Israel 2013

Arrived at Kibbutz Lotan at almost 1am knackered. Woke at 6am, felt awful but the birds don't find themselves.
Lotan grounds
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler 20
Blackcap 20
Garden Warbler 3
Masked Shrike 5
Hoopoe 6
Swallow 20
Sand Martin 10
Swift 2
Golden Oriole 1
Rufous Bush Robin 2
Black Kite 1
Peregrine 1
Palestine Sunbird 2
Laughing, Turtle, Rock Doves in abundance
Yellow Vented Bulbul 6
Had some breakfast and fell asleep, didn't wake until early afternoon. Did a bit of shopping in Eilat, then birded Neot Samadar and Yotvata fields in the evening.
Neot Samadar
Wood Sandpiper 4
Common Sandpiper 3
Ruff 1
Trumpeter Finch 3
Wryneck 1
Blackcap 20
Garden Warbler 2
E.Oli 6
Crested Lark 4
S.W. Plover 6
Booted Eagle 2, pale morph
Spotted Flycatcher 1
Raven 4
Shizzafon
W.C Black Wheatear 2
Blackcap 10
Garden Warbler 6
Swallow 20
Sand Martin 6
Pale Crag Martin 2
Isabelline Wheatear 1
Lesser Whitethroat 1
Yotvata Fields
Yellow Wag 30
Crested Lark 6
Collared Dove 30
Rock Dove 30
Turtle Dove 60
Marsh Harrier 2
Honey Buzzard 1
Kestrel 2
Namaqua Dove 2
Caspian Plover 2







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