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Birding Kuwait in late-September
By Charlie • September 30, 2008 • 8 commentsAnyone attempting some sort of Big Year Bird List who works for an airline and wants to see as many birds as possible (eg me, myself, I) needs to make at least one trip out to the Middle East, and preferably either in April or September/October, and even more preferably be able to hook up [...]
Spanish Sparrow
By Charlie • February 7, 2006 • No comments yetSpanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
Sulaibikhat Nature Reserve, Kuwait. 06 February 2006
Spanish Sparrows are “very common winter visitors” to Kuwait, with a highest daily count of 1500 being made at Jahra Farms on 11th Jan 2002 (George Gregory, ‘The Birds of the State of Kuwait’, 2005).There a few small scattered breeding colonies in Kuwait, and a number [...]
Kuwait, 24th February 2005
By Charlie • February 28, 2005 • 3 commentsKuwait is a relatively small State (17,818 square kilometers (6,880 square miles), including the Kuwaiti share of the Neutral Zone (2,590 sq km)) at the top of the Arabian Gulf, and is almost entirely flat desert.
Kuwait was attacked and overrun by Iraq on 2 August 1990. Following several weeks of aerial bombardment, a UN coalition [...]
Kuwait, 31st January 2005
By Charlie • January 31, 2005 • No comments yet
Kuwait is a relatively small State (17,818 square kilometers (6,880 square miles), including the Kuwaiti share of the Neutral Zone (2,590 sq km)) at the top of the Arabian Gulf, and is almost entirely flat desert.
Kuwait was attacked and overrun by Iraq on 2 August 1990. Following several weeks of aerial bombardment, a UN coalition [...]
