Bird of Kuwait Sightings - Birdwatching Tours
by AbdulRahman Al-Sirhan · Published 4 October, 2020 · Last modified 16 October, 2022
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...
by AbdulRahman Al-Sirhan · Published 30 September, 2020 · Last modified 16 October, 2022
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...
by AbdulRahman Al-Sirhan · Published 27 September, 2020 · Last modified 16 October, 2022
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...
by AbdulRahman Al-Sirhan · Published 21 September, 2020 · Last modified 16 October, 2022
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,...
by AbdulRahman Al-Sirhan · Published 15 September, 2020 · Last modified 16 October, 2022
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...
Jahra Farms / Jal Al Zour / Sightings
by AbdulRahman Al-Sirhan · Published 7 November, 2019 · Last modified 16 October, 2022
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...
Al Khiran South / Sabah Al Ahmad Wetland / Sightings
by AbdulRahman Al-Sirhan · Published 4 November, 2019 · Last modified 16 October, 2022
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...
by AbdulRahman Al-Sirhan · Published 3 November, 2019 · Last modified 16 October, 2022
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...
Kabd Reserve / Sightings / Sulaibiya Pivot Fields
by AbdulRahman Al-Sirhan · Published 30 October, 2019 · Last modified 16 October, 2022
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...
Doha Reserve / Mega Rarities / Sightings
by AbdulRahman Al-Sirhan · Published 19 September, 2019 · Last modified 16 October, 2022
Great Knot at Sulaibikhat Bay! Yesterday I suspected a bird being a Great Knot. It was too distant to see any detail about it, but its jizz and colour matches Great Knot, although legs appeared dark and couldn’t...
by AbdulRahman Al-Sirhan · Published 19 September, 2019 · Last modified 16 October, 2022
Today it was nice to see a Hume’s Whitethroat. Although it is full species in IOC since v4.4 2014 (I could only trace it back to IOC 4.4), Clements Checklist update August 2019 has decided to down list...
Sightings / Sulaibiya Pivot Fields
by AbdulRahman Al-Sirhan · Published 17 September, 2019 · Last modified 16 October, 2022
It was quiet today, only the Woodpigeon happened to arrive early this year. Some good numbers of Cattle Egrets and Western Yellow Wagtails. Common Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 1, Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 74, Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis 2,...
Sightings / Sulaibiya Pivot Fields
by AbdulRahman Al-Sirhan · Published 12 September, 2019 · Last modified 16 October, 2022
Today I spent some time checking every harrier trying to find Montagu’s Harriers as much as I can. Montagu’s Harriers are passage migrant only in Kuwait. There passage is quick unlike the Pallid Harrier which is common as...
by AbdulRahman Al-Sirhan · Published 4 September, 2019 · Last modified 16 October, 2022
The weather was very hot today as usual at this time of the year, reaching 47 degrees celsius in the afternoon. Birds tend to seek shade and wet places specially irrigation channels in farms where it is cooler...
Abraq Al Habari / Jahra Farms / Mutla’a Ranch / Sightings
by AbdulRahman Al-Sirhan · Published 29 April, 2019 · Last modified 28 May, 2022
Basra Reed Warbler Acrocephalus griseldis Abraq Al-Habari Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 4, Namaqua Dove Oena capensis 1, Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 1, Little Egret Egretta garzetta 5, Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 1, Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 1, Long-legged...
Sightings / Sulaibiya Pivot Fields
by AbdulRahman Al-Sirhan · Published 25 April, 2019 · Last modified 16 October, 2022
At this time of the year we see Black-winged Pratincole, this year they were late as with many other birds such as the Semi-collared Flycatcher. This is because of the good rain that hit the Arabian Peninsula, birds...