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October 2004 by Marcus Kohler/Naturetrek
1 male Pallid Harrier N of Dana 18th, 1 Lesser Spotted Eagle Aqaba s/w 22nd, 1 Sooty Falcon Petra 20th, 4 Wadi Rum 21st, 1 1st-w Mediterranean Gull Aqaba s/w 22nd, 1 Little Gull Aqaba s/w 22nd, 2 Namaqua Dove Fidan 23rd, Hume's Tawny Owl heard Dana 18th, 3 hd 1 seen Petra 20th, 1 Siberian Stonechat Aqaba s/w 22nd, 1 Red-breasted Flycatcher Disi, another Jebel Khazali 21st, 700 House Crow Aqaba 22nd, 10 Syrian Serin Dana 19th. Also a presumed escape Lesser Whistling Duck Aqaba s/w 22nd.
May 2004 by Magnus Robb and Roy Slaterus
Two River Warblers Azraq; 1 Great Snipe Dana gardens; 3+ Sooty Shearwaters Aqaba; Blue-cheeked Bee-eater near As Safi .
April-May 2004 by Chris Hewson/RSCN
A Coal Tit singing Dibbin (potentially first record for Jordan); 1 Oystercactcher Azraq; 1 Eleonora's Falcon Dibbin; total of 73 species including migrants recorded in Dibbin Forest.
Jan-May 2004 by Dr Fares Khoury & Mohammed Alshamlih Black Stork: 55 Wadi Araba 19 March (large, early flock); Spotted Sandgrouse: recorded regularly Qa Saidiyyn (Wadi Araba) from January to May, with daily maximum counts of 100-144 during February (largest counts for decades); Cream-coloured Curser: 7 Wadi Araba 28th February and 5 on 19th March (early records and probably first of actively migrating birds in Jordan); Thick-billed Lark: pair Wadi Araba 19th March (may breed, usually only in eastern desert); Temminck's Horned Lark: 2 including singing male Qa' Saidiyyn (Wadi Araba) 20th March, adult and two juvs on 30th April (range extension into Wadi Araba, previously known only from east); Cyprus Warbler: 2 Wadi Araba 27th February. Asian Desert Warbler: 1 Wadi Araba 19th & 26th March.
April 2004 - Ian Andrews/Naturetrek
Sooty Shearwater - 2 Aqaba 21 Apr; Eleonora's Falcon - 1 dark phase Aqaba sewage works 20 Apr; 'See-see Partridge' - f Basalt Desert 14 Apr; Namaqua Dove - 2 Aqaba sewage works 21 Apr; White-throated Robin - 3 Wadi al Butm, 1 Qasr Harana, 1 Azraq Wetland Reserve all 13 Apr; Savi's Warbler - 1 Aqaba 22 Apr; Semi-collared Flycatcher - 4 Mouth of Wadi Mujib 11 Apr, 2 Shaumari 14 Apr 2 Azraq Resthouse 14 Apr, 1 Azraq Resthouse 15 Apr, 3 Shawbak Castle and olive groves 17 Apr; Indian Silverbill - 2 Aqaba sewage works 20 Apr.
April 2004 - Hugues Dufourny
Verreaux's Eagle - no sign Wadi Rum 10th;
Stock Dove - 1 Shaumari 6th;
Namaqua Dove - 3 Shaumari 6th, 1 Azraq Wetland Reserve 6th, 1 Disi 10th;
Hume's Tawny Owl - 1 Petra siq 9th;
Thrush Nightingale - 2 Aqaba 11th-13th;
White-throated Robin - 1 Aqaba 11th, 3 Wadi Dana, 14th, 1 on 15th;
Cyprus Wheatear - 2 c.11 km. east of As Safawi 7th;
Barred Warbler - 1 nr Suwayma 5th, 6 35 km north of Aqaba (Arava Valley) 11th;
Menetries' Warbler - 1 male of the rubescens subsp. Wadi al Butm 5th;
Asian Desert Warbler - 1 nr Shaumari 8th;
Semi-collared Flvcatcher - large influx of 22 recorded in the southern third of the country 10th-14th, inc 8 Aqaba coastal gardens 11th-12th;
Long-tailed Shrike - adult Aqaba coastal gardens 11th-13th - 1st record for Jordan and 5th for the Western Palearctic (after Israel, Turkey, Sweden & Scotland) ;
Indian Silverbill - 3 Suwayma 5th, 3 Aqaba Sewage Works 12th;
Sinai Rosefinch - 20+ Petra 9th;
Common Raven - pr, possibly breeding, Wadi Dana (Rumman Camp) 14th.
March 2004 - Jens Søgaard Hansen and Poul Ulrik
Cory´s Shearwater - 1 Aqaba 25 Mar; Pallid Harrier - 15-20; Verreaux´s Eagle - adult Wadi Rum 24 Mar; Black-winged Pratincole - 3 Qa al Azraq 29 Mar; Little Gull - 1 Aqaba Sewage Ponds 26 Mar; Namaqua Dove - 1 Shaumari 30 Mar; Barn Owl - 11 km west of Azraq 30 Mar; Dunn´s Lark - 1 or 2 singing near Shaumari 28-29 Mar; Stonechat - male variegata Disi 24 Mar; Cyprus Pied Wheatear - 1 Wadi Rum 25 Mar; Red-tailed Wheatear - 1 male ssp. xanthoprymna Wadi Rum 24 Mar; Ménétries´s Warbler - 1 female 11 km west of Azraq 30 Mar-1 Apr and 1 male Wadi al Butm 31 Mar-1 Apr; Asian Desert Warbler - 1 near Wadi Rum 23 Mar and 1 singing male Wadi Fidan 26 Mar; Semi-collared Flycatcher - 1 male Shaumari Reserve 28 Mar; Isabelline (Turkestan) Shrike - 1 male Shaumari Reserve 28 Mar was showing features of ssp. phoenicuroides.
