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The following assisted in the compilation of this review: Alexander Abuladze, A. Alsirhan, Dr Svetlana Annenkova, Vaughan Ashley, Dawn Balmer, Andrew Bailey, Jamie Buchan, Mark Chichester, Tom Coles, Judy Dawes, Jeff Delve, Hugues Dufourny, Pekka Fagel, Peter Flint, Brian Foster, Ramezanali Ghaemi, George Gregory, Nader Hamidi, Tomas Haraldsson, Peter Kaestner, Brendan Kavanagh, Abolghasem Khaleghizadeh, Howard King, Guy Kirwan, David Murdoch, Khaled al Nasaralla, Uzi Paz, Yoav Perlman, Kalle Raino, Colin Richardson, Nir Sapir, Dave Sargeant, Michael Schulz, Marius Teeuw, David Whaley, Ingo Waschkies, Frédéric Vanhove, Frédéric Veyrunes, Laurent Veyrunes, Sidonie Veyrunes, Peter Wilson and Süreyya Ysfendiyaroglu.

A Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus was at Jahra East Outfall on 6 March. On Bubiyan Island on 10 February two Grey Herons Ardea cinerea nests with three eggs and two with two eggs were found; this is the earliest egglaying yet recorded in Kuwait. Nineteen White Storks Ciconia ciconia were perched on a bridge on the road to Abdally during late March, this is the largest number of White Storks seen in Kuwait since 1967. On 5 February three White-fronted Geese Anser albifrons were seen over Ras Subiya and a Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea was at East Doha 28–29 January with three in Kuwait Bay during March. A Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus was found long dead near Al-Abraq Al-Khabari on 7 January. A Spotted Crake Porzana porzana was singing at Jahra Pool on 24 February and a Baillon’s Crake P. pusilla was at Abraq Al- Khabari on 27 March. The 1st record of Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea for Kuwait was of a bird near Jahra East Outfall on 22 May. Forty-three Lapwings Vanellus vanellus at Kadb on 24 January was a record count. A female Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus at Sabah Al-Salem on 4 March was the 2nd record for Kuwait. At least five Egyptian Nightjars Caprimulgus aegyptius were at three wintering sites during February and six were recorded at Kadb on 17 March. Four Dunn’s Lark Eremalauda dunni were in Sabah Al-Ahmed Natural Reserve on 24 March, two Thick-billed Lark Ramphocoris clotbey were near Wadi Al-Batin on 8 March and two Small Skylark Alauda gulgula were at Sabah Al-Ahmed NR on 31 January. The first Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens for Kuwait was at East Doha on 11 February and a Hume’s Wheatear Oenanthe alboniger at Sabah Al-Ahmed NR on 11 February was about 5th record. During February a Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus was at Jahra Pools and is also about the 5th record for Kuwait. Ten House Crows Corvus splendens were at Shuwaikh on 8 February and a Brown-necked Raven C. ruficollis was seen on 25 March at Sulaibikhat Nature Reserve.