Bird of Kuwait Sightings - Birdwatching Tours
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...
I visited in the morning Al Abraq Al Khabari and later SAANR with Brian Foster. Migration is on the full swing. In Al Abraq we had Eastern Orphean Warbler, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, 2 Turkmenistan Shrikes, Whitethroat, Rock Thrush, Redstarts...
This is a brief report about our trip to Egypt especially regarding WP-species. My wife Tiina flew from Finland to Cairo and I flew there from Kuwait via Luxor. First morning we checked wadi El Natrum for Kittlitz’s...
Kuwait had good rain this year so the Sabah Al-Ahmad Natural Reserve, at the pool there were the five Common Cranes, they were first seen on 13/01/2010.
Jahra Pool Reserve is very much welcomed site with fresh water and reedbeds. It provides excellent environment for those birds that we used to find at Jarra East Outfall. The latter one being under threat we have now ...
Ouda Al-Bathali and I went in the afternoon to SAANR to search for the Hume’s Wheatear, we found it later in the same wadi as described and found a Trumpeter Finch in the same wadi. Later we heard a Common Crane...
After seeing and photographing the Pharaoh Eagle Owl in Saudi Arabia two days ago, today I managed to see and photograph another bird in Kuwait! Rashed had found the bird this morning at 10 am and most of...
Same group than yesterday added with Rick Saval and Brian Foster visited Al Abraq this morning. As it often happens in the beginning the place looked dead, like it had been last two weeks, then suddenly things started...
I was able to visit today Kabd with Andy Clifton, Alan Clewes and Richard Bonser. After seeing Hume’s Wheatear at SAANR during previous days we wanted to check what is the situation of larks in Kabd which is...