Greater Sand Plover 20+, Red-necked Phalarope 2, Terek Sandpiper 1, Marsh Sandpiper 3, Curlew Sandpiper 20+, Kentish Plover 30+, Little Stint 2, Eurasian Curlew 60+, Tawny Pipt 1, Yellow Wagtail (feldegg) 1, White-winged Tern 20+, Sanderling 2, Ruddy Turnstone 2, Dunlin 10+, Barn Swallow 6+, Sand Martin 8+, Eurasian Oystercatcher 8, Cream-coloured Courser 2, Common Sandpiper 2, Slender-billed Gull 300+

Greater Sand Plover.

Greater Sand Plover.

Terek Sandpiper.

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

Willow Warbler 1, Little Grebe 1, Red-backed Shrike 1, Isabelline Shrike 2, European Reed Warbler 8, Great Reed Warbler 6,  Little Bittern 3, Squacco Heron 2, Graceful Prinia 10+, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 2, Yellow Wagtail 2 (feldegg 1, beema 1), Corn Crake 1, Collared Pratincole 2, Mallard 2, Sand Martin 20+, Barn Swallow 20+, Common Morehen 8

Little Grebe

Masked Shrike 1, Red-backed Shrike 3 (2males & 1female), Upcher’s Warbler 4, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler 2, Marsh Warbler 3, Garden Warbler 1, Eastern Orphean Warbler 1, European Reed Warbler 1, Rufous tailed Scrub Warbler 6, Tawny Pipit 3, Yellow Wagtail (feldegg ssp.) 1, Greater Short-toed Lark 2, Lesser Short-toed Lark 2, Spotted Flycatcher 1, Hoopoe Lark 1, Cream-coloured Courser 6, Kestrel 1

The Cream-colourd Coursers

Hoopoe Lark

At Tulha:

Upcher’s Warbler 12, Garden Warbler 1, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler 3, Marsh Warbler 2, European Reed Warbler 4, Whitethroat 1, Ortolan Bunting 2, Red-backed Shrike 1 (male), Woodchat Shrike 1, Tawny Pipit 2, Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin 3, Common Kestrel 4, Cream-coloured Courser 2, Crested Lark 100+, Turtle Dove 2

At JEO:

Common Tern 1, Collared Pratincole 3, Eurasian Curlew 63, Oystercatcher 44, Black-tailed Godwit 2, Bar-tailed Godwit 4, White-winged Black Tern 42, Pied Wheatear 1, Common Redshank 5, Curlew Sandpiper 20+, Dunlin 6+, Marsh Sandpiper 2, Greater Flamingo 2, Little Tern 30+, Greater Sand Plover 20+, Lesser Sand Plover 6, Caspian Tern 30+, Ruddy Turnstone 20+, Little Stint 10+, Grey Plover 20+, Yellow Wagtail 1 (feldegg), Squacco Heron 1, Little Bittern 1

European Reed Warbler 6, Clamorous Reed Warbler 1,Blackcap 1, Pied Wheatear 1, Pied Avocet 1, Sandwich Tern 6, Little Tern 10+, White-winged Black Tern 30+, Oystercatcher 1, Black-tailed Godwit 1, Cream-coloured Courser 4, Slender-billed Gull 50+, Yellow Wagtail 3 (2 fledegg 1 beema), Eurasian Curlew 20+, Greater Sand Plover 20+, Lesser Sand Plover 5, Caspian Tern 8+,  Greater Flamingo 10+, Grey Heron 8+, Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin 2, Grey Plover 7

Clamorous Reed Warbler

European Roller 6, Cattle Egret 18, Little Ringed Plover 1, Lesser Grey Shrike 1, Red-backed Shrike 1 male, Spotted Flycatcher 1, Common Quail 4, Namaqua Dove 6, Lesser Kestrel 6, Squacco Heron 1, Cream-coloured Courser 1, Spanish Sparrow 7, Barn Swalow 30+, Sand MArtin 20+, Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin 1

My trip report to Cyprus can be seen at: http://www.alsirhan.com/Cyprus_trip_2008.htm

Today Rashed has found and photographed a Black Tern which constitutes the sixth record for Kuwait.

Black Tern.

Rashed has found and photographed a Red Phalarope which is the 3rd record for Kuwait.

Red Phalarope.