Bird of Kuwait Sightings - Birdwatching Tours
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...
We Saad Al-Nouri, Ouda Al-Bathali and AbdulRahman Al-Sirhan wanted to explore the Wadi Al-Batin, it is situated close to the border between Kuwait and Iraq and closed for security reasons, our aim was to search for some plants and birds, so we...
I visited the site this morning with Abdulmohsen Al-Suraye and Khaled Al-Ghanem. In early morning after cold night +10C the bird spent considerably long time just warming up. By 9.30 it started to catch insects. It shares big...
I visited SAANR today to check whether Hume’s Wheatear is still present and it surely is. I tried to relocate Common Cranes but they were gone. As a new feature I encountered a flock of 100+ Lesser Short-toed...
I was doing our regular wader count with Brian in Doha area when Rashed Al-Hajji called and told that he had found Lesser Flamingo. We had to rush quickly to the site near Maturnity Hospital in Sulaibikhat. (Same...
Back in Kuwait and immediately I had to check whether our gem is still present and it is. Personally the bird of the day was Common Crane. I saw 5 of them in SAANR (5th record for Kuwait...
On 14/12/2009 Khaled Al-Ghanem found three Great Crested Grebes, a rare bird in Kuwait, at the eastern part of Jahra Pool Reserve (a coastal area). Great Crested Grebe 3, Eurasian Wigeon 63, Common Shelduck 3
Simon Price and myself found first Woodlark and later on Richard Saval spotted Chaffinch. We saw also several Bank Mynas, two White-throated Kingfishers and few Rose-ringed Parakeets. Woodlark (Lullula arborea) Photograph by Pekka Fågel Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) Photograph...
Two Ferruginous Ducks were seen today 2 December 2009 at Jahra Pool Reserve by Khaled Al-Ghanem, this is the 7th record for Kuwait. Also during our trip to Yemen Mohd Khorshed has found the 7th record for Kuwait of...
Correction to aging of the bird. I received today a comment from Matti Lammin-Soila stating “This is juvenile, 1cy bird.(fresh plumage, all feathers of the same age, no moult etc.)” —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The bird was found by Ouda Al-Bathali...
Simon Price has seen and photographed a Macqueen’s Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii on 9/11/2009 at Sulaibikhat Club, his photographs are shown below.
On 7/11/2009 at Al-Abraq I photographed a bird that seemed to me like an Indian Pond Heron, although previous records of this bird were not accepted according to George’s Gregory Book ‘The Birds of The State of Kuwait 2005″...
Today at Jahra Pool the Tufted Duck was not seen nor the Common Pochard, but the Ferruginous Duck was still there. Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca