Israel 8th May 2013

Eilat mountains
Bit of a cock up with the timekeeping so didn't get into the mountains until 8 am. Migration had started and the birds were streaming through.

Honey Buzzard 1250
Long Legged Buzzard 2
Buzzard sp 3
Marsh Harrier 3
Black Kite 2
Swift 2
Swallow 30
Bee-eater 22

By 9.30 migration had tailed off, but there were at least 3 big kettles in Egypt, but they looked as though they were going to cross further to the north.

North Beach
Common Tern 6
Sandwich Tern 1
Grey Plover 1
Common Kingfisher 1
Pied Kingfisher 1
Bee-eater 40 in off

Eilat Bird Station
Lesser Grey Shrike 4
Red Backed Shrike 2
Eastern Oli
Blackcap
Little Egret 3
Common Sandpiper 2
Wood Sandpiper 2

KM20 Sewage Ponds
Slender Billed Gull 170
Black Headed Gull 3
White Winged Black Tern 4
Wood Sandpiper 40
Little Stint 60
Red Necked Phalarope 10
Greenshank 9
Redshank 1
SW Plover
Yellow Wagtail 70
Red Throated Pipit 20
Lesser Grey Shrike 4
Red Backed Shrike 2
Masked Shrike 6
Marsh Harrier 2
Peregrine 1
Swallow 60
Sand Martin 20
House Martin 2
Swift 1
Kentish Plover 14
Ringed Plover 20
Avocet 4
Honey Buzzard 2
Buzzard sp 1
Redstart 1
Collared Pratincole 6

Neot Samadar
A clear out over night left very little
Wood Sandpiper 2
Ruff 1
Blackcap 10
Wryneck 1
Brown Necked Raven 2

KM76
Blackcap 20
Garden Warbler 2
Eastern Oli 7
Great Reed Warbler 3
Lesser Whitethroat 1
Upchers Warbler 1
Rufous Bush Robin 3
Whinchat 1
Desert Lark 1
Crested Lark
Scrub warbler 2
Also a very pale house sparrow provided a bit of interest.