Bird of Kuwait Sightings - Birdwatching Tours
On 22/10/2009 at JEO: Mountain Chifchaff 1, Common Chiffchaff 3, European Reed Warbler 3, Great Reed Warbler 1, Turkestan Shrike 2, Moustached Warbler 3, Cetti’s Warbler 1 (seen by Rashed). A very short visit to Pivot Fields produced:...
I checked quite thoroughly Jahra Farms for Indian Roller this morning. I found only one European Roller.( However, Rashed photographed Indian Roller at Pivot Fields yesterday). At Jahra Farms I saw also a flock of 4 Grey Hypocolius...
Greater Spotted Eagle 1, Western Marsh Harrier 6, Black Kite 41, Masked Shrike 2, Woodchat Shrike 3, Lesser Grey Shrike 1, Namaqua Dove 30, Yellow Wagtail 1000, Purple Heron 2, Black-crowned Night Heron 1, Little Egret 3, Eurasian...
The Pivot Fields produced: Yellow Wagtails (mostly first autumn birds) 1000, Collared Pratincole 20, Pallid Harrier 5, Marsh Harrier 5, Namaqua Dove 10, House Sparrow 1000, European Roller 3, Woodchat Shrike 3, Masked Shrike 1, Lesser Grey Shrike...
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,...
At Pivot Fields on 21/06/2009: Spotted Redshank 1, White-tailed Plover 4, Common Ringed Plover 2, Green Sandpiper 1, Black-winged Stilt 6, Cream-coloured Courser 10. At JEO on 21/06/2009: Sand Martin 4, European Reed Warbler 7 (including an adult feeding...
On 10/05/2009 Rashed Al-Hajji found and photographed a Red-footed Falcon, a first summer male at Sulaibiya Pivot Fields. This is a second record for Kuwait and a first live bird. The first record was found dead by G....
Updated 21.4.2009 by P. Fågel Today we encountered a surprisingly big flock of Pratincoles. My best estimation was 700 birds mainly Black-winged Pratincoles about 600 rest being Collared Praticoles. We found also c. 5 Oriental Pratincoles. They were seen flying...
I visited with 6 German birders, headed by Ferdinand Wegmann, Pivot Fields today. Actual target species was Caspian Plover. First we managed to find 3 among 96 Collared Pratincoles. After short but heavy wind and some slight rain...
Strong Northern wind kept Steppe Eagles on the deck. Also Collared Pratincoles preferred to feed by jerky movements on ground and flying only ocassionally. Female Chaffinch is not any WP-highlight but locally good species. According to G. Gregory’s book...
Common Linnet 2, Common Snipe 1, Imperial Eagle 2, Marsh Harrier 1, Black Kite 6, Cattle Egret 60, Red Bishop (escapee) 2, Isabelline Shrike 2, Siberian Stonechat 4, Eurasian Skylark 3, Crested Lark 5, Eurasian Hoopoe 1, Corn...
At Souq Sharq: Pallas’s Gull 3, Black-headed Gull 20, Slender-billed Gull 2, Armenian Gull 10, Steppe Gull 20, Palld Swift 8. At Pivot Fields: Corn Bunting 3, Black Kite 60, Greater Spotted Eagle 3, Common Kestrel 1, Eurasian...
Buff-bellied Pipit 1, Steppe Eagle 2, Woodchat Shrike 2, Long-legged Buzzard 2, Cattle Egret 10, Water Pipit 20, White Wagtail 15, Eurasian Skylark 30, Isabelline Shroke 1, Isabelline Wheatear 2, Common Moorehen 17, Common Snipe 1. Yesterday the Visiting...
I went this morning with Rick and Simon to Pivot Fields having two target species in mind; Hen Harrier and Sociable Plover. We have had this winter one female Hen Harrier around. On 27. January we saw with...
Great Egret 2, Little Egret 2, Night Heron 3, Cattle Egret 4, Grey Heron 15, Cormorant 10, Kestrel 3, Sparrowhawk 2, Shikra 1, Imperial Eagle 2, Greater Spotted Eagle 2, Long-legged Buzzard 3, Common Buzzard 1, Black Kite...
Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) attacks Sociable Plover (Vanellus gregarius) Sociable Plover pays back. The following is by Abdulrahman