Arabian Babbler
Palestine Sunbird
Yellow-vented Bulbul
Spanish Sparrows dancing
Brown-necked Raven
Desert Lark
White-crowned Black Wheatear
Steppe Buzzards migrating over the Eilat Mountains. At least 6000 this morning, also Black Kites, a Pallid Harrier, a Booted Eagle, Black Storks, Alpine Swifts and Pallid Swifts migrating through the mountains this morning
Dark phase Booted Eagle
Male Pallid Harrier
Rufous phase Steppe Buzzard
Shoveler, Pintail and Garganey
Eilat Mountains raptor viewpoint
Team mates Niki and Simon
Evening briefing
Planning for race day
Had a great couple of days, large shambolic to be honest, scouting Southern Israel ahead of the Champions of the Flyway race day on Wednesday this week. We stayed on a Kibbutz the first night and headed to Eilat for the rest of the week. Tonight there is a major storm passing with a year's worth of rain predicted to fall in one night so it should have a significant effect on the migration. There was a big push today with raptors pushing low through the mountains and good numbers of passerine migrants concentrating around the birding centre in Eilat.
Highlight migrants over the last couple of days included Semi-collared Flycatcher, Red-necked Phalaropes, Bluethroats, Wryneck and large numbers of Red-rumped Swallows.
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Please donate to our team to help us raise our £3000 target for funding to tackle the problem of illegal bird killing on the Eastern Flyway:
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