27/09/2020 at Al-Abraq
This morning, again I went to Al-Abraq, early in the morning. I arrived an hour after sunrise and raptors started flying around low in the farm. They were lots of Black-eared Kites, Steppe Buzzards...
Bird Sightings from Kuwait Blog
21/09/2020 at Al-Abraq
An early morning visit to Al Abraq showed little migration. At the beginning I had an Arabian Grey Shrike which is a very rare bird in Kuwait (11 records), although it had bred a...
14/09/2015 at Mutla’a Ranch
A short visit to Mutla’a Ranch produced the following species, migration in Autumn is quick so most of the birds stop over for a couple of days or so and leave. Booted Warbler was...
10/09/2020 Bay-backed Shrike first for Kuwait and Western Palearctic if accepted by KORC
This morning I had a call from Rashed Al-Hajji telling me he found a Bay-backed Shrike!!!!The bird has a distribution that include all Indian subcontinent, extends north through Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran.It also extends...
10-18 November 2019 Autumn Tour
Day 1: 11/11/2019 KISR western side outfall We left the hotel at 6 AM to arrive our first site. Looking through the telescope for less than half a minute I relocated the Lesser Flamingo...
07/11/2019 at Jahra Farms and Jal Al-Zor
This morning I went to Jahra Farms, having a feeling that the Black-throated Thrush should have arrived by now as two weeks earlier one was found in Pivot Fields. I didn’t find any interesting...
04/11/2019 at Khiran and Sabah Al Ahmad Reedbeds
In preparing for the Autumn Tour I went to the south of Kuwait in search of a wintering Red-tailed Wheatear. After half an hour search I managed to find one. I was also waiting...
03/11/2019 The Lesser Flamingo is still here
I visited Sulaibikhat Bay this morning, it was easy to relocate the Lesser Flamingo at the KISR (Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research) side. Unfortunately, early in the morning I heard through a local WhatsApp...
02/11/2019 a Lesser Flamingo at Sulaibikhat Bay
A Lesser Flamingo at Sulaibikhat Bay. In the morning we received a filled KORC Form of a Lesser Flamingo found in the evening of yesterday. AbdulMajeed Al-Shatti found the bird at Sulaibikhat Bay. It...
30/11/2019 at Pivot Fields and Kabd Reserve
In the morning, I went to Kabd Reserve after I had obtained a permit. I searched for the Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark, but it seems that the good rain we had last year had given then...
India: Part 3: Chennai, Tamil Nadu 28-30 March 2019
Day 1: 28/03/2019 In the morning I took a taxi to Pallikaranai Marshlands (12.948295, 80.223395) where I met Sajan and upon arrival, I was impressed by the number and variety of birds. Birds were...
India: Part 2: Andaman Island 22-26 March 2019
Part 2: Andaman Island 22-26 March 2019 Participants: Sajan Raju, Dr Saraswathivilasam S Suresh, Ajomon Thettekkad, AbdulRahman Al-Sirhan and our Guide Danish Trogon. Andaman is an archipelago in the Bay of Bengal to the...
18/09/2019 at Sulaibikhat Bay, Great Knot at Sulaibikhat Bay!
Great Knot at Sulaibikhat Bay! Yesterday I suspected a bird being a Great Knot. It was too distant to see any detail about it, but its jizz and colour matches Great Knot, although legs...
19/09/2019 at Mutla’a Ranch
Today it was nice to see a Hume’s Whitethroat. Although it is full species in IOC since v4.4 2014 (I could only trace it back to IOC 4.4), Clements Checklist update August 2019 has...
17/09/2019 at Pivot Fields
It was quiet today, only the Woodpigeon happened to arrive early this year. Some good numbers of Cattle Egrets and Western Yellow Wagtails. Common Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 1, Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 74, Laughing...
18-30 March 2019 India: Part 1: Kerala, India 18-21 March 2019
Part 1: Kerala, India 18-21 March 2019 The main purpose of the trip is to visit Andaman Island with Sajan and Dr Saraswathivilasam S Suresh and a professional bird guide, Danish Trogan. Since I...
12/09/2019 at Pivot Fields
Today I spent some time checking every harrier trying to find Montagu’s Harriers as much as I can. Montagu’s Harriers are passage migrant only in Kuwait. There passage is quick unlike the Pallid Harrier...
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