Bird of Kuwait Sightings - Birdwatching Tours
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...
Montagu’s Harrier 3, Steppe Buzzard 2, Black Kite 2, European Roller 2, Collared Pratincole 10, Wood Sandpiper 1, Greater Short-toed Lark 20, Northern Wheatear 1, Mauryan Grey Shrike 2, Tawny Pipit 2, Red-backed Shrike 1, Woodchat Shrike 2,...
This morning I went birding with Yogeesh and his friend and found the following: At Pivot Fields: Purole Heron 24, Steppe Buzzard 2, Black Kite 4, Sand Martin 30, Crested Lark 10, Montagu’s Harrier 1, Greater Short-toed Lark...
04/09/2001 at Jahra Farms: Barred Warbler 2, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Common Whitethroat 2, Garden Warbler 1, Steppe Grey Shrike 1, Grey Wagtail 1. 05/09/2001 at Jahra East Outfall: Whimbrel 3, Ruff 5, Lesser Grey Shrrike 3. 05/09/2011 at...
A quick visit to Sulaibikhat Bay at high tide time produced: Dunlin 20, Greater Flamingo 250, Steppe Gull 18, Curlew Sandpiper 20, Common Ringed Plover 12, Eurasian Curlew 15, Caspian Tern 25, Gull-billed Tern 20, Greater Sand Plover...
Steppe Grey Shrike 1, Lesser Grey Shrike 2, Pallid Harrier 1, Red-backed Shrike 2, Barn Swallow 10, Golden Oriole 4, Caspian Reed Warbler 3, Willow Warbler 6, Common Whitethroat 4, Common Rosefinch 1, Black-headed Bunting 4, Spotted Flycatcher...
I visited Al Abraq early morning with Christine in order to face shooters and discuss with them (In Arabic with Christine). For our big surprise we didn’t see any shooter before 7 am. Then we had very constructive...
Jahra Pool Reserve was excellent for photographing waders. I spent two hours or so there with Brian. We managed to see many species at close range and in good light conditions.
At Sulaibikhat Pivot Fields: Ortolan Bunting 20, Long-legged Buzzard 1, Black-winged Pratincole 20, Montagu’s Harrier 1,Pallid Harrier 1, Black-headed Bunting 1, Richard Pipit 1, Common Redstart 4, Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush 1, Common Nightingale 1, Whinchat 25, White-throated Robin...
I visited today Jahra Pool Reserve with many foreign visitors including people from Spain, Finland and Germany. Management of the reserve has improved a lot in terms of controlling water levels. Therefore the wildlife has benefitted so much....
Mike Pope and I went birding in Saudi Arabia on the 15-16/04/2011. We went as far as Zulfi, 370km south of the border of Kuwait where we stayed the night and also birded Artawiya and some desert areas...
This morning Khaled al-Ghanem was lucky enough to find the second record for Kuwait a Mongolian Finch. It was first recoded by himself at the same place on 05/03/2009. It was found at a small drinking pool at...
Jahra East Outfall: Siberian Stonechat 1, Osprey 1, Upcher’s Warbler 1, Eastern Cinereous Bunting 1, Turkestan Shrike 1, Steppe Grey Shrike 1, Steppe Buzzard 1, Willow Warbler 12, Sykes’s Wagtail 2, Yellow-headed Wagtail 2, Black-headed Wagtail 3, Water...
I received this morning two people from Germany, Reinhold Lannert and Sandra Gotsch and one person from Holland/Italy, Massiliamo Dettori. We headed first to Pivot Fields where highligt were Caspian Plovers and Pygmy Cormrant. In Jahra Farms we...
A Finnish team of birdwatchers (Tapani Numminen, Jari Kårlund, Jarno Suni & Heikki Assinen) visited Kuwait 23-28.4.2011. This is to highlight some records during the trip. Traditional place for Afgan Babbler (Common Babbler) Turdoides caudatus huttoni, is Abdaly...
Baillon’s Crake 1, Cetti’s Warbler 2, Spotted Crake 2, Little Crake 2, Siberian Stonechat 1, Citrine Wagtail 1, Red-spotted Bluethroat 2, Kurdestan Shrike 1, Great Reed Warbler 2, Graceful Prinia 4, Common Chiffchaff 15, Willow Warbler 3, Sedge...