Bird of Kuwait Sightings - Birdwatching Tours
At Sulaibikhat Bay: Common Shelduck 4. At Sulaibiya: Orphean Warbler 1, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Upcher’s Warbler 3, Common Redstart ssp. samamisicus 1, Common Whitethroat 1, Deser Warbler 1, Steppe Grey Shrike 1, Pallid Harrier 1. At Pivot Fields:...
I received this email from Pekka Fågel: Belgian group came this morning and they got an excellent start for their trip. Male Shikra in the morning at Sulaibikhat N.R. There they saw also 4 Little Gulls in breeding plumage (we have...
Various waders in Sulaibikhat bay at KISR, and a small group of Common Shelduck. A lone Squacco Heron was photographed near some mangroves. The lawns at KISR supported up to 50 Yellow Wagtails (ca. 35 beema, 15 feldegg...
Spring migration has now started in earnest – visiting birders are turning up daily from various parts of northern and central Europe. An early morning trip to Kabd on the 25.03.2008 yielded 1 Booted Eagle, 3 Dunn’s Larks,...
Isabelline Shrike ssp. isabellinus 1. Pale Rochfinch 3, Kurdish Wheatear Oenanthe xanthoprymna xanthoprymna 1, Tree Pipit 1. Kurdish Wheatear Oenanthe xanthoprymna nominate race. Turkestan Shrike form karelini, which might be a hybrid between Turkestan Shrike and Red-backed Shrike....
Northern Wheatear 1, Baillon’s Crake 1, Yellow Wagtail ssp. beema 4, Yellow Wagtail ssp. feldegg 8+, Siberian Stonechat ssp. maurua 1, Pallid Swift 2, Red-rumped Swallow 6, Barn Swallow 8, House Martin 4. Baillon’s Crake.
White Stork 1, Yellow Wagtail ssp. feldegg (melanogrisea) 1. White Stork . Yellow Wagtail ssp. feldegg (melanogrisea).
Liyah Quarry Site: Common Kestrel 5, Southern Grey Shrike 2, Isabelline Shrike 1, Greater Hoopoe Lark 3, Crested Lark 1, Black-eared Wheatear 2, Desert Wheatear 1, Pied Wheatear 3, Isabelline Wheatear 2, Asian Desert Warbler, Eastern Orphean Warbler...
Baillon’s Crake 2, Spotted Crake 1, Garganey 1, Red-rumped Swallows 20+, House Martin 5+, Pallid Swift 6+, Barn Swallow 20+, Sand Martin 20+. Baillon’s Crake.
Garganey 2, Little Swift 1, Baillon’s Crake 1, Bluethroat ssp. svecica 1, Bluethroat ssp. cyanecula 1.Bluethroat ssp. cyanecula. Bluethroat ssp. svecica. Baillon’s Crake Little Swift Garganey Garganey
I tried to relocate the Little Swift, but couldn’t find it, I found many Barn Swallows, Sand Martins, House Martins, Red-rumped Sawallows. Red-rumped swallow.
Today the German visiting group have seen at Green Island: Red-vented Bulbuls 2, Grey Hypocolius 20, and also a number of White-cheeked Bulbuls. At Pivot Fields: Greater Spotted Eagles 2, Pale Rockfinch 1, Imperial Eagle 2, Common Kestrel...
It was only possible to make a quick round of the Pivot Fields today. Bird-wise it was fairly quiet, although there seems to have been an influx of Tawny Pipits in the last few days. Highlight of the...
Two trips to Kabd on 13.03.2008 and 15.03.2008 yielded the following: 13.03.2008Pallid Harrier 2, Common Kestrel 3, Lesser Kestrel 4, Southern Grey Shrike 8, Woodchat Shrike 2, Isabelline Shrike 5, Black-eared Wheatear 1, Northern Wheatear 1, Isabelline Wheatear...
Menetries’s Warbler 2, Pallid Harrier 2, Common Chiffchaffs 5, Collared Pratincole 7, Rock Thrush 2, European Roller 1, Common Cuckoo 1, Song Thrush 1, Southern Grey Shrike pallidrostris ssp. 1, Mourning Wheatear 1, Black-eared Wheatear 2, Pied Wheatear...
Northern Pintail 1, Common Snipe 4, Yellow Wagtail ssp. feldegg 6, White Wagtail 8, Northern Wheatear 2, Isabelline Wheatear 3, Squacco Heron 1, Cattle Egret 3, Little Stints 50+, Woodchat Shrike 1, Southern Grey Shrike 1, Water Pipits...