2003 - Fares Khoury & Mohammad Al-Shamlih
Spotted Sandgrouse: 75 Wadi Araba, 13 February; Thick-billed Lark: 12 (a flock!) Wadi Araba, 13 February; Ferruginous Duck: 2 Aqaba Sewage works, 15 February; Penduline Tit: 3 Aqaba Sewage works 15 February; Lesser Kestrel: 1 Muqawir, 28 March (new site, maybe breeding); Syrian Serin: c. 40 Muqawir (south of Madaba) 28 March: largest concentration in Jordan away from SW highlands; Griffon Vulture: 2 (apparently migrants) Mt Nebo 5th April; Little Green Bee-eater: 1 Alkaramah Dam 12 April (most northerly!!) and 1 Sweimeh/Dead Sea 26 April & 29 May; Lesser Kestrel: 7 west of 'Ira (west of Salt) 12 April, feeding and returning to site after disappearing behind mountain, belonging probably to still unknown colony; Bank Mynah: 4 Sweimeh/Dead Sea 26 April - 3rd May, apparently breeding (2nd record- birds probably same birds as in 1st record); White-cheeked Bulbul: 1-2 Hashemite Univ. campus from April-June and several, including juveniles (caught) at Azraq during September; Slender-billed Gull: 65 on 30th May (large numbers for such a late date); Black Bush Robin: 1 Wadi Araba 30 May (2nd record); Brambling: 1 between Jerash and Ajlun, 6 November; Indian Silverbill: 4 Wadi Al-Bahhath 14 Novemebr and regularly seen at Aqaba Sewage works throughout the year - further expansion.
Feb-Mar 2003 - Fares Khoury
January-late February 2003: up to 200 Starlings wintering near Hashemite University/Zarqa. And one Merlin nearly daily until early March 2003, same area.
4th March 2003: 1 Fan-tailed Warbler singing over corn field, near Karamah reservoir, Jordan Valley, first evidence of breeding in Jordan forn decades. Black Stork: c. 30 over North Shuna, Jordan Valley.
7th March 2003: 68 Jackdaws at Pella, Jordan Valley, indicating significant increase in population size in N. Jordan Valley. Previously less than 5 pairs.
Dec 2002-Feb 2003 - Ruba Daibes-Khoury and Fares Khoury
20 Jackdaws over Wadi Jarash 15 Dec; up to 200 Starlings around the Hashemite University (NE Zarqa) from late Dec to at least late Jan; 2 Steppe Eagles Ras En-Naqab and 3 Quweira 1 Feb; 2 Black Storks Ghor Fifa 2 Feb; 100+ Pallid Swifts Ghor Safi 2 Feb.
October-November 2002 - Phil Lillywhite
Verreaux’s Eagle - 2 at Wadi Rum on 11/11, Black Redstart - 1 rufous-bellied at Ajloun on 3/11, Stonechat - including 2 of race maura at Azraq on 2/11, Hooded Wheatear - pair at Wadi Dana on 6/11, Syrian Serin - 1 at Shobak Castle + several calling.
September-October 2002 - Andrew Grieve and Laith El-Moghrabi
Five Scopoli's (Cory's) Shearwater off Aqaba 1 October, 110 Black Stork over Yarmouk Reservoir 8 October, Goshawk at Yarmouk River, 6 October, 7,075 Steppe Buzzard south over Mujib between 10 and 14 October, 18 Long-legged Buzzard south at Mujib between 10 and 14 October, Spotted Eagle south at Raddas, Mujib 10 October, 74 Lesser Kestrel south through Mujib between 11 and 14 October, single Red-footed Falcons at Aqaba Sewage Ponds 1 October and Mujub 12 October and 14 October, five Sooty Falcon at Mujib 10 October. two Black Francolin at Yarmouk Reservoir 6 October, three Little Crake at Aqaba Sewage Ponds 30 September, two Broad-billed Sandpiper at Aqaba Sewage Ponds 28 September, 41 White-eyed Gulls at Aqaba 28 September, two Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse in Wadi Araba 30 September, ten Smyrna Kingfisher along the Yarmouk River 3 to 8 October, three Pied Kingfisher along the Yarmouk River 5 to 6 October, 650 Bee-eaters south through Mujib on 11 and 12 October, Thick-billed Lark at Shaumari on 23 September, single Crag Martins at Mujib on 13 and 14 October, two Citrine Wagtail at Aqaba Sewage Ponds on 29 and 30 September, Richard's Pipit at Aqaba Sewage Ponds 30 September, one to two Long-billed Pipits at 5 hill sites above the Yarmouk River 4 to 8 October, up to 20 Cetti's Warbler along the Yarmouk River 4 to 8 October, Savi's Warbler at Azraq on 24 September, four Finsch's Wheatear Wadi Shallaleh (Yarmouk River) 7 October, Cyprus Wheatear at Wadi Shaq al Barid (Yarmouk River) 4 October, Isabelline Shrike at Yarmouk Reservoir 6 October, 40 Fan-tailed Raven at Mujib 10 October, two Black-headed Bunting at Shaumari 25 September.
October 2002 - Andy Smith (Naturetrek)
12 Great White Egret, 3 Western Reef Heron, 1 Black Stork, 1 White Pelican, 3 Ferruginous Duck, 1 Goshawk, 1 Sooty Falcon, 1 Citrine Wagtail all Aqaba sewage works 25th; 1 Barbary Falcon Dana 21st; 1 Lesser Spotted Eagle and 1 Lesser Kestrel Disi 24th; 200 Crane Dana 22nd; several variegata Stonechat Rum and Aqaba 24th-25th; 1 Bimaculated Lark As Safawi 20th; 1f Hooded Wheatear Disi 24th; 1 Cyrus Wheatear Wadi Rum 24th; 2 Red-breasted Flycatcher Shaumari 20th; 80 Dead Sea Sparrow Suwayma 26th.
September 2002 - Alan Leitch, David Fairhirst and Laith El-Moghrabi
Counts of note from Aqaba Sewage Works include; 35 Little Grebe (26th), three Black-necked Grebe (7th-11th), seven Squacco Herons (11th), 65 Little Egret (26th), three Western Reef Herons through September, 222 Grey Heron (30th), two Glossy Ibis on (1st Oct), five Spoonbill on (26th), 530 Teal on (27th), 48 Pintail (27th), 212 Garganey on (7th), 138 Shoveler (1st Oct), three Little Crake (29th), 17 Moorhen (7th), a single Coot (8th-1st Oct), 32 Black-winged Stilt (9th), two Avocet (11th), 15 Little Ringed Plover (5th), 23 Ringed Plover (9th), single Kentish Plover (26th), two Greater Sand Plover (7th), 127 Spur-winged Plover (27th), 249 Little Stint (9th), six Temminck’s Stint (8th), ten Curlew Sandpiper (9th), three Broad-billed Sandpiper on (8th/9th), 96 Ruff on (9th), a single Pectoral Sandpiper on (10th/11th), six Spotted Redshank (30th), 32 Redshank (7th), eight Greenshank (9th), 15 Marsh Sandpiper on (8th), 37 Green Sandpiper on (9th), 19 Wood Sandpiper on (9th) and eight Common Sandpipers (5th).
