Bird of Kuwait Sightings - Birdwatching Tours
It includes posts from Sulaibikhat Sports Club
This afternoon I started at Sulaibikhat Bay, from KISR side then continued along the coast stopping at the Sulaibikhat Traditional Cafe, Sulaibikhat Sports Club, Al Jahra Reserve and ending my visit at Jahra East Outfall.There was nothing special,...
Sulaibikhat Bay Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) 500, Lesser Flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor) 1, Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) 2, Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) 1, Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) 30, Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata) 12, Broad-billed Sandpiper (Calidris falcinellus) 15, Black-headed...
In August migrant and wintering birds start to arrive in Kuwait in small numbers. Yesterday a first record of Striolated Bunting was seen and photographed at SAANR by AmmarAlJeraiwi. Also just less than a week ago, a Pygmy...
Oriental Skylark 2, Western Great Egret 14, Daurian Shrike 1, Common Ringed Plover 373, Grey Plover 85, Kentish Plover 300, Little Stint 500, Eurasian Curlew 20, Curlew Sandpiper 300, Greater Sand Plover 100, Lesser Sand Plover 200, Dunlin...
A quick visit to Sulaibikhat Bay at high tide time produced: Dunlin 20, Greater Flamingo 250, Steppe Gull 18, Curlew Sandpiper 20, Common Ringed Plover 12, Eurasian Curlew 15, Caspian Tern 25, Gull-billed Tern 20, Greater Sand Plover...
At Sulaibikhat: Armenian Gull 5, Caspian Gull 6, Heuglin’s Gull6, Steppe Gull 3. At Jahra Pool Reserve: Eurasian Curlew 80, Eurasian Oystercatcher 17, Pallid Swift 50. Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans note long legs and pale upperparts. Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans...
Sylvia & Mike Newey, Brian and myself spent morning in Pivot fields enjoing of good variety of birds especially raptors. We had Black Kite c. 50, Eastern Imperial Eagle 3, Greater Spotted Eagle 2, Pallid Harrier 1, Kestrel...
Sulaibikhat Bay: Ruddy Turnstone 10, Greater Sand Plover 15, Lesser Sand Plover 1, Kentish Plover 10, Slender-billed Gull 20, Armenian Gull 2, Steppe Gull, Little Stint 30, Curlew Sandpiper 20, Greater Flamingo 700, Terek Sandpiper 2, Indian Reef...
Eurasian Oystercatcher 1, Lesser Sand Plover 1, Greater Sand Plover 4, Steppe Gull 10, Armenian Gull 5, Slender-billed Gull 50, Heuglin’s Gull 3, Little Stint 1, Curlew Sandpiper 200, Ruddy Turnstone 10, Common Ringed Plover 3, Indian Reef...
Migration is gaining momentum slowly, so this morning I went to many sites to see what is out there. Pivot Fields: It was very quiet but I did see some birds; Isabelline Wheatear 1, European Roller 1, Eurasian...
Simon Price has seen and photographed a Macqueen’s Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii on 9/11/2009 at Sulaibikhat Club, his photographs are shown below.
Pivot Fields provided a good view of ongoing migration. Hoopoes, European Rollers, Bee-eaters etc. are on the move. Hoopoe 12, European Bee-eater 10, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 6, European Roller 1, Cattle Egret 15, Purple Heron 2, Grey Heron 2,...
Together with a Canadian Visitor, Gordon Saunders we started from Kuwait Bay to Sulaibikhat Bay to produce the following: Armenian Gull 30 (maximum daily count so far), Steppe Gull 53, Lesser Black-backed Gull (fuscus) 1, Siberian Gull (heuglini) 3,...
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
At Hospital Area: Gull-billed Tern 25, Terek Sandpiper 20, Little Stint 10, Ruddy Turnstone 5, Steppe Gull 6. At Sulaibikhat Bay: Steppe Gull 23, Caspian Gull 3, Heuglin’s Gull 4, Armenian Gull 2, Black Tern (juvenile) 1, Little Tern...
I started at 12:15PM at Shuwaikh Free Zone then moved along the coast at Sulaibikhat Bay untill I reached Doha Spit. High tide was at 12:35PM, I reached Doha Spit at 2:45PM so high waters were much reduced and the birds were too...