25/05/2010 at SAANR
Season starts to be over by now. I had one Yellow Wagtail, one Spotted Flycatcher and one Norther Wheatear at Tulha – not much compared to fews weeks back. However, it was really nice to find juvenile Dunn’s...
Sabah Al-Ahmad Natural Reserve
05/04/2010 at JEO, Abdaly Farms and SAANR
I was with Swedish group today. We had Basra Reed Warbler and Baillon’s Crake in the morning at JEO. Abdaly Farms yeldied 6 Common Babblers and 1 Red-wattled Lapwing. On our way back to Kuwait city we checked...
27/03/2010 at Jahra Farms, Jahra Pool Reserve and SAANR
I visited these sites in the morning. Jahra Farms namely Ali’s farm yeldied my first Semi-collared Flycatcher this spring. Bank Mynas and White-throated Kingfishers are breeding now. At Jahra Pool Reserve I photographed Marsh Sandpiper in breeding plumage....
23/03/2010 at Abraq Al Habari and SAANR
The Black Bush Robin, the 3rd record for Kuwait is still at Al-Abraq today. Bird species seen at Al-Abraq were: Black Scrub Robin 1, Red-rumped Swallow 10, Barn Swallow 10,Common Redstart 1, Cattle Egret 1, Common Chiffchaff 15,...
20/03/2010 at Abraq Al Habari and SAANR
I visited once again Al Abraq with Brian this morning continuing to SAANR in the afternoon. Al Abraq yeldied one nice species for Brian, namely Alpine Swift, that I have already seen in Kuwait. Other good record was...
12/03/2010 at Al Abraq and SAANR
I visited in the morning Al Abraq Al Khabari and later SAANR with Brian Foster. Migration is on the full swing. In Al Abraq we had Eastern Orphean Warbler, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, 2 Turkmenistan Shrikes, Whitethroat, Rock Thrush, Redstarts...
09/02/2010 at SAANR
Kuwait had good rain this year so the Sabah Al-Ahmad Natural Reserve, at the pool there were the five Common Cranes, they were first seen on 13/01/2010.
05/02/2010 at SAANR, the Hume’s Wheatear is still there!
Ouda Al-Bathali and I went in the afternoon to SAANR to search for the Hume’s Wheatear, we found it later in the same wadi as described and found a Trumpeter Finch in the same wadi. Later we heard a Common Crane...
23/01/2010 Hume’s Wheatear continues wintering in SAANR
I visited the site this morning with Abdulmohsen Al-Suraye and Khaled Al-Ghanem. In early morning after cold night +10C the bird spent considerably long time just warming up. By 9.30 it started to catch insects. It shares big...
20/01/2010 at SAANR
I visited SAANR today to check whether Hume’s Wheatear is still present and it surely is. I tried to relocate Common Cranes but they were gone. As a new feature I encountered a flock of 100+ Lesser Short-toed...
13/01/2010 Hume’s Wheatear is still in SAANR
Back in Kuwait and immediately I had to check whether our gem is still present and it is. Personally the bird of the day was Common Crane. I saw 5 of them in SAANR (5th record for Kuwait...
12/12/2009 Hume’s Wheatear at SAANR
Brian and me visited SAANR today. Tulha was totally dead and we managed to see only 4 Bar-taied Desert Larks and 1 Hoopoe Lark + 1 Long-legged Buzzard after long drive out there. However, as a last thing...
05/10/2009 at SAANR
SAANR provided to be a Steppe Eagle day. When I arrived to reserve with Simon desert was littered with Steppe Eagles. We estimated c. 60 Eagles but we saw only part of them. Strong wind kept them on...
12/09/2009 at Tulha,SAANR and Jahra Pool Reserve
This morning I visited with Brian Foster Tulha and later on JPR. Birds seen in Tulha: Black Kite 1, Marhs Harrier 2, Quail 1, Isabelline Shrike 1, Red-backed Shrike 1, Masked Shrike 1, Steppe Grey Shrike 1, Golden...
22/04/2009 at Tulha, SAANR
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...
20/03/2009 at SAANR
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...