Other sightings of note: 16 White Pelican at Makawir, Mujib. 100 Marsh Harriers past Raddas, Mujib (17th), Seven Lesser Spotted Eagle over Faqu, Mujib (23rd). Three sightings of Red-footed Falcon at Raddas, and Sahela within Mujib reserve and another male at Aqaba (1st Oct). Adult Sooty Falcon at Aqaba sewage works (4th), pair, plus a single over Raddas, Mujib (17th). Single Peregrine Falcons at Raddas, Mujib (17th) and another at Wadi Araba (30th). A lone Cream-coloured Courser within Wadi Araba on (30th). One Whimbrel heard calling over the Dead Sea (24th). 46 White-eyed Gulls in the Gulf of Aqaba (10th). Six Crowned Sandgrouse within Wadi Araba (26th). Two Lichtenstein’s Sandgrouse within Wadi Araba (30th) (Andrew Greive). 255 European Bee-eater passed Faqu, Mujib on (22nd). Single Thick-billed Lark, Lesser Short-toed Lark, three Bar-tailed Desert Larks and 35+ Temminck’s Horned Larks at Shaumari (13th). 38 Red-rumped Swallows past Faqu (22nd). At least one Richard’s Pipit at Aqaba Sewage Works (1st Oct) where there was also at least two Citrine Wagtails present. One White-throated Robin within Aqaba Wadi’s on (8th).25 Fan-tailed Ravens at Raddas, Mujib (16th). At least four Ravens at Sahela, Mujib (21st). A juvenile Rose-coloured Starling on the outskirts of Aqaba on (3rd). Single Cinereous Bunting near Aqaba (11th).
May 2002 - Fares Khoury
All records from Hahemite University Ringing station at Dhleil:
River Warbler: 15 between 6th
and 17th May. There are only about a dozen of records.
Grasshopper Warbler: one, 10th May.
3rd record and first away from Azraq.
Marsh Warbler: one 16th and three on 17th May.
Blyth's Reed Warbler: one 24th May. Potentially 1st record for Jordan.
Menetries Warbler: one male on 5th April. Around 5 also at Azraq late March (trapped and
ringed, but exact number not known).
Red-breasted Flycatcher: one 20th April. Very rare in spring.
Scarlet Rosefinch: one on 21st and another on 23rd May. Second and third record for
Jordan, (and totally unexpected, especially in May -
the birds seemed to be active migrants, probably of a
population breeding at high altitide or latitude?))
May 2002 - Andrew Grieve
3 Sooty Shearwater off Aqaba 1 May, 1 Crested Honey Buzzard north over Wadi Dana 15 May, 114 Levant Sparrowhawk Wadi Dana 27 Apr, a late Goshawk over Wadi Dana 30 Apr, 4 Spotted Redshank Aqaba Sewage Ponds 18 May, 3 Curlew Sandpiper Aqaba Sewage Ponds 1 May, 1 Broad-billed Sandpiper Aqaba Sewage Ponds 18 May, 2 Arctic Skua off Aqaba 18 May, 8 White-eyed Gull Aqaba 18 May, 2 White-cheeked Tern Aqaba Sewage Ponds 18 May, 2 Namaqua Dove Aqaba Sewage Ponds 1 May, 7 Namaqua Dove Azraq 11 May, Hume's Tawny Owl calling Wadi Dana 4 May, 2 Egyptian Nightjar Shaumari 11 May, 2 pairs Wood Lark singing Wadi Dana 4 May, 1 Yellow Wagtail lutea race Aqaba Sewage Ponds 1 May, 1 River Warbler Wadi Dana 3 May, 2 River Warblers Azraq 11 May, 1 Collared Flycatcher Fujiej Quarry Woods 29 Apr, 1 Black Bushchat Nawatif, Wadi Dana 7 May.
April 2002 - Hugues Dufourny
1 Western Reef Heron Aqaba sewage works 6 Apr; ad Verreaux's Eagle Wadi Rum 7 Apr; 3 Siberian Gull (heuglini) Aqaba sewage works 6 Apr; 900 Bimaculated Lark in a single group near Shaumari 3 Apr (250 on 4th) - this spectacular fall occurred during bad weather; 1 Thick-billed Lark NE at Wadi Dana 11 Apr (unusual place); 2 Citrine Wagtail near Shaumari 4 Apr; male maura Stonechats Azraq 4 Apr and Shaumari 5 Apr; 2 Cyprus Pied Wheatear Shaumari 3 Apr, 1 south Azraq 3 Apr; 1 10km E of As Safawi 4 Apr, 1m 5km E of Shaumari 5 Apr; 1 Upcher's Warbler Petra 9 Apr (very early); male Menetries' Warblers Wadi al Butm 2 Apr, 10km E of As Safawi 4 Apr, female Azraq 5th; male Semi-collared Flycatcher North Azraq 4 Apr; 4 Bank Myna Suwayma Resthouse (Dead Sea) 2 Apr (1st record - a new colonist?)
April 2002 - Marc Duquet
Pallid Harrier: immature and male in Shaumari; Merlin: still 2 birds in Azraq on 8 Apr; Crane: 1 bird still present in Azraq on 8 Apr could have been injured; Great Snipe: 1 very probable in Shaumari on 10 Apr (seen only in flight); confirmed breeding of Cuckoo in Wadi Dana: one juvenile fed by a pair of Scrub Warbler!; Wryneck: 5 records in Eastern and Basalt Desert (Azraq, Wadi Al Butm, east of As Safawi); 1 pair of White-cheeked Bulbul displaying in Azraq; breeding of Calandra, Short-toed and Lesser Short-toed Lark in Sharra Mountains (Jabal Ata Ta - Dana area); a group of 9 Bimaculated Lark south of Wadi Musa; expansion range of Temminck's Horned Lark in Sharra Mountains where numerous pairs were seen and two nests found; Dunn's Lark: 2 flying east of As Safawi on 10 Apr; 2 records of samamiscus race of Redstart in Shaumari; 2 records of Menetries' Warbler (males of rubescens race) in Azraq and Wadi Al Butm; Semi-collared Flycatcher: 1m in Shaumari; early Red-backed Shrike east of As Safawi on 10 Apr; record of Southern Grey Shrike (aucheri race) in Jabal Ata Ta; breeding of Cretzschmar's Bunting in Wadi Musa (same place than in 2001).
