A brief visit to Kubbar Island produced the following breeding adults: White-cheeked Tern 3000, Lesser Crested Tern 500, Bridled Tern 4000. The good rain this year has improved the habitat for the breeding terns. The perennial bushes of Suaeda...
On 29/05/2010 Mohammed Khorshed an OSK member has briefly seen a falcon that stopped at Tulha at Sabah Al-Ahmed Natural Reserve only to drink and leave Mohammed only obtained photographs in flight. Later the bird was posted at OSK forum (www.oskonline.org/forum) and...
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...
Egyptian Vulture 1, Squacco Heron 1, Sedge Warbler 7, Common Redstart 5, Garden Warbler 1, Masked Shrike 1, Eurasian Hoopoe 1, Eastern Orphean Warbler 2, Red-backed Shrike 8, Spotted Flycatcher 2, Upcher’s Warbler 2, European Bee-eater 1, Willow...
I visited this morning once again with Brian Foster Al Abraq and later on Jahra Pool reserve. Mahmoud Al Sehab joined us in Al Abraq and followed us to Jahra Pool Reserve. In Al Abraq the most common...
I visited Abdaly farms this morning with Brian Foster and Austin Baird. Our main targets were Common Babbler and Red-wattled Lapwing which we saw well. Surprisingly we saw 4 flocks of Pin-tailed Sandgrouse (40) and three flocks of...
Brian, Mike, Graham and myself visited Al Abraq this morning. Our highlights were: Shikra 1, Syke’s Warbler 1, Upcher’s Warbler 4, Basra Reed Warbler 1, Semi-collared Flycatcher 1 (possibly same bird that we saw on April 28th) and...
In Al Abraq with Rainer Ertel and Hermann Reinhardt we found at least 5 Syke’s Warblers. About same numbers of Upcher’s Warblers and Olivaceous Warblers were around. Also one female Semi-collared Flycatcher was seen. Otherwise previous night, having...
I had one more bird survey at Khiran Resort this morning. Of course, many migratory birds showed up as well as some summer visitors. Namely Bridled Terns, White-cheeked Terns, Little Terns, Sandwitch Tern and Socotra Cormorant. Migratory birds...
Birding Report 3-4 April 2010 by Gordon Saunders and Abdulrahman Al Sirhan Friday, April 2, 2010 at Kuwait City and surroundings … very pleasant conditions in early am and warmed up by mid-day, but tolerable. Marina Hotel/Mall beach...
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...
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....
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,...
Humoud Al Shayji and Mohd Khorshed found on previous day Black Bush Robin in Al Abraq. I visited the site early in the morning and I managed to see it as well as to get some photographs of...
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...
I visited with Brian Foster and Bent Sömod today several sites but most of the time we focussed on Sulaibikhat Bay. Our goal was to pinpoint the best wader roosting areas in Sulaibikhat Bay area. Doing so we...