Bird of Kuwait Sightings - Birdwatching Tours
The gardens at the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) at Shuwaikh continue to attract a variety of migrants: ca. 80 Pipits (roughly equal numbers of Tree and Red-throated Pipits) have been working the lawns for the past week....
An early morning trip to Kabd with the visiting birders from Austria / Germany provided some interesting birds, despite the dull, windy weather and the sandstorm that later developed. The main target species, Dunn’s Lark, was easily found,...
Kabd: A trip to Kabd with the visiting birders from the UK (Chris etc.) yielded 1 Temminck’s Stint, 5 Harriers, including 1 male Montagu’s Harrier, 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 6-8 Dunn’s Larks, 20+ Black-crowned Sparrow-larks, 60+ Greater Short-toed Larks,...
Eurasian Wryneck 1, Pallid Harrier 2, Siberian Stonechat ssp. maurus 2, Woodchat Shrike 3, Tawny Pipt 10+, Tree Pipt 5, Masked Shrike 1, Common Buzzard 1, Cattle Egret 63+, European Bee-eater 10+. Northern Wheatear, female. European Bee-eater. Byzantine...
Trips to the Pivot Fields between 27/03 and 30/03 yielded up to 100 Cattle Egrets, 3 White Storks (29/03/2008), 15 Steppe Eagles, 1 Imperial Eagle, 1 Greater Spotted Eagle, 3 Montagu’s Harriers, 6 Pallid Harriers, 1 Eurasian Hobby,...
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.