Bird of Kuwait Sightings - Birdwatching Tours
At Al-Abrag: Dark-throated Thrush 1, Redwing 1, Common Blackbird 1. All found by Khaled Al-Ghanim. At JEO: Buff-bellied Pipit 1 (seen by Rashed), Water Pipit 20, Mountain Chiffchaff 10, White Wagtail 5, Spanish Sparrow 3, Great Reed Warbler...
At Sulaibikhat Bay: Black Headed Gull 300, “taimyrensis” Gull 1, Heuglin’s Gull 33, Greater Flamingo 300, Great Cormorant 150, Gull-billed Tern 10, Northern Shoveler 25, Mallard 20, Great Crested Tern 1 At Jahra Farms: Common Chiffchaff 2, Grey Hypocolius...
Rick spotted quickly Ring Ouzel in the morning which had moved to most densely wooded part of Al Abraq. My photos have been taken in a very poor light conditions. Even so the charasteristic featureres are well shown. An other good...
This isolated farm in the middle of desert is naturally a real migrant trap. Today I noticed arrival of half a dozen Song Thrushes and Kuwait’s 7th Ring Ouzel. Sparrowhawk 1, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 5, Green Sandpiper 1, Greenshank...
Today Mohammed Khorshed has found and photographed a Spur-winged Plover, the 7th record for Kuwait. Mohammed has been very active lately at Jahra East oufall, so now with Rashed they are surveying Jahra East nearly everyday. The record...
An Oriental Turtle Dove was seen at Al-Abraq by A. Al-Sirhan and R. Al-Hajji on 01/11/2009. Oriental Turtle Dove Photograph by A. Al-Sirhan
Green Island has been relatively reliable site for Red-vented Bulbul and Grey Hypocolius in winter and so it was also today. To my surprise I found a flock of 30+ Dead Sea Sparrows too. In recent days we have...
Today I went to Al-Abrag together with Rashed in search of the Penduline Tit and the Dead Sea Sparrow we managed to find both. Dead Sea Sparrow 3, Penduline Tit 5, European Robin 1, Turtle Dove 1, Spanish...
Today’s highlight was a flock of Penduline Tits. Richard Saval found the birds on previous day. So it was time to photograph these small masked beauties. Dead Sea Sparrows were still around too. I photographed birds posted below together...
The flock of at least 7 Dead Sea Sparrows was today’s highlight as this was just the 4th record for Kuwait. Red-breasted Flycatcher 4, Chiffchaff 10+, Sparrowhawk 4, Water Pipit 8, Red-throated Pipit 1, White Wagtail 6, Dead...
Indian Roller has stayed by now for more than two and half weeks – fingers crossed that it stays till next year. Bank Mynas are around as well as White-throated Kingfishers and Rose-necked Parakeets. Wintering birds arrive in variable numbers...
Stone-Curlew 1, Black-winged Pratincole 1, Pied Wheatear 2, Gracefull Prinia 3, White-eared Bulbul 5, Eurasian Collared Dove 4, Laughing Dove 2, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 5. Black-winged Pratincole
Sulaibikhat Bay: Isabelline Shrike 4, Pied Kingfisher 1, Bimaculated Lark 4, Oystercatcher 71, Pied Wheatear 4, Eurasian Coot 1, Whiskered Tern 4, Caspian Tern 1. Jahra Farms: Bank Myna 2, Isabelline Shrike 2, Blackcap 1.
Bimaculated Lark 5, Northern Wheatear 6, Pied Wheatear 3, Siberian Stonechat 1 (maurus ssp.), Marsh Harrier 2, Mallard 10, Northern Shoveler 20, Northern Pintail 20, Gadwall 4, Garganey 50. Bimaculated Lark
A brief visit to Jahra Farms after being back home (Finland) almost three weeks. Indian Roller was my earliest record ever in autumn. (Rashed had his first as early as 10 Oct.) Is this indicating good season for Indian Rollers? Actually nobody...
