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Tag: Turkestan Shrike

Early morning at Ghaftayn

Early morning at Ghaftayn

October 8, 2015December 23, 2019 Robert Tovey 1 Comment

On Wednesday morning, I got up early at Ghaftayn rest house to see what passage there had been over-night. These desert stops have highly variable windfalls of migrants during the passage seasons. One morning can be heaving while another can have virtually nothing. The same goes for the rarity of the birds. This was only […]

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Migration non-stop

Migration non-stop

April 23, 2013December 22, 2019 Itai Shanni Leave a comment

The season proceeds and with it there are evident changes both in the field and at the ringing station.Today we saidgoodbyefor Arnold and Luc from Holland who has been with us for 4 & 2 weeks each. The “DreamTeam” is never going to be the same again… Also there are many new birds which are […]

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Sabah Al Ahmad Sea City Kuwait

Sabah Al Ahmad Sea City Kuwait

April 16, 2013December 22, 2019 Michael Pope Leave a comment

Sabah Al Ahmad Sea City is a massive project underway in the south of Kuwait very close to the Saudi Arabian border. It is the first of it’s kind in Kuwait and has even been featured as a documentary on BBC. I visit the project a number of times each month to survey the birds […]

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Kiwi reports from the Arava…

Kiwi reports from the Arava…

April 11, 2013December 22, 2019 Itai Shanni 2 Comments

Over the last few weeksI’vebeen overloaded with guiding, monitoring, managing and in between being a father to my two sons who are enjoying a Passover vacation and a husband to my lovely wife who supports me throughout. This has led to lack of writing time for the blog…YesterdayIreceived a complaining mail from Shacahr Shalev, a […]

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Spring Migrants in Kuwait

Spring Migrants in Kuwait

March 28, 2013December 22, 2019 Michael Pope Leave a comment

Earlier this month I visited a protected area north of Kuwait City and Mutla Ridge and was pleasantly surprised by the numbers of Spring migrants in and around the Acacia Trees as well as the indigenous plants with yellow flowers spread out across the desert. There were 5 species of Wheatear, but the most prevalent […]

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