March 2002 - Ignacio Yúfera
Cream-colored Courser at Shaumari; Greater Sand Plover at Shaumari; Thick-billed Lark at Wadi Rum; Cyprus Pied Wheatear at Shaumari; Indian Silverbill at Suwayma.
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October 2001 - Andy Wilson (Naturetrek)
2-4 Pallid Harrier Disi 24 Oct (inc 1 adult male); 2 possible Spotted Eagle Disi 24 Oct (distant at dusk); 2 adult Verreaux's Eagle Dana 21 Oct, 2 adults Wadi Rum 24th Oct; 1 Sooty Falcon Petra 23 Oct; 16 Sand Partridge Wadi Fidan 27 Oct; 3 Cream-coloured Courser east of Shaubak 22 Oct; 4 (2mm 2ff) Namaqua Dove Disi 24 Oct, 1 over Aqaba sewage works 26 Oct; 2 Little Swift Dead Sea 27 Oct; 1st-w Citrine Wagtail Aqaba sewage works 25 Oct; 1 Whinchat Shaubak Castle 22 Oct; 2 Finsch's Wheatear north of Dana campsite 21 Oct; 20+ Syrian Serin Dana 21-22 Oct, 8 Shobak Castle 22 Oct.
August-September 2001 - Mike Kilburn (Hong Kong)
4 Glossy Ibis Aqaba 2-3 Sep; 1 Greater Flamingo Aqaba sewage works 3 Sep; 120 Honey Buzzard Azraq 5 Sep (large number away from Rift Margins); 1 Sooty Falcon Dana 23 Aug; 1 Broad-billed Sandpiper Aqaba 2 Sep; 1 White-cheeked Tern Aqaba 2 Sep; 1 Red-breasted Flycatcher Shaumari 6 Sep (early); 1 imm Rose-coloured Starling Dana 23 Aug; 1 Common Myna Azraq 5-6 Sep (first record, but possibly/probably an escape); 2 Pale Rock Sparrow Dana campsite 25 Aug.
May 2001 - Fares Khoury
Small colony of Jackdaw (15+ birds, 3+ nests) found in Wadi Shu’ayb. Also 3 Lesser Kestrel nests there. 4 pairs Black-winged Stilts breeding Khirbet As Samra sewage works in May; Black-winged Stilts and Little Grebe breeding Al-Karamah Dam, were also 1 Great White Egret 18 May. All new sites for these species.
April 2001 - Richard Bashford (Naturetrek)
1 Cory's Shearwater Aqaba 26 Apr; 2 Great Bittern Azraq 17 Apr; 3 (1m 2ff) Red-footed Falcon Aqaba (Aquamarina jetty) 25 Apr (rare migrant); 2 Greater Sand Plover Aqaba south beaches 25 Apr; 1 Arctic Skua Aqaba 26 Apr; 23 White-eyed Gull Aqaba 25 Apr, 24 on 26th; 1st-winter Great Black-headed Gull Aqaba Sewage Works 25-26 Apr; 1 Spotted Sandgrouse Wadi Butm 17 Apr; Hume's Tawny Owl heard Wadi Umm Ishrin 24 Apr; 1 Citrine Wagtail Azraq 17 Apr; male White-throated Robin Lahdha Spring 20 Apr; male Hooded Wheatear Wadi Mujib mouth 15 Apr; 1 Upcher's Warbler Wadi Umm Ishrin 24 Apr; 1 Arabian Warbler Wadi Umm Ishrin 24 Apr (rare away from Wadi Araba); 1 Barred Warbler Wadi Mujib mouth 15 Apr, 1 Aqaba 26 Apr; 1 Green Warbler Wadi Butm 17 Apr (potentially 1st for Jordan); 1 Lesser Grey Shrike Shaumari 18 Apr, 3 Rafiq 21 Apr; 2 singing male Pale Rock Sparrow Wadi Mujib 19 Apr, 30+ singing males in Dana/Lahdha Spring/Al Barra area 20 Apr (unusually large numbers); 1 singing Tristram's Serin Al Barra, Dana 21 Apr; 1 Indian Silverbill Wadi Shu'ayb 15 Apr (new site).
March-April 2001 - Keith Grant (The Travelling Naturalist)
1 Great Bittern Azraq 1 Apr; 20 Griffon Vulture Dana 1 Apr (good number); 50 Steppe Eagle Dana 1 Apr; 1 imm Golden Eagle Dana 2 Apr; 12 Booted Eagle Dana 2 Apr; 2 imm Great Black-headed Gull Aqaba sewage works 6 Apr; 2 Woodlark Dana 3 Apr - one singing and another carrying food, presumably for young; 1 Red-backed Shrike Qasr Kharana 21 Mar - early.
March-April 2001 - Marc Duquet (Destination Nature, France)
3 Western Reef Heron Aqaba 30 Mar; 2 Spoonbill Aqaba sewage works 29-30 Mar; 1 imm Bonelli's Eagle Aqaba airport 30 Mar; 2+ Oystercatcher Aqaba 30 Mar; 1 Lapwing Aqaba sewage works 29-30 Mar; 2 Black-tailed Godwit Aqaba sewage works 30 Mar; 3 Great Black-headed Gull Aqaba sewage works 30 Mar; 9 Siberian Gull (heuglini) Aqaba sewage works 30 Mar; pair Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse south of Rahma 30 Mar (1st sighting in Jordan); pair Namaqua Dove Aqaba sewage works 29 Mar; 2 Bar-tailed Desert Lark Al Jafr 28 Mar; 1 Rufous Bush Robin Aqaba 28 Mar (early); 10+ Northern Wheatear Ar Rashadiyya 27 Mar (possible including breeding pairs - first hint of breeding in Jordan); 1m Cyprus Pied Wheatear Ash Shawbak 27 Mar; 1f Arabian Warbler Wadi Araba 30 Mar; 5 Siskin Wadi Musa and 7 Petra 26 Mar;
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February 2001 - Ian Andrews (Naturetrek)
12 Ferruginous Duck Aqaba sewage works 22 Feb; adult Verreaux's Eagle Wadi Rum 21 Feb; adult Imperial Eagle (attempting at catch a Pintail) Aqaba sewage works 22-23 Feb; 3 Greater Sand Plover Aqaba south beaches 22 Feb; 18 Temminck's Horned Lark Wadi Abu Dubana (Wadi Araba) 24 Feb (rare in Wadi Araba); 1 Desert Warbler Wadi Abu Dubana (Wadi Araba) 24 Feb; 2 female Cyprus Warbler mouth of Wadi al Mujib (Dead Sea) 24 Feb (possible regular site, but underwatched); 2 Hawfinch Dana terraces 18-19 Feb.
