Bird of Kuwait Sightings - Birdwatching Tours
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...
I visited Abdaly Farms because visiting Greek birders or I should say conservationists, Aris Vidalis and Stamatis Zogaris, wanted to see the place. I didn’t expect much but for my big surprise this unscheduled trip revealed that Afghan...
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 went second time to Jahra East Outfall in hope to see Franklin’s Gull. On previous day I was a bit late what comes to hide tide and I failed to see the bird. However, today I made...
Rashed Al Hajji found female Amur Falcon at JEO and kindly informed others including myself. Luckily I wasn’t far away and I had my camera with me. The bird sat on the wire at least 45 mins giving...
I’ve been birding with Daniel Mauras in recent days. After failing to see Afgan Babbler in Abdaly yesterday despite hearing them often we decided to get there early in the morning today. This surely paid off and we saw...
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...
I visited Mutla’a Ranch this morning with Mike & Sylvie Newey and Christine Canzanella. The main target was Yellow-throated Sparrow which Mike and Sylvie eventually found. We saw the birds nicely. Other good birds were Masked Shrike and...
In fact we visited first Green Island in the morning for Red-vented Bulbul which we saw easily. Most common warbler was Blackcap. We saw one Eastern Orphean Warbler too. Next stop, Fahaheel Park, produced at least 4 Wrynecks....
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...
Finnish team was joined today by one more Finn, Markku Santamaa, who happens to be Finnish WP top-lister. However, despite of his desire of Socotra Cormorant we visited Green Island in the morning. Main target was Red-vented Bulbul...
British Canadian group was today joined by Finnish group. We visited Abdaly Farms in hope to find Afghan Babblers and indeed we found breeding birds. We saw at least 3 birds carrying food into one tree. Most probably...
I visited Sabriya Farm with British Canadian group this morning. After we had good views of Menetries’s Warbler we gathered in central part of the farm. Then Canadian Todd Pepper spotted interesting looking bird which turned out to...
Visit to Pivot Fields this morning produced few new migrants. Especially interesting was to see two Caspian Plovers which were found by Rashed and Mahmoud. Northern Wheatears as well as Pied Wheatears are already relatively common. Numbers of...
I felt too tempted to twitch Masked Wagtail. Therefore I drove to Wafra in the morning and with the help from AbdulRahman and Khalid Al Ghanem I found the right farm. I managed to relocate the bird twice...