My backlog is almost caught up...
After the visit to the south earlier in the month, I didn't expect much on today's visit as the heat hasn't abated.
On the boat, we spent some time off-shore around Mina Al Zour checking for sea birds.
Although breeding is still in progress on the off-shore islands, I found numbers of Lesser Crested Terns on the off-shore buoys
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| Lesser Crested Tern (Sterna bengalensis) |
With smaller number of 1st year White-cheeked Terns amongst them
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| 1st year White-cheeked Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus) |
The number of Socotra Cormorants which are summer visitors to Kuwait had also increased and I was pleased to see one adult amongst the 1st year birds
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| Adult Socotra Cormorant (Phalacrocorax nigrogularis) |
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| 1st year Socotra Cormorant (Phalacrocorax nigrogularis) |
On the way through the project I found a single Collared Pratincole on the beach
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| Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola) |
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| Showing all the id features in flight |
Back on land, a single Blue Pansy butterfly was found in an area with desert vegetation
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| Blue Pansy (Junonia orithya) |
Also seen was my friend the Blue-throated Agamid in the same area that I found him earlier in the month
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| Blue-throated Agamid |
On the coast south of Khiran town, I came across a flock of 20+ Greater Sand Plovers with a few sporting breeding plumage (already!)
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| Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii) |
Also seen were many Metapograpsus Messor crabs in the rocks
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| Metapograpsus Messor |
Ghost Crab towers are a good sign of a healthy beach environment and there were many along this stretch of beach
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| Ghost Crab Towers |
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