Bird of Kuwait Sightings - Birdwatching Tours
Visit to Al Abraq with Rick Saval produced the following: Hoopoe 15+, European Roller 5, Marsh Warbler 10+, Great Reed Warbler 1, Olivaceous Warbler 2, Upchers Warbler 3, Common Whitethroat 1, Black-headed Bunting 1, Yellow Wagtail 8, Egyptian Nightjar...
Weekly visit to Al Abraq accompanied by Rick Saval. Birds seen: Black-headed Bunting 3, Hoopoe 10+, European Roller 1, Masked Shrike 1, Red-backed Shrike 1, Upcher’s Warbler 6, Marsh Warbler 1, Yellow Wagtail 1, Citrine Wagtail 1, Willow Warbler...
At JEO: Caspian Plover 1 (juenile ), Grey Heron 10, Eurasian Curlew 20, Broad-billed Sandpiper 2, Greater Sand Plover 1, White Stork 1 (fisrt seen by Rashed on 13/07/2008), Bar-tailed Godwit 1, Little Stint 10, Wood Sandpiperr 3,...
Obvously the migration has started early this year. Birds seen in Al Abraq: Upcher’s Warbler 3, Hoopoe 5, European Roller 2, Masked Shrike 2, Red-backed Shrike 2, Willow Warbler 1, Black-headed Bunting 1, Turtle Dove 1, Squacco Heron...
Lesser Sand Plover 1, Greater Sand Plover 3, Western Reef Egret 2 (juvenile), Green Sandpiper 3, Curlew Sandpiper 3. Lesser Sand Plover Greater Sand Plover . . . for comparison! Western Reef Egret juvenile
Today it was very quiet. Birds that were seen included the following: Masked Shrike 1 (the same bird that was seen on 24 June and had lost its tail), Upcher’s Warbler 6+, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler 3, Hoopoe Lark...
Black-shouldered Kite 1, Isabelline Shrike 1, Masked Shrike 1, European Roller 2, Isabelline Wheatear 1, Upcher’s Warbler 2, Laughing Dove 1, Collared Dove 1, Lesser Short-toed Lark 2, Hoopoe Lark 2, Crested Lark 20+, House Sparrow 20+ Black-shouldered...
My first visit to Kebd for a long while yielded an interesting sighting of a Dunn’s Lark at our small pool. Although Black-crowned Sparrow-larks are regularly present there in the summer months, I’ve only seen Dunn’s Lark there...
White-winged Lapwing 1 (juv.), Greenshank 2, Red-backed Shrike 1 (male), Pied Avocet 1, Black-tailed Godwit 1, Whiskered Tern 4, Cream-coloured Courser 2, Eurasian Curlew 40+, White-winged Tern 10+, Black-winged Stilt 30+, Little Tern 20+ Pied Avocet White-winged Tern...
Birds that have been seen today included all the birds seen in the last post except the Tawny Pipt and Red-necked Phalaropes, new ones are: African Collared Dove 1, European Bee-eater 1, Greater Crested Tern 3, Black-tailed Godwit...
Greater Sand Plover 20+, Red-necked Phalarope 2, Terek Sandpiper 1, Marsh Sandpiper 3, Curlew Sandpiper 20+, Kentish Plover 30+, Little Stint 2, Eurasian Curlew 60+, Tawny Pipt 1, Yellow Wagtail (feldegg) 1, White-winged Tern 20+, Sanderling 2, Ruddy...
White-cheeked Tern 450+ pairs (I have counted 450 pairs), Lesser Crested Tern 200+ (only rough estimation), Bridled Tern 500+ pairs (rough estimation), Tawny Pipit 1, Common Kestrel 2 White-cheeked Tern
Willow Warbler 1, Little Grebe 1, Red-backed Shrike 1, Isabelline Shrike 2, European Reed Warbler 8, Great Reed Warbler 6, Little Bittern 3, Squacco Heron 2, Graceful Prinia 10+, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 2, Yellow Wagtail 2 (feldegg 1, beema 1),...
Masked Shrike 1, Red-backed Shrike 3 (2males & 1female), Upcher’s Warbler 4, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler 2, Marsh Warbler 3, Garden Warbler 1, Eastern Orphean Warbler 1, European Reed Warbler 1, Rufous tailed Scrub Warbler 6, Tawny Pipit 3,...
At Tulha: Upcher’s Warbler 12, Garden Warbler 1, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler 3, Marsh Warbler 2, European Reed Warbler 4, Whitethroat 1, Ortolan Bunting 2, Red-backed Shrike 1 (male), Woodchat Shrike 1, Tawny Pipit 2, Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin 3, Common...
European Reed Warbler 6, Clamorous Reed Warbler 1,Blackcap 1, Pied Wheatear 1, Pied Avocet 1, Sandwich Tern 6, Little Tern 10+, White-winged Black Tern 30+, Oystercatcher 1, Black-tailed Godwit 1, Cream-coloured Courser 4, Slender-billed Gull 50+, Yellow Wagtail 3 (2...