Bird of Kuwait Sightings - Birdwatching Tours
On 27/04/2008 the French group found an Oriental Pratincole at JEO at dusk, next day the bird was not relocated. I then re-read the article in Dutch Birding 27:1-35 (2005) by G. Driessens & L. Svensson, referring back to...
The Pivot Fields were alive with migrants over the weekend. Other birders (Brian, Pekka et al.) also turned up. The following species were noted: Little Bittern 3, Purple Heron 2, Squacco Heron 30+, Cattle Egret 80+, Glossy Ibis...
Both areas were fairly quiet on Saturday. Highlights observed at the Pivot Fields included 5 White Storks, 6 Glossy Ibises, ca. 30 Lesser Kestrels, over 30 Whinchats and a mixed flock of ca 250 Collared and Black-winged Pratincoles....
Common Nightingale 1, Masked Shrike 1, Great Reed Warbler 4, Blackcap 1, Common Buzzard 1, Red-backed Shrike 3, Pied Wheatear 3, Long-legged Buzzard, Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin 2, Whinchat 10+, Common Redstart 3, Song Thrush 1, Woodchat Shrike 3,...
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...
A Spur-winged Lapwing found and photographed by Kris De Rouck from Belgium on 2nd April 2008.
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:...
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...
At JEO: Mountain Chiffchaffs 2 (seen and heard calling), Moustached Warbler 1, Grey Wagtail 1, Yellow Wagtail feldegg ssp., At Pivot Fields: Shikra 1 (was flying outside Pivot Fields before the enterance), Pied Wheatear 3, Collared Pratincole 2,...
Steppe Eagle 3, Imperial Eagle 1, Greater Spotted Eagle 2, Long-legged Buzzard 1, Pallid Harrier 1 male, Common Kestrel 1, Western Marsh Harrier 1, Squacco Heron 1, Little Egret 1, Common Quail 4, Collared Pratincole 2, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater...
A. Near greenhouses: Isabelline Wheatear 10, Southern Grey Shrike 6, European Stonechat 6, Eurasian hoopoe 8, Tawny Pipit 5, Menetries Warbler 2, Common Chiffchaff 5, Grey Wagtail 1, Pied Wheatear 2, Northern Wheatear 1. B. New extension: Southern...
At Pivot Fields: European Stonechats 2, Tawny Pipit 11, Eurasian Hoopoe 14, Woodchat Shrike 3, Red-throated Pipit 1, Pied Wheatear 6, Imperial Eagle 4, Steppe Eagle 2, Siberian Stonechat ssp. variegatus 4, Northern Wheatear 1, Little Egret 1,...
