04/03/2021 at Jahra Pools Reserve
A short visit to Jahra Pools Reserve produced few birds but had some good photos of Black-crowned Night Heron which were 68 at there roost and breeding site and thought of sharing them.
Sightings
31/01/2021 at Sulaibikhat Traditional Cafe and KISR West
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus 530, Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 15, Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii 95, Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus 45, Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 25, Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 2, Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus 20, Dunlin...
14/10/2020 at Pivot Fields
Highlights: Asian Shikra and Sociable Lapwings. Birds seen today: Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 200, Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis 8, Namaqua Dove Oena capensis 4, Pallid Swift Apus pallidus 20, Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 40, Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus...
13/10/2020 at Al-Abraq
Highlights: Male Shikra Al-Abraq produced the following: Namaqua Dove Oena capensis 3, Black-winged Kite (Asian)Elanus caeruleus vociferus 1, Asian Shikra Accipiter (badius) cenchroides 1, Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 2, Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus 1, Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops...
08/10/2020 Indian Roller at Pivot Fields
I paid a short visit to the Sulaibiya Pivot Fields for the Indian Roller, found yesterday by Aju P John. After about half an hour, the bird was just overhead along the road!Today’s highlight: Five Sociable Lapwings Today’s...
07/10/2020 at Abraq Al Habari
This morning at Al Abraq I met Khaled Al-Ghanem and Abdulmohsen Al-Surayea. We stayed chatting together and birding this oasis for three hours.Highlights of the day, again Crested Honey Buzzards and Shikras. They are migrating now so soon...
05/10/2020 at Pivot Fields
A morning visit to Pivot Fields produced the following: Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 80, Namaqua Dove Oena capensis 2, Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 13, Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 1, Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus 6, White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus 32, Ruff Calidris...
04/10/2020 at Abraq Al Habari
An early morning visit to Al Abraq produced 3 Shikras, Ménétries’s Warbler and Common Quail.The list of today include the following: Common Quail Coturnix coturnix 1, Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis 2, Shikra Accipiter badius 3, Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter...
30/09/2020 at Al Abraq
I arrived at Al Abraq at 6:30 to find both Mike Pope and Khaled Al-Ghanem arrived 30 minutes ahead of me.We moved around then stopped in the shade watching raptors as they come and go. Some drop to...
27/09/2020 at Abraq Al Habari
This morning, again I went to Al-Abraq, early in the morning. I arrived an hour after sunrise and raptors started flying around low in the farm. They were lots of Black-eared Kites, Steppe Buzzards and few Honey Buzzards.I...
21/09/2020 at Abraq Al Habari
An early morning visit to Al Abraq showed little migration. At the beginning I had an Arabian Grey Shrike which is a very rare bird in Kuwait (11 records), although it had bred a couple of years ago,...
14/09/2020 at Mutla’a Ranch
A short visit to Mutla’a Ranch produced the following species, migration in Autumn is quick so most of the birds stop over for a couple of days or so and leave. Booted Warbler was this morning in Sabah...
07/11/2019 at Jahra Farms and Jal Al-Zor
This morning I went to Jahra Farms, having a feeling that the Black-throated Thrush should have arrived by now as two weeks earlier one was found in Pivot Fields. I didn’t find any interesting bird so had to...
04/11/2019 at Khiran and Sabah Al Ahmad Reedbeds
In preparing for the Autumn Tour I went to the south of Kuwait in search of a wintering Red-tailed Wheatear. After half an hour search I managed to find one. I was also waiting for the Ménétries’s and...
03/11/2019 The Lesser Flamingo is still here
I visited Sulaibikhat Bay this morning, it was easy to relocate the Lesser Flamingo at the KISR (Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research) side. Unfortunately, early in the morning, I heard through a local WhatsApp group that there was...
Birdwatching on 30/11/2019
In the morning, I went to Kabd Reserve after I had obtained a permit. I searched for the Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark, but it seems that the good rain we had last year had given then the chance to move...