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February 2001 - Nashat Hamidan (RSCN)
3 adult Siberian White Cranes Qa' Khanna 2 Feb.
January 2001 - Marga van Meel and Siep Kromsigt (Netherlands)
2 Spotted Sandgrouse Wadi Fidan 2 Jan; 1 Arabian Warbler 1 Aqaba back road 6 Jan; 2 Desert Warbler Wadi Fidan 2 Jan, 1 Rum Road 3 Jan, 1 Wadi Araba 4 Jan.
November-December 2000 - Pete Ellis, Khladoun Al Omari and Anwar El Halah (RSCN)
60 Cormorant Aqaba sewage works 5 Dec; 12 Greater Flamingo Qa al Azraq 29 Nov, 3 Dec and 15 Dec, 4 Qa Khanna 1 Dec; 10 Great White Egret Aqaba sewage works 5 Dec; 4 Ruddy Shelduck Qa al Azraq 3 Dec, 5 Aqaba sewage works 5 Dec; male Gadwall Ghadir Burqu 2 Dec; 1 Imperial Eagle Aqaba sewage works 5 Dec; 420 Crane Qa Khanna 1 Dec; 2 Eurasian Golden Plover Qa al Azraq 3 Dec (first for Jordan); 2 adult Sociable Plover Aqaba sewage works 5 Dec (second post-19th century sighting in Jordan); 1 Marsh Sandpiper Qa al Azraq 15 Dec; 4 1st-winter cachinnans Yellow-legged Gull Qa al Azraq 29 Nov, 1 on 3 Dec, 3 Aqaba sewage works 5 Dec; 1 Redwing Azraq Wetland Reserve 29 Nov.
November 2000 - Dr Graham Tebb (Austria)
40 Cormorant Aqaba sewage works 8 Nov; female Gadwall Aqaba sewage works 8 Nov; male Ferruginous Duck Aqaba sewage works 8 Nov; 17 Great White Egret Karameh Dam 14 Nov; 2 Black Stork Karameh Dam 14 Nov; 1 Imperial Eagle Lawrence Dam 3 Nov; 1 Verreaux's Eagle Wadi Rum 6 Nov; male w/p Little Crake Azraq wetland reserve 31 Oct; 120 Crane Qa al Azraq 5 Nov; 50 Black-bellied Sandgrouse Qa Khanna 2 Nov; single Red-breasted Flycatchers Lawrence Dam and Beer-ihneef 3 Nov; 1 Hooded Wheatear Disi farms 7 Nov; 1 Cyprus Wheatear Wadi Dana 9 Nov; pr Thick-billed Lark, Wadi Rajil 1 Nov; 3 Indian Silverbill Al Khirba as Samra sewage works 12 Nov; 1 Rustic Bunting Aqaba sewage works 8 Nov; male Black-headed Bunting Wadi al Mujib 10 Nov; female Reed Bunting Al Khirba as Samra sewage works 12 Nov.
November 2000 - Michael Orf (Germany)
7 Great White Egret Aqaba sewage works 15 Nov; pair Verreaux's Eagle Wadi Rum 14 Nov; 2 Imperial Eagle by Desert Highway 17 Nov; 10 Ferruginous Duck Aqaba sewage works 15 Nov; 7 Stone Curlew Suwayma 6 Nov; 1 Sociable Plover Aqaba sewage works 15 Nov; 50 Coot Dead Sea 8 Nov; 15 Syrian Serin nr entrance to Petra 12 Nov
September-October 2000 - Andrew Gouldstone (RSPB/RSCN)
210 Black Stork Yarmouk River area 1 Oct; 21 Spoonbill Karama Dam 29 Sep; 1 Shelduck Karama Dam 29 Sep; 1 Gadwall Aqaba 4 Oct; 1 Levant Sparrowhawk Aqaba 5 Oct; 1 Imperial Eagle Azraq wetland 7 Oct; 10 Red-footed Falcon Karama Dam 29 Sep, 1 Aqaba 5 Oct; 4 Sooty Falcon Wadi Rum 3 Oct, 1 Aqaba 4 Oct, 4 on 4th; 2 Curlew Karama Dam 29 Sep; 1 imm Black Tern Karama Dam 29 Sep; 3 Namaqua Dove Aqaba 4 Oct; 15 Trumpeter Finch Wadi Arab Dam 2 Oct.
September-October 2000 - Peter Gotham (RSPB), Russell Leavett (RSPB), Matthew May, Nashat A Hamidan (RSCN) and Mayas Qarqaz Wadi (RSCN)
Survey of passage raptors in Rum Protected Area between 23 September and 18 October: 5 Black Kite, 5 Egyptian Vulture, 4 Griffon Vulture, 20 Short-toed Eagle, 67 Marsh Harrier, 22 Pallid Harrier, 4 Montagu’s Harrier, 83 harrier sp., 14 Sparrowhawk, 2865 Steppe Buzzard, 3 Long-legged Buzzard, 173 Steppe Eagle, 29 Imperial Eagle, 20 Aquila sp., 5 Booted Eagle, 1 Osprey and 1 Hobby, plus 95 White Pelican, 48 White Stork, 39 Common Crane, 23 Bee-eater and 1005 Swallow. Resident raptors: Kestrel, Verreaux’s Eagle (single of 2 dates), Sooty Falcon (up to 4 24 Sep-2 Oct) and Barbary Falcon.
