kite 6, Common Buzzard 7, Long-legged Buzzard 1, Sparrowhawk 1, Booted Eagle 1,...
Isolated farm in the middle of desert surely draws birds attention. Actually it offers much needed relief to them. Leaking taps and water reservoir are visited by hundreds if not thousands of birrds on their way to wintering grounds. Black Kite 15,...
It was soon obvious that raptor migration had started. First for this autumn were Steppe Eagle, Booted Eagle and Pallid Harrier. Also Ortolan Bunting was new. Steppe Eagle 1, Booted Eagle 1, Montagu’s Harrier 1, Pallid Harrier 3,...
Thrush Nightingale 1, Woodchat Shrike 1, Corn crake 1, Common Redstart 1, Common Whitehroat 10, Golden Oriole 3, Tawny Pipt 1, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler 2, Willow Warbler 2, Eurasian Sparrowhawk1, Eurasian Hoopoe 6, Steppe Grey Shrike 2, Garden...
Again new species turned up in Al Abraq. Todays’s highlight was Grasshopper Warbler which is not very rare but rarely seen well and hardly ever before photographed in Kuwait. This time Mike, Ian and myself were lucky enough to...
Visit to Al Abraq with Rick Saval produced the following: Hoopoe 15+, European Roller 5, Marsh Warbler 10+, Great Reed Warbler 1, Olivaceous Warbler 2, Upchers Warbler 3, Common Whitethroat 1, Black-headed Bunting 1, Yellow Wagtail 8, Egyptian Nightjar...
Weekly visit to Al Abraq accompanied by Rick Saval. Birds seen: Black-headed Bunting 3, Hoopoe 10+, European Roller 1, Masked Shrike 1, Red-backed Shrike 1, Upcher’s Warbler 6, Marsh Warbler 1, Yellow Wagtail 1, Citrine Wagtail 1, Willow Warbler...
Obvously the migration has started early this year. Birds seen in Al Abraq: Upcher’s Warbler 3, Hoopoe 5, European Roller 2, Masked Shrike 2, Red-backed Shrike 2, Willow Warbler 1, Black-headed Bunting 1, Turtle Dove 1, Squacco Heron...
Several of us (Brian, Rick, Pekka (non-stop from Cyprus to Al-Abraq!), Ina and myself) enjoyed a trip to Al-Abraq, which was full of migrants. Thankfully, there was only little shooting, but the hunters were using bee-eaters and martins...
Al Abraq was once again full of migrants. Best were Corncrake 2, Basra Reed Warbler 2, Common Rosefinch 1, Night Heron 3, White Stork 1, Golden Oriole 1 and late Stonechat. Marsh Warblers were just everywhere. Shooting was this...
Once we arrived it was immediately clear that Al Abraq was flooded with migrants. Unfortunately shooting was heavy as usual during Turtle Dove hunting season. People outside of the farm just shoot everything that flies past. Our best records were: Icterine...
Rock Martin 3, the 6th record for Kuwait, Long-eared Owl 1, the 3rd record for Kuwait. All records are subject to acceptance by KORC. Rock Martin photographed by Pekka Fågel.
At Sulaibikhat Bay: Common Shelduck 4. At Sulaibiya: Orphean Warbler 1, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Upcher’s Warbler 3, Common Redstart ssp. samamisicus 1, Common Whitethroat 1, Deser Warbler 1, Steppe Grey Shrike 1, Pallid Harrier 1. At Pivot Fields:...
On 20/01/2008 Rashed had photographed an two Armenian Gulls and a female Black Redstart, his photographs are shown below. At Al-Abraq I found 2 European Robins, 12 Chiffchffs and a Common Redstart. The adult Armenian Gull. The first winter...
Today the visiting groups went to Green Island and saw 24 Grey Hypocolius, then left to SAANR where they saw Macqueen’s Bustard 1, Red-tailed Wheatear 5, Desert Warbler 7, Mourning Wheatear 30, Finsch’s Wheatear 4, Trumpeter Finch 10,...
