Bird of Kuwait Sightings - Birdwatching Tours
Pivot Fields: Tawny Pipit 141 (highest ever daily count), Greater Spotted Eagle 3, Eastern Imperial Eagle 1, Steppe Eagle 1, Short-toed Snake Eagle 1, Long-legged Buzzard 2, Pallid Harrier 1, Montagu’s Harrier 1, Steppe Buzzard 5, Black Kite...
Tulha was relatively quiet this morning. The most interesting bird was Shikra that landed to drink. Next I visited again Pivot Fields where Pectoral Sandpiper was still around. Juvenile Shikra (Accipiter badius) (Note gular stripe and pale iris)...
This morning Ahmed Riyad and I went to Pivot Field to relocate the Pectoral Sandpiper found and photographed Yesterday by Rashed Al-Hajji. After two hours search we were then called by Mahmoud Shehab that he has relocated the...
Today at Pivot Fields Rashed Al-Hajji was able to photograph a Pectoral Sandpiper which would the first record for Kuwait if accepted by KORC.
Wetern Osprey 1, Pied Wheatear 3, Marsh Harrier 2, Black-crowned Night Heron 2, Black Kite 73, European Roller 2, Collared Dove 12, Namaqua Dove 9, Common Kestrel 2, Steppe Buzzard 10, Eurasian Hoopoe 4, Daurian Shrike 13, Turkestan...
This morning I arrived Pivot Fields and met Abdulmohsen Al Suraye who told me about Black-winged Kite. We saw the bird briefly but it disappeared soon. After half an hour I managed to relocate it and got some...
Purple Heron 6, Black-crowned Night Heron 3, White-throated Kingfisher 1, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 20, Black Kite 17, Turkestan Shrike 3, Squacco Heron 5, Western Marsh Harrier 4, Steppe Buzzard 6, Cream-coloured Courser 2, Sand Martin 200, Isabelline Wheatear 10,...
Montagu’s Harrier 3, Steppe Buzzard 2, Black Kite 2, European Roller 2, Collared Pratincole 10, Wood Sandpiper 1, Greater Short-toed Lark 20, Northern Wheatear 1, Mauryan Grey Shrike 2, Tawny Pipit 2, Red-backed Shrike 1, Woodchat Shrike 2,...
This morning I went birding with Yogeesh and his friend and found the following: At Pivot Fields: Purole Heron 24, Steppe Buzzard 2, Black Kite 4, Sand Martin 30, Crested Lark 10, Montagu’s Harrier 1, Greater Short-toed Lark...
At Sulaibikhat Pivot Fields: Ortolan Bunting 20, Long-legged Buzzard 1, Black-winged Pratincole 20, Montagu’s Harrier 1,Pallid Harrier 1, Black-headed Bunting 1, Richard Pipit 1, Common Redstart 4, Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush 1, Common Nightingale 1, Whinchat 25, White-throated Robin...
I received this morning two people from Germany, Reinhold Lannert and Sandra Gotsch and one person from Holland/Italy, Massiliamo Dettori. We headed first to Pivot Fields where highligt were Caspian Plovers and Pygmy Cormrant. In Jahra Farms we...
Water Pipit 100, Long-legged Buzzard 1, Pallid Harrier 2, Sykes’s Wagtail 10, Black-headed Wagtail 20, Pygmy Cormorant 1, Eastern Black-eared Wheatear 2, Pied Wheatear 5, Isabelline Wheatear 2, Northern Wheatear 12, Grey Heron 1, Common Quail 1, Eurasian...
At Pivot Fields: Pygmy Cormorant 1, Red-rumped Swallow 60, White Stork 14, Glossy Ibis 3, Sand Martin 5, Pallid Swift 10, Woodchat Shrike 2, Water Pipit 50, Northern Wheatear 19, Isabelline Wheatear 15, Pied Wheatear 6, Tawny Pipit...
Indian Roller 1, Oriental Skylark 1, Pallid Harrier 1, Pygmy Cormorant 1, Eurasian Skylark 200, Long-legged Buzzard 1, Eurasian Golden Plover 2, Eastern Imperial Eagle 1, Greater Spotted Eagle 1, Sparrowhawk 1, Eurasian Hoopoe 1, Common Kestrel 5,...
I visited Pivot Fields with Brian this morning hoping to relocate Oriental Skylarks that have been seen recently over there. We finally managed to hear one but no way to see it well. Other birds seen: Cattle Egret...
I went alone before work to Pivot Fields. Highlight was a group of 6 Oriental Skylarks. Their call is so distinctive. They are also much less shy birds compared to Skylarks. Without these features it would be almost...