Also single Red-breasted Flycatcher 27 Sept, 11 & 13 Oct.
October 2000 - Leo Linnartz (Eco Tourist Services, Netherlands)
11 Western Reef Heron Aqaba 22 Oct;
male Goshawk Dana 20 Oct;
1 Spotted Eagle Aqaba 22 Oct;
adult Imperial Eagle west of Qasr Harana 15 Oct;
male Sooty Falcon near Fidan 21 Oct;
190 Cranes over Dana 19 Oct;
1 Sociable Plover Shaumari 16 Oct (potentially 2nd/3rd recent record);
1 Great Snipe flushed Azraq 16 Oct (potentially 5th record);
1st-winter Grey-headed Gull Aqaba 22-23 Oct (potentially 2nd Jordan record);
1st-winter Siberian Gull (heuglini) Aqaba 22 Oct;
1 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Azraq 16 Oct;
10 Crag Martin Zubia 17 Oct, 60 Dana 19 Oct;
1 White-cheeked Bulbul Azraq 16 Oct (probable escaped cage bird);
male semirufus Black Redstart Amman 15 Oct;
female eastern Stonechat (maura) Wadi al Butm 15 Oct; 3 female/1st-winter Azraq 16 Oct;
female/1st-winter Cyprus Wheatear Wadi al Butm 15 Oct (rare in autumn);
1st-winter Red-rumped Wheatear Wadi al Butm 15 Oct;
1 Paddyfield Warbler Jerash 17 Oct (potentially 1st record for Jordan);
single Icterine Warbler heard singing Jerash 17 Oct, Dana 20 Oct (7 previous records, all in spring);
1 Red-breasted Flycatcher Dana 19 Oct;
1 Penduline Tit heard Shaumari 16 Oct;
1st-winter Isabelline Shrike (probably phoenicuroides) near Fifa 18 Oct;
adult Steppe Grey Shrike (pallidirostris) Azraq 16 Oct (potentially 2nd record);
1 Brambling Dibbin 17 Oct;
Crossbills heard Dibbin 17 Oct (only one previous Jordan record).
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October 2000 - Laith El-Moghrabi (RSCN)
Black Vulture feeding on a dead goat, Wadi Dhahek on 16 Oct.
August-September 2000 - Mike Street
12 Great White Egret Yarmouk River fish farm and 5 Shuna 22 Sept; 1 Golden Eagle Umm Qais 22 Sept; 1 Imperial Eagle Azraq 29 Sept; 1 Levant Sparrowhawk Azraq 29 Sept; pair Red-rumped Wheatear Qasr Kharana 29 Sept.
April-May 2000 - Tim Strudwick and Andrew Gouldstone (RSPB/RSCN)
Imm Spotted Eagle Azraq 14 April, ?same 23rd (2nd record for Azraq); single Spotted Crake Azraq 14th, 28th and 30 April; up to 5 Little Crake Azraq in April; single Baillon's Crake Azraq 4th-6th and 11 April; 1 Purple Gallinule seen and heard Azraq several dates in April (1st seen in 1999); 1 White-tailed Plover Azraq 23 April; 2nd-w/2nd-s Great Black-headed Gull Aqaba 17 April; pair Namaqua Dove Azraq 10 April, then f on 12th and 24th, pr on 29th, 3 on 3 May; long dead Eagle Owl found Azraq early April; 1-3 Egyptian Nightjar almost daily at dusk Azraq Wetland Reserve in April/early May; 1 Smyrna Kingfisher Azraq 26 April (2nd record for Azraq, 1st was in 1922); 2 Bimaculated Lark Azraq 6 April; 1 Richard's Pipit Azraq 4 April and 3 May; 1 Long-billed Pipit Azraq 8-9 April (2nd record for Azraq); 1 Yellow-vented Bulbul Azraq most days (apparently first record for Azraq); single maura Stonechat Azraq 1-6 April and 14-16 April; f Cyprus Pied Wheatear Azraq 1 April; 1st-s male Pied Wheatear Azraq 2-3 and 14 April (potentially first for Jordan); 1-2 singing Savi's Warbler Azraq 1st-6th and 16 April; 1 Marsh Warbler Azraq 25 April; m Menetries' Warbler Azraq 1 April, 2 on 4th-5th; single Desert Warbler Azraq 8th and 12 April; 2 chiffchaff showing characteristics of Mountain Chiffchaff P. sindianus Azraq 28 April; 1 Isabelline Shrike Azraq 27-28 April; m sennemowi Cinereous Bunting Azraq 16 April.
March-April 2000 - Andrew Gouldstone (RSPB/RSCN)
1 Great Crested Grebe Karama Dam 30 March; 1 Golden Eagle Lawrence Dam 18 March; adult Verreaux's Eagle Wadi Dana 17 April; 12 Greater Sand Plover, 3 Black-tailed Godwit and 10 Marsh Sandpiper Lawrence Dam 18 March; 5 sandgrouse sp. Shaumari 19 March; 2 Black-bellied Sandgrouse Anqa nr Ruwayshid 22 March; 220 Yellow Wagtail Azraq wetland reserve 9 April; 2 Citrine Wagtail Swaqa Dam 20 March; male Cyprus (Pied) Wheatear Azraq 19, 23 & 26 March; male Ruppell's Warbler Shaumari 23 March; 1 Desert Warbler Azraq 8 & 12 April; 1 Brambling Amman 17 March; 6 House Bunting Radas (Dead Sea) 3 April.
