Sightings

06/04/2012 at Al Shallal’s Farm

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...

Caspian Plover standing on the ground

05/03/2012 at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields

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...

Masked Wagtail standing on the ground

18/02/2012 at Wafra farms

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...

Dead Sea Sparrow perched on a branch of a tree

18/02/2012 at Al Abraq Al Khabari

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.

A Lesser Flamingo together with a Greater Flamingo

03-06/02/2012 at various sites

A Swiss group started birding on 03/02/2012 and had seen the following so far: 03/02/2012: Black-crowned Sparrow-lark 5, Crab Plover 20, Macqueen’s Bustard 7, Asian Desert Warbler 4, Menetries’s Warbler 2, Bar-tailed Lark4 and other birds. 04/02/2012: Greater Spotted Eagle...

Red-vented Bulbul perched on a light bulb

02/02/2012 on Green Island

Here are some photographs of the Red-vented Bulbul that were photographed on Green Island on 02/02/2012 that I thought I need to share them with others. The Red-vented Bulbul is an established breeder introduced from escapes. It is now...

02/02/2012 on Green Island and elsewhere

Updated 4.2.2012 adding picture of Mediterranean Gull. We wanted to see Hypocolius well and therefore we returned to Green Island. First we saw a pair of Rüppell`s Weavers and they are naturally category D birds in Kuwait. However,...

Siberian Buff-bellied standing on the ground

31/01/2012 at Al Abraq Al Habari

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...