Bird of Kuwait Sightings - Birdwatching Tours
We decided to drive across the desert from Salmi to Al Abraq which makes about 50 kms. I was accompanied with Mike & Sylvie Newey and Brian Foster. In the begining it looked almost birdless desert with some...
Oriental Skylark 3, Indian Roller 1, Pygmy Cormorant 1, Eurasian Skylark 1000, Common Starling 50, Red-throated Pipit 6, White Wagtail 20, Desert Wheatear 2, Eurasian Sparrowhawk 1, Common Kestrel 3, Tawny Pipit 1, Long-legged Buzzard 1, Pallid Harrier...
I visited the site with Brian and Mike & Sylvie Newey. We tried to see Red-tailed Wheatear in an other wadi but for vain. Later on we arrived to wadi Umm Al Rimam where we saw immediately male...
At Pivot Fields we have still Pygmy Cormorant and wintering Eastern Imperial Eagles. Today I counted 28 Namaqua Doves next to camel stables .
Yesterday I went to Jahra Pool Reserve to find it full of water!! Great but there were no birds as it had been dry for two weeks for building a dam and had to be drained. I then...
03/01/2011: Eurasian Curlew 460, Greater Flamingo 1000, Northern Shoveler 5, Little Egret 4, Indian Reef Heron 8, Pied Avocet 31, Gull-billed Tern 3, Armenian Gull 3, Black-headed Gull 500, Dunlin 1800, Crab Plover 60, Terek Sandpiper 2, Common...
I went this afternoon deliberately to see if the Ashy Drongos are still there “for the upcoming visitors” after 10 minutes search there was one at the top of Ziziphus spina christi trees. In the morning I was birding at...
At Pivot Field: Greater Spotted Eagle 3, Steppe Eagle 1, Eastern Imperial Eagle 2, Caspian Stonechat 1, Pallid Swift 200, Common Starling 10, Eurasian Teal 5, Black Kite 2. At Jahra Farms: Ashy Drongo 1, Daurian Shrike 1,...
At Sulaibikhat: Armenian Gull 5, Caspian Gull 6, Heuglin’s Gull6, Steppe Gull 3. At Jahra Pool Reserve: Eurasian Curlew 80, Eurasian Oystercatcher 17, Pallid Swift 50. Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans note long legs and pale upperparts. Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans...
At Sulaibikhat Bay: Mallard 16, Greater Flamingo 1000, Common Shelduck 126, Armenian Gull 4, Steppe Gull 20, Slender-billed Gull 210, Black-headed Gull 350. At Green Island: Common Starling 4, Hypocolius 20, White-eared Bulbul 25, Laughing Dove 4, Eurasian...
Purple Swamphen 5, Black Kite 20, Greater Spotted Eagle 2, Garganey 3, Mallard 21, European Stonechat 3, Graceful Prinia 3, Daurian Shrike 3, Steppe Grey Shrike 2, Water Rail 1, Eurasian Coot 3, Clamorous Reed Warbler 1, Moustached...
The two Ashy Drongos are still there seen Yesterday and today. Also one Redwing was seen there. Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
The juvenile Pygmy Cormorant Phalacrocorax pygmeus is still at the Pivot Fields. This is the 2nd record for Kuwait the first of which was two on 10/3/2001 at Jahra East Outfall. Juvenile Pygmy Cormorant Phalacrocorax pygmeus
I was accompanied by Brian and Mike & Sylvie Newey. First stop at the small pond produced a big surprice. Sylvie asked ” what is that brown bird” Brian and myself answered without watching the bird “its immature...
I managed to relocate Yellow-browed Warbler again with Brian. As usual it was found by its distinctive call that differs clearly from Hume’s Leaf Warbler. It was interesting to learn about a race mandelli but it has nothing...
Armenian Gull 4, Baltic Gull 1, Caspian Gull 3, Steppe Gull 10, Heuglin’s Gull 5, Greater Sand Plover 15, Grey Plover 4 Armenian and Steppe Gulls have P10 still growing whereas Hueglin’s and Baltic Gulls are moulting P6-7...