March to May 2000 - Ken Shaw and Pete Ellis (RSPB/RSCN)
10 Little Grebe Zarqa River 30 Apr; first-summer Pink-backed Pelican Aqaba sewage works 6-7 May; 1 Glossy Ibis Aqaba sewage works 6 May; 2 Spoonbill Aqaba sewage works 6-7 May; 5 Ferruginous Duck Aqaba sewage works 6 May; 500 Honey Buzzard Aqaba sewage works 7 May; ad female Goshawk NE of Dead Sea 26 Apr; 1000N Steppe Buzzard Dana 15 Apr; adult Verreaux's Eagle Wadi Dana 17 Apr; single Sooty Falcon Dana campsite 14 Apr (early date), Fagal Nursery (Zarqa River) 1 May (1st record for Northern Highlands); calling male Black Francolin Jordan Valley 28 Apr; 1 Corncrake Dana 15 Apr; 17 Moorhen Zarqa River 30 Apr; 1 Coot Zarqa River 30 Apr; f Painted Snipe Aqaba sewage works 6 May (first for Jordan); 4ff Red-necked Phalarope Aqaba sewage works 5 May; 10 Arctic Skua Aqaba 7 May; 1 sub-ad Armenian Gull Aqaba sewage works 5-6 May; 30 Little Tern Aqaba sewage works 6 May; high densities of Calandra Lark in cereal crops Irbid/Jerash 7 Apr and E of Amman 13 Apr; 1 singing Bimaculated Lark Irbid/Jerash 7 Apr; 1 Icterine Warbler Dead Sea, N of Mujib Bridge 5 May; pair Arabian Warbler Wadi Araba 21 Apr; singing Orphean Warbler above Zarqa River 29 Apr (new area); 14 Jackdaw Pella 24 Apr; 10 singing male Pale Rock Sparrow mid altutude slopes of Rift Margins, NW of As Salt 28 Apr, 10 singing males in highlands around Zarqa River 1 May (new breeding areas for this 'nomadic' species).
March-April 2000 - Jan Soors and Tine Reyntiens (Netherlands)
3 Spoonbill Aqaba sewage works 2 Apr; 8 Greater Flamingo Gulf of Aqaba seawatch 30 Mar (rarely seen in Aqaba despite numbers at Eilat); 1 Ferruginous Duck Aqaba sewage works 2 Apr & 5 Apr 1 Goshawk Wadi Dana 4 Apr; 1 Baillon's Crake Aqaba Royal Diving Centre 29 Mar; 4 Greater Sand Plover Aqaba sewage works 2 Apr; 1 Little Gull Aqaba sewage works 2 Apr & 5 Apr 1 Striated Scops Owl heard Wadi Dana 4 Apr (potentially 4th record for Jordan); 1 singing m Arabian Warbler Wadi Dana 4 Apr; 1 Citrine Wagtail Aqaba sewage works 5 Apr; 1 Richard's Pipit Aqaba sewage works 2 Apr, 2 Aqaba gardens 10 Apr.
March 2000 - Gabor Wichmann and Fares Khoury
14 Black Stork Aqaba sewage works 24 March; 1 Tawny Eagle Dana 21 March (potentially first for Jordan); 1 Black Francolin Fifa 25 March (new site); 2 Black-winged Pratincole Aqaba sewage works 24 March; 1 Curlew Aqaba sewage works 24 March; 2 2nd-yr Little Gull Qa’ Khanna 1 & 4 March, 2nd-yr Aqaba sewage works 24 March; 1 Eagle Owl Dana 21 March; 3 Bimaculated Lark Shaumari 18 March; 7 Cyprus Pied Wheatear Shaumari 18 March (good number); 1m Ring Ouzel Dana 21 March (rare); 1 Spectacled Warbler Aqaba sewage works 24 March (new for site); 10 Syrian Serin Petra 22 March, 1 Fifa on 25th; 1 Hawfinch Shaumari 18 March, 1 Dana 21st.
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February to May 2000 - Fares Khoury
1 Pink-backed Pelican Aqaba sewage works 29 April (first record for Jordan); 3 Ferruginous Duck Aqaba sewage works 28-29 April; 600 Levant Sparrowhawk Dana 26 April, 400 on 27th; 25 Avocet Al Karamah Dam 25 Feb; 3 Broad-billed Sandpiper Aqaba sewage works 28-29 April; 3 Red-necked Phalarope Aqaba sewage works 28-29 April; 3 Arctic Skua Aqaba 28-29 April; 55 Spotted Sandgrouse Tassan springs (Wadi Araba) 13 March; 10 Crowned Sandgrouse Tassan 13 March; 1 Nubian Nightjar heard singing throughout the evening and night Tassan 12-13 March; 3 Bar-tailed Desert Lark around Dana village 26-27th April (1st at this site - apparently unsuitable breeding habitat); f Stonechat (probably maura subsp.) Al Karamah 25 Feb; 6+ singing Clamorous Reed Warbler Wadi Kharrar ('Baptism Site'), Jordan Valley 26 May; 2 Cyprus Warbler Al Karamah Dam 25 Feb; 2mm Dead Sea Sparrow at nests Wadi Kharrar, Jordan River 26 May; 1 Syrian Serin Tassan 13 March, 1 Fifa 14 March; 1 Trumpeter Finch Dana village 27 April (usually at lower altitudes); Indian Silverbill very common throughout Jordan Valley, groups of up to 15 birds especially in northern Jordan Valley in Dec 1999, 1 nest building Fifa 15 March;
April 2000 - Naturetrek / Ian Andrews
1 Sooty Shearwater Aqaba 27 April; 5 Ferruginous Duck Aqaba 26-27 April; 3500+ Levant Sparrowhawk Aqaba 26-27 April; 1 Eleanora's Falcon Dana 22 April; 1 Little Crake Azraq 18 April; 1 Corncrake Aqaba 27 April; 1 Pacific Golden Plover Aqaba 26-27 April; 16 Bar-tailed Godwit Aqaba 27 April (5th Jordan record) - also seen at K20 salt pans Eilat on same day; 2 Red-necked Phalarope Aqaba 26-27 April; 2 Broad-billed Sandpiper Aqaba 26-27 April; 1 1st-s Great Black-headed Gull Aqaba 26 April; 1 1st-s Little Gull Aqaba 27 April; up to 5 Arctic Skua Aqaba 26-27 April; 15 Spotted Sandgrouse Fidan 28 April; 2 Hume's Tawny Owl (1 + seen) Wadi Umm Ishrin 24-25 April; 1 male Namaqua Dove Aqaba 27 April; 1 male Semi-collared Flycatcher inside (!) Petra Plaza Hotel, Wadi Musa 23 April; 1 female Ruppell's Warbler Wadi al Butum 18 April; 1 Menetries' Warbler Qasr Amra 18 April; up to 15 Syrian Serin in front of Dana drinking pool hide 21-22 April.
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also 2-3 Egyptian Nightjar reported Azraq Wetland Reserve during April (per RSCN); 1 adult Verreaux's Eagle seen Dana mid April (per K Shaw/P Ellis).
