Abraq Al Habari

I arrived to Al Abraq at 6.30 when light wasn’t good. Very soon I noticed an interesting Accipiter-species that turned out to be Levant Sparrowhawk. Half an hour later arrived Khalid Al Ghanim whom  I, of course, informed...

I visited Al Abraq with Christine this morning. No sign of Levant Sparrowhawk or Peregrine but we found Short-eared Owl instead. We saw several Steppe Buzzards, two Pallid Harriers, few Sparrowhawks and very interesting looking European Honey Buzzard....

I arrived the site alone at 6.30 when light was just about acceptable for photographing. Later on Khaled Al Ghanim joined me. First I saw Cuckoo and then two Red-breasted Flycatchers showing that migration is going on. Even...

Finally birdwatching in Kuwait this Autumn. First trip I made alone to Al Abraq and not for vain. First bird that I photographed turned out to be Shikra. There were many other migrants too including 8 Hoopoes, 5...

I visited this morning Al Abraq. Clearly new species were Thrush Nightingale, Red-backed Shrikes and European Nightjar. I wasn’t necessarily prepared to photograph waders in the desert but one isolated farm with nice pool of fresh water makes...

Visitors from UK, France and Sweden headed to Al Abraq this morning since Finnish team saw so many good birds over there on previous day. The place was indeed full of migrants. Probably one of the most sought...

I visited  Al Abraq with British group. We saw Buff-bellied Pipit, Menetrie’s Warbler, 4 Dead Sea Sparrows, Hume’s Leaf Warbler, two European Scops Owls, several Red-rumped Swallows, Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Blue-cheeked  Beeaters.

Update on 4.2.2012 by adding two pictures of unidentified Pipit I visited today with British group Al Abraq. We managed to relocate Hume”s Leaf Warbler as well as Buff-bellied Pipit though the latter one wasn´t  easy. The bird...

We visited in the morning Al Abraq where we saw Black-throated Thrush and Buff-bellied Pipit. Obviously the same bird that was seen by  a Finnish group c. two weeks ago.  On our way back we stopped by Jahra...

While checking warblers at acacia trees I saw a bird with olive greenish upperparts with broad wing bar. The bird forages quickly from one tree to another, then started calling a short disyllabic call that made me identify...

I was the first  in the morning to arrive to Al Abraq finding Crested Honey Buzzard. I managed to relocate the bird after over one hour and photograph it. Then Mike and Silvie Newey arrived narrowly missing her....

Oriental Skylark 1, Red-breasted Flycatcher 2, Black-winged Kite 1, Common Rosefinch 2, Spotted Flycatcher 1, Red-throated Pipit 1, Tree Pipit 1, Ortolan Bunting 2, Daurian Shrike 1, Pied Wheatear 1, Isabelline Wheatear 2, Common Quail 2, Steppe Buzzard 2, Willow...

Shikra 1, Pied Wheatear 4, Menetries’s Warbler 2, Common Whitethroat 4, Eurasian Hoopoe 5, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler 2, Common Redstart 3, Steppe Buzzard 1, Spotted Flycatcher 2, Pallid Harrier 4, Eurasian Sparrowhawk 2, Common Cuckoo 1, Barn Swallow...

Shikra 2, Pallid Harrier 2, Steppe Buzzard 5, Black Kite 1, Spotted Flycatcher 4, Eurasian Hoopoe 3, Lesser Whitethroat 6, Common Whitethroat 2, Willow Warbler 5, Common Chiffchaff 2, Tree Pipit 4, Cattle Egret 5, Common Redstart ssp...

Eurasian Sparrowhawk 4, Steppe Buzzard, Pallid Harrier 3, Montagu’s Harrier 1, Honey Buzzard 1, Steppe Buzzard 4, Marsh Harrier 1, Barred Warbler 1, Woodchat Shrike 1, Black-eared Wheatear 4, Eurasian Hoopoe 4, European Roller 2, Water Pipit 1.

Steppe Buzzard 3, Black Kite 1, Common Rosefinch 1, Ortolan Bunting 6, Black-headed Bunting 9, Spotted Flycatcher 11, Eurasian Hoopoe 15, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler 3, Willow Warbler 3, Pied Wheatear 1, Isabelline Wheatear 3, Tree Pipit 4, Great...