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Two juvenile Shikra Accipiter badius were at Hujaijah on 1 October with a different juvenile there on 15 and two more at Al-Abraq Al-Khabari on 22 October. An adult male Levant Sparrowhawk A. brevipes was at Sabriya Farm on 1 October, a Sooty Falcon Falco concolor was seen at Jahra on 8 October and a Saker F. cherrug was trapped at Adaira on 6 October. The third confirmed breeding record of Little Crake Porzana parva comes from Sabah Al-Salem on 5 October. On 25 October a Red-wattled Plover Hoplopterus indicus was at Jahra East Outfall. An Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis was seen at Sulaibikhat Bay on 4 October. At least four Common Babbler Turdoides caudatus (possibly a family party) were found at Mohammed Al-Ajmi Farm near the Iraq border on 10 September; a possible addition to Kuwait list.

The following assisted in the compilation of this review: Alexander Abuladze, Yosef Ali Alzaby, Vasil Ananian, Ian Andrews, Parviz Bakhtiari, Gerry Bilbao, Tom Coles, Judy Dawes, Rob Felix, Peter Flint, Ramezanali Ghaemi, Jan Goedelt, Ian Green, Nader Hamidi, Tomas Haraldsson, Peter Hellyer, Volker Hesse, Menno Hornman, Lior Kislev, Abolghasem Khaleghizadeh, Marcus Kohler, Graham Langley, Alexander Lees, Graham Lobley, Martin Lok, Mary Megalli, Peter Meininger, Babak Musavi, Yoav Perlman, Thomas Pettersson, Stefan Pfutzke, Colin Richardson, Nir Sapir, Dave Sargeant, Heiko Schmaljohann, Shellie Senzer, David Stanton, Marius Teeuw, Hannes Uhlig, Magnus Ullman, Harvey van Diek, Colin Walters, David Whaley, Frank Willems and Mark Zekhuis.