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Species list |
List
of species seen
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Black-necked Grebe |
North Sewage Pools (1) |
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Little Grebe |
North Sewage Pools (2) |
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Brown Booby |
A single bird was fishing off the north beach at 7:20 am on 29-3-98 |
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Cormorant |
3 birds flying together over North Beach |
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Night Heron |
Yotvata Sewage Pools (1) |
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Cattle Egret |
Up to 5 birds feeding on camels at Yotvata, and 16 birds roosting together at Yotvata Sewage Pools late evening |
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Squacco Heron |
Eilat Saltpans (2), Yotvata Sewage Pools (1), Timna Lake (1), North Beach (2) |
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Striated Heron |
North Beach (2 on mooring lines) |
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Little Egret |
Up to 4 at North Beach on mooring lines |
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Great White Egret |
7 birds flew over North Beach on 25-3-98 |
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Western Reef Heron |
At least 4 white phase birds on mooring lines at North Beach |
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Grey Heron |
Regularly seen over Eilat area |
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Purple Heron |
One confiding bird emerged from the reeds at Yotvata Sewage Pools |
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White Stork |
Seen only overhead on passage (apart from single bird in fields near En Avedat gorge) - 2 groups of 40 and 20 over Eilat |
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Black Stork |
A resting group of 32 birds on the slopes of Mount Yoash took to thermals at around 9:30 am on 29-3-98; Eilat (1 over); North Reservoirs (1 over) |
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Greater Flamingo |
68 birds together on North Reservoirs |
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Shelduck |
North Reservoirs (group of 12) |
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Pintail |
North Reservoirs (group of 8) |
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Garganey |
North Sewage Pools (1 on pool); North Beach (flock of 60); Yotvata (group of 3) |
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Shoveler |
North Reservoirs (2) |
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Black Kite |
Small numbers seen daily, including Red Kite like aegypticus race |
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Egyptian Vulture |
2 over date plantation; 10 at En Avedat gorge |
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Short-toed Eagle |
Eilat (1,1); Yotvata (1 perched on cliff top); near Nizzana (1 perched on hill) |
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Marsh Harrier |
Canal area (1); Yotvata (1) |
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Hen Harrier |
K33 (1); Nizzana (1) |
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Steppe Buzzard |
Exceptional numbers passed through, particularly early in the week. Total numbers were probably between 2-3000 |
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Lesser Spotted Eagle |
Eilat (1) |
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Steppe Eagle |
Eilat (2,3) |
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Bonelli's Eagle |
1 bird circling at En Avedat gorge was probably of the breeding pair there |
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Booted Eagle |
1 dark phase bird passing over Eilat with other raptors |
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Osprey |
North Reservoirs (1); North Beach (1,1) |
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Kestrel |
Seen occasionally throughout the week |
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Lesser Kestrel |
Canal area (1); Yotvata (1) |
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Saker |
A pair of birds were over the rough ground adjacent to the Ben Gurion college (top of the En Avedat gorge entrance). One was subsequently seen chasing a Crow |
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Chukar |
Nizzana (4); En Avedat gorge (2) |
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Sand Partridge |
7 birds came to the Timna Lake area just before dusk; also 2 in Wadi Shelomo |
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Quail |
All birds seen were flushed from cover - Eilat (1); Greenhouses (4); Yotvata (1) |
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Moorhen |
North Sewage Pools (3); Yotvata Sewage works (2) |
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Coot |
North Sewage Pools (6) |
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Spotted Crake |
North Sewage Pools (1) |
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Little Crake |
Male and female together at North Sewage Pools |
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Crane |
Flock of 7 passing over Eilat |
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McQueen's Bustard |
3 separate birds at Nizzana, including 1 displaying |
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Oystercatcher |
North Beach (1) |
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Black-winged Stilt |
Saltpans (2); North Reservoirs (10) |
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Avocet |
North Reservoirs (1) |
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Ringed Plover |
North Reservoirs (1) |
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Little Ringed Plover |
North Sewage Pools (2), Yotvata Sewage works (1) |
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Grey Plover |
North Reservoirs (2) |
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Kentish Plover |
North Reservoirs (30) |
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Greater Sand Plover |
Single summer plumaged female at North Reservoirs |
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Spur-winged Plover |
Saltpans (6); North Sewage Pool area (40); Yotvata (16) |
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Little Stint |
North Reservoirs (100) |
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Sanderling |
North Reservoirs (70) |
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Redshank |
Saltpans (2) |
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Common Sandpiper |
Yotvata Sewage works (1) |
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Wood Sandpiper |
Yotvata Sewage works (1) |
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Green Sandpiper |
Canal area (1); North Reservoirs and Sewage Pools (4); Yotvata Sewage works (2) |
