Pelagic Trip on 20/5/2022
I decided to make a pelagic trip to the southern islands of Kuwait, so we were four to start a pelagic trip at 8 O’clock on 20 May 2022.We started from Fintas towards Um Al Maradim Island, the...
Kubbar Island
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06/07/2010 Swift Tern rediscovered breeding in Kubbar Island, the last breeding record in the Island was in 1987
In a follow up visit to Kubbar Island, OSK members discovered three pairs of Swift Terns on a nest with one egg amongst the breeding colony of Lesser Crested Tern. Another four pairs of Swift Terns were displaying...
20/06/2010 a brief visit to Kubbar Island
A brief visit to Kubbar Island produced the following breeding adults: White-cheeked Tern 3000, Lesser Crested Tern 500, Bridled Tern 4000. The good rain this year has improved the habitat for the breeding terns. The perennial bushes of Suaeda...
23/06/2009 Kubbar Island
A visit to Kubbar Island on 23/06/2009 produced: Bridled Tern 2200, White-cheeked Tern 2000, Greater Crested Tern 4, Lesser Crested Tern 400, Red-backed Shrike 1, Yellow Wagtail 1 (ssp. feldegg). Probably most of all the Lesser Crested Terns had...
27/06/2008 at Kubbar Island
White-cheeked Tern 450+ pairs (I have counted 450 pairs), Lesser Crested Tern 200+ (only rough estimation), Bridled Tern 500+ pairs (rough estimation), Tawny Pipit 1, Common Kestrel 2 White-cheeked Tern
24/05/2008 a trip to Kubbar Island.
Bridled Tern 1000+ pairs, White-cheeked Tern 100+ pairs, Lesser-crested Tern 100+ pairs, Socotra Cormorant 4, Garden Warbler 1, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler 2, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 1, Lesser Kestrel 2, European Roller 1, Black-eared Wheatear 2, Marsh Warbler 2, Willow Warbler...