Bird of Kuwait Sightings - Birdwatching Tours
At JEO: Common Snipe 27, Little Ringed Plover 1, Water Rail 1, White Wagtail 1 At Sulaibiya Pivot Fields: White-tailed Lapwing 1, Steppe Eagle 2, Greater Spotted Eagle 4, Common Buzzard 6, Pallid Harrier 4, Montagu’s Harrier 2,...
Cattle Egret 69, Black Kite 17, Pallid Harrier 4, Greater Short-toed Lark 18, Common Buzzard 10, Steppe Eagle 1, Northern Lapwing 6, Greater Spotted Eagle 5, Siberian Stonechat (maurus ssp) 1, Common Kestrel 2, Isabelline Shrike 2, Sand...
I spent morning at Tulha with Khalid Al-Ghanem. We were waiting raptors to drop to the pool to drink. Although the numbers of raptors were not high today a good variety f them compensated it. Juvenile Bonelli’s Eagle was a bit confusing but at home with...
Some 25 Steppe Buzzards were on migration but otherwise not many new birds were around. Egyptian Nightjar 1, Quail 1, Corncrake 2, Scops Owl 1, Black-crowned Night Heron 1, Steppe Buzzard 25, Black Kite 2, Sparrowhawk 2, Pallid...
A quick check of Jahra Farms this morning produced few records and photographs. Common Cuckoo 1, Garden Warbler 2, Lesser Whitethroat 2, Olivaceous Warbler 1, Bank Myna 1, White-throated Kingfisher 1, Common Snipe 1, Yellow Wagtail 20+. Common...
Ramadan timings with reduced working hours is very much welcomed by expat birders. Just “slightly” pushing limits one can visit place like Al Abraq in early morning. Black Kite 6, Common Buzzard 7, Long-legged Buzzard 1, Sparrowhawk 1, Booted Eagle 1,...
Still more bird shooter! at Jahra East Outfall. Common Buzzard 10, Marsh Harrier 2, Montagu’s Harrier 1, Pallid Harrier 2. At Tulha: Greater Short-toed Lark 418, Common Buzzard 1, Crested Lark 20, Purple Heron 1, Masked Shrike 1,...
At JEO there were 20 bird shooter cars from 6am to 7pm, so I went to Pivot Fields. At Pivot Fields: Spotted Redshank 1, Black-tailed Godwit 1, Whiskered Terns 3, Wood Sandpiper 3, Ruff 15, Marsh Harrier 3,...
Spotted Redshank 1, Little Tern 2, Whiskered Tern 2, Garganey 2, Ruff 20, Little Ringed Plover 1, Purple Heron 28 (seen by Pekka), Black-crowned Night Heron 2, Black Kite 3, Marsh Harrier 2, Common Snipe 4, Black-tailed Godwit...
Isolated farm in the middle of desert surely draws birds attention. Actually it offers much needed relief to them. Leaking taps and water reservoir are visited by hundreds if not thousands of birrds on their way to wintering grounds. Black Kite 15,...
SAANR and pool at Tulha allways atracts birds. Juvenile Cuckoo had arrived and it was as exhausted as other migrants in hot weather. An other new migrant was European Nightjar. European Nightjar 1, Common Cuckoo 1, Southern Grey Shrike 5, Masked...
Once again Pivot Fields produced new species for this season. They were two White Storks (Initially found by Musaeed Al-Saleh) and three Caspian Plovers. White Stork 2, Ruff 20+, Common Snipe 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Northern Lapwing 1,...
It was a surprise not to see any raptor in Tulha although Al Abraq was flooded with raptors on previous day. With a kind help by Khalid Al-Ghanem I managed to get both photographs shown below. Common Quail...
It was soon obvious that raptor migration had started. First for this autumn were Steppe Eagle, Booted Eagle and Pallid Harrier. Also Ortolan Bunting was new. Steppe Eagle 1, Booted Eagle 1, Montagu’s Harrier 1, Pallid Harrier 3,...
Tulha produced quite typical species of this time of the year. Isabelline Shrike embraced it’s notorius reputation to hit small birds around. This time one poor Yellow Wagtail lost it’s life. It looks like that Shrike is interested only of...
First for this autumn were Spotted Eagle, Northern Lapwing and Tawny Pipit with which I didn’t have luck in photographingi them. Great Bittern n:o 2 had moved 1 km NW and was enjoying waterspray from irrigation system. Montagu’s Harrier 3,...