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Ruff |
North Reservoirs (8), Yotvata Sewage works (1) |
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Curlew |
Canal area (2) |
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Snipe |
Canal area (1); North Sewage works (1) |
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Stone Curlew |
Yotvata (1) |
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Slender-billed Gull |
North Beach (60); North Reservoirs (10) |
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White-eyed Gull |
North Beach (At least 8) |
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Great Black-headed Gull |
Best count was 6 in the air following an explosion in Jordan - they may have been resting on the Jordanian side if the Red Sea coast |
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Black-headed Gull |
North Beach (40) |
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Yellow-legged Herring Gull |
North Beach |
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Armenian Gull |
North Beach (10) |
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Lesser Black-backed Gull |
Good numbers of birds passing over North Beach (on migration?) |
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Caspian Tern |
North Beach (1) |
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Sandwich Tern |
North Beach (1,1) |
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Common Tern |
North Beach (1 on mooring ropes) |
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Little Tern |
North Beach (2 fishing together on 1 occasion only) |
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Spotted Sandgrouse |
A group of 6 birds flew overhead 7km south of Nizzana |
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Black-bellied Sandgrouse |
20 birds were easy to see feeding in a ploughed field to the north of the Ben Gurion College perimeter fence |
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Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse |
Large groups of birds were scattered over the open land 7km south of Nizzana. They were easily seen when flying, but could also be located on the ground by listening for the calls |
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Pin-tailed Sandgrouse |
About 150 birds in large flocks around K7 and K8, south of Nizzana. They were seen both on the ground and flying locally |
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Collared Dove |
Widespread |
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Palm Dove (Laughing Dove) |
Widespread |
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Namaqua Dove |
2 males and a female bird were regulars at the greenhouses adjoining the North Reservoirs. The area around the last of the greenhouses before the track reaches the reservoirs is their favoured spot |
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Great Spotted Cuckoo |
A single bird was approachable in the greenhouses just to the north of the date plantation |
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Little Owl |
1 bird on a wall 8km south of Nizzana |
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Common Swift |
Widespread |
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Pallid Swift |
Occasional at Eilat and En Avedat Gorge |
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Alpine Swift |
Regularly seen in small numbers. The highest concentration was at En Avedat gorge |
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Bee-eater |
2 groups of birds were seen at Yotvata - 10 flew over on 27th, and a 50 landed beside (and on) the car to feed on winged termites just before dusk on 29th |
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Little Green Bee-eater |
Seen most days in small numbers - Canal area (4); Date Plantation (4, and an extra 2 which may have been nesting between the border fences. All were of the Dead Sea Valley cyanophrys subspecies |
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Roller |
Ben Gurion College (1) |
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Kingfisher |
1 flew along Canal |
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Pied Kingfisher |
At least 4 birds in the North Beach and Canal area |
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Hoopoe |
Eilat (1); Yotvata (4,3); Nizzana (6); Wadi Sholom (1) |
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Wryneck |
Yotvata (2,1), Wadi Sholom (1) |
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Hoopoe Lark |
2 adults and a young bird at K33. Early morning is best, when they sing and show reasonably well |
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Short-toed Lark |
Nizzana (10); En Avedat (10 young birds feeding together in fields north of Ben Gurion College) |
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Desert Lark |
Pumping Station (1 drinking at artificial pool); K33 (3); Timna Lake (1 adult with juvenile next to lake); Nizzana (1) |
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Bar-tailed Desert Lark |
K33 (3,3) |
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Crested Lark |
Quite common in open areas |
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Swallow |
Very common |
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Rock Martin (Pale Crag Martin) |
Canal (1); North Sewage works (1); Timna Lake (2); En Avedat (1) |
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Red-rumped Swallow |
Very common |
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Sand Martin |
Common |
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House Martin |
Common |
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Tree Pipit |
Eilat football fields (1 with flock of Red-throated Pipits) |
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Red-throated Pipit |
Flock of 20 birds on Eilat football fields |
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Water Pipit |
Canal (2); Eilat football fields (1) |
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Tawny Pipit |
Pumping station (2); Fields adjacent to Ben Gurion College (20) |
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White Wagtail |
Very common |
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Yellow Wagtail |
Very common - black-headed feldegg most common, but blue-headed flava also quite common |
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Citrine Wagtail |
Canal (2 males,1 female); North Sewage works (2 males); Yotvata sewage works (1 male) |
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Yellow-vented Bulbul |
Very common and widespread in most habitats |
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Grey Hypocolius |
A single male was in the open bushy area to the north of the greenhouse adjacent to the North Reservoirs. This is a barely annual visitor to the area |
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Southern Grey Shrike |
Nizzana (4) |
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Masked Shrike |
Up to 5 birds seen daily in habitats ranging from town parks to open land with scattered bushes |
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Woodchat Shrike |
Canal area (1); North Sewage area (1); K33 (1); Yotvata (2); Wadi Sholom (1); North Reservoirs (2) |
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Reed Warbler |
Canal (3); North Sewage Pools (2) |
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Basra Reed Warbler |
A major rarity for Israel - 1 bird was seen in the reedbeds at North Sewage Pools |
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Sedge Warbler |
North Sewage Pools (1); Yotvata Sewage works (3) |
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Graceful Warbler |
Common in canal area of Eilat; individual birds seen elsewhere in various habitats |
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Scrub Warbler |
Only seen in En Avedat gorge, where 2 of the 4 adults seen were feeding 5 newly fledged young |
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Olivaceous Warbler |
Common in most areas with bushes or trees. Up to 10 seen daily |
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Whitethroat |
Occasional birds only seen in Lesser Whitethroat flocks |
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Lesser Whitethroat |
Very common |
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Blackcap |
Common |
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Orphean Warbler |
Wadi Sholom (8) |
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Sardinian Warbler |
Saltpan area (2); Wadi Sholom (1) |
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Ruppell's Warbler |
A single male found around the perimeter of Yotvata Holiday Village |
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Arabian Warbler |
Yotvata (1 female) |
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Desert Warbler |
K33 - 5 individuals were seen 1km south of the reported site. All birds were seen following an Isabelline Wheatear sitting on the top of the bush |
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Subalpine Warbler |
Yotvata (1); Wadi Sholom (2) |
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Willow Warbler |
North Sewage Pools (1) |
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Chiffchaff |
Quite common |
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Eastern Bonelli's Warbler |
Very common |
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Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler |
Yotvata Holiday Village (1) |
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Blue Rock Thrush |
Pumping Station (1); Wadi Sholom (1); Route 40 (1) |
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Rock Thrush |
Single male in Wadi Zomech, which is a small wadi opposite the Palace Hotel (top of Jerusalem Street) |
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Northern Wheatear |
Common and widespread |
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Isabelline Wheatear |
K33 (2); Nizzana (2) |
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Black-eared Wheatear |
North Beach (2 females); Date Palms (1 male); Yotvata (3 males) |
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Mourning Wheatear |
6 birds were seen on Route 40, between Mizpe Ramon and Ashalim, including one pair feeding young in a roadside nesthole |
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Hooded Wheatear |
2 females - at K33 and Yotvata Sewage works |
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White-tailed Wheatear |
Eilat cemetery (3); Timna Valley (3); Wadi Sholom (5) |
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Red-tailed Wheatear |
A female in Wadi Sholom was one of 3 birds which had overwintered. They are a rare bird for Israel (less than 10 records) |
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Blackstart |
Common (up to 6 a day) in most rural and semi-rural areas |
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Redstart |
Up to 4 birds seen almost daily |
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Robin |
Eilat (1) |
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Bluethroat |
Date Palms (1); Eilat Parks (2); North Sewage Pools (5); Yotvata (1 on 3 occasions, 4 on another); Timna (2) |
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Thrush Nightingale |
Yotvata Holiday Camp (1) |
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Nightingale |
Yotvata Holiday Camp (1) |
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Rufous Bush Robin |
Park Ofira, Eilat (1); Yotvata Sewage works area (3 singing) |
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Arabian Babbler |
Date Palms (1); Yotvata (2,1,2) |
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Palestine Sunbird |
Yotvata (1,3,5); Timna Lake (4); Wadi Sholom (1,2); En Avedat (1) |
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Corn Bunting |
Nizzana (1) |
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House Bunting |
Wadi Sholom (2 singing males) |
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Ortolan |
Date Palms (1); North Sewage Pools (1) |
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Cretzschmar's Bunting |
Pumping Station (5); Nizzana (1); Date Palms (1) |
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Reed Bunting |
Nizzana (1) |
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Greenfinch |
Nizzana (2) |
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Trumpeter Finch |
Wadi Sholom (4,2) |
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Spanish Sparrow |
Very common, with flocks of birds occasionally in the hundreds |
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House Sparrow |
Common |
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Dead Sea Sparrow |
North Sewage works area (24); Yotvata Sewage works (100). Only a small proportion of the birds were males |
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Indian Silverbill |
7 birds between the date palms and the border fence |
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Tristram's Grackle |
Seen in both urban and rural areas. Flocks of up to 5 birds seen on most days |
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Brown-necked Raven |
Reasonably frequent in small numbers in open areas |
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Hooded Crow |
Only seen in small numbers in the Nizzana area |
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Indian House Crow |
Reasonably common in Eilat area |
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Species list |