March 2000 - Hugues Dufourny
1 adult Verreaux's Eagle Wadi Rum 25-26 March; single Caspian Plovers 45 km east of Amman 28 March, near Shaumari 28 March & Azraq 30 March; 2 Hume's Tawny Owl heard Petra 26 March; 1-4 Shore Lark Dana village 27 March (potentially 1st for Jordan - brief view, record not submitted to JBRC); 6 Bimaculated Lark 40 km east of Amman 30 March; female Citrine Wagtail Azraq 28 March, male on 29th; 2 Long-billed Pipit Wadi al Mujib 27 March; 2 Cyprus Pied Wheatear Shaumari 29 March, 1 Azraq 30 March; 1 Cyprus Warbler Azraq 30 March (3rd for east Jordan, see below); 3 single Menetries' Warblers Azraq 29 & 30 March, Shaumari 29 March; 1st-summer Rose-coloured Starling Wadi Rum 25-26 March; 5 Syrian Serin Wadi Rum 25 March; 1 Cinereous Bunting (male semenowi) Azraq 30 March.
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March 2000 - The Travelling Naturalist / Keith Grant & Jad al Younis
2 Black-necked Grebe Aqaba 12 Mar; 6 Spoonbill Aqaba 11-12 Mar; 2 Shelduck Aqaba 11 Mar; 6 Ferruginous Duck Aqaba 12 Mar; 6 Greater Sand Plover Shaumari 8 Mar; 1 Whimbrel Aqaba 12 Mar; 1 Namaqua Dove Aqaba 11 Mar; 1 Citrine Wagtail Aqaba 12 Mar; 1 male Cyprus Warbler Azraq 7 Mar (2nd for east Jordan); 1 Siskin Dibbin Forest 5 Mar; 10+ Desert Finch Aqaba 11 Mar;
February 2000 - Naturetrek / Richard Bashford
16 Ferruginous Duck Aqaba sewage works 22 Feb (record count); 1 Greater Sandplover Aqaba sewage works 22 Feb; 3 Little Gull Aqaba 22 Feb (Jordan rarity); 51 White-eyed Gull Aqaba 23 Feb (record count); 1 Hume's Tawny Owl Dana 25 Feb; 1 Dunnock Dana 25 Feb (rare in winter); 1 Alpine Accentor Dana 26 Feb (second record for Jordan following two together at Dana in 1995); 1 Olivaceous Warbler Aqaba sewage works 23 Feb (earliest record); c.10 Tristram's Serin near Disi (Rum Desert) 21 Feb (southerly record).
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October 1999 to January 2000 - Fares Khoury (RSCN)
2 Black-necked Grebe Aqaba sewage works 11 Nov; 1 White Pelican Aqaba sewage works 11 Nov; 5 White Stork Disi 8-9 Nov, 50 Aqaba sewage works 11 Nov; 1 Ferruginous Duck Aqaba sewage works 11 Nov; 100+ Crane Bayir 5 Nov; 1 Namaqua Dove 3 Oct (latest record); 1 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Aqaba sewage works 11 Nov (late); 30+ Swallow Disi 8 Nov (late); 2+ House Martin Disi 8 Nov (late); 1st-winter Citrine Wagtail Aqaba sewage works 11 Nov; 2 Isabelline Wheatear Disi 8 Nov (new site?); 1 Pied Wheatear Shaumari 30 Oct (potentially a first for Jordan); 2 Desert Wheatears Disi 8 Nov; 1 Red-rumped Wheatear Wadi Abu Tarfa (near Ma'an) 7 Nov (at c. 1000 m above sea level); male Red-tailed Wheatear Jebel Thulaythuwat 5 Nov (5th record for Jordan); 3 male Hooded Wheatear Disi 8 Nov, 1 male Wadi Rum 9 Nov; 2 White-crowned Black Wheatear east of As Safawi 31 Oct, 3 Wadi Selma 2 Nov; 1 Sardinian Warbler Al Hazim 1 Nov (new site and maybe most eastern); 1 Red-breasted Flycatcher Shaumari 4 Oct, increasing to 3-4 on 6 Oct, 1 Wadi al Butm 30 Oct; pair Raven Mukawir 2 Jan; 2 Syrian Serin Seil Hisban 30 Nov (new site).
August to September 1999 - Fares Khoury (RSCN)
Single Sparrowhawks Al Barra 14 Aug and Jebel Sarab 23 Aug (further summer records at Dana); pair Sooty Falcon upper Wadi Dana 14-23 Aug; 1 Marsh Sandpiper Azraq 1 Sept; 2 Corncrake Azraq 2 Sept; ad and juv Water Rail Azraq 4 Sept (possible breeding); single Kingfisher Wadi Khneizir 28 Aug and 2 Azraq 31 Aug (early); 4000+ Sand Martin flying south Dead Sea 12 Sept; 7 Namaqua Dove Azraq 2 Sept (first September record and large number for Azraq); up to 9 Red-backed Shrike daily Azraq late Aug-early Sept (more common during autumn migration than previously thought?); 10 Lesser Grey Shrike in farms east of Azraq 31 Aug (probably also under-recorded in the past at this time of the year); 1 Olive-tree Warbler farms east of Azraq 31 Aug; 1 Raven Namata (south of Tafila) 25 Aug; 3 Desert Finch Dana orchards 17 Aug (new site, though previously recorded in Al Barra and at Qadessiyah).
January to June 1999 - Fares Khoury (RSCN)
1200 White Storks Kafrein Dam 7 May (large number for May); 16+ Griffon Vultures Wadi Dana 13 Jan (5-7+ pairs nested), 10 over Yarmuk River 5 May; male Sparrowhawk Al Barrah (Dana) 25 Jun (rare in summer); 1000 Levant Sparrowhawks lower Wadi Dana 23 Apr; pair of Verreaux's Eagle Wadi Dana Jan to May (no evidence of breeding); Namaqua Dove Aqaba sewage works 9 May; Little Swift colony (100+ birds) in side wadi of Yarmuk River; Blue-cheeked Bee-eater - breeding suspected at several localities in Jordan valley 6-7 May; female Menetries' Warbler Feinan camp site 24 Apr; 2 Goldcrest Azraq Resthouse 13-14 Feb (see Dec 1998 record); Brambling Lahdha (Dana) 12 Jan, 1 Rashadiyah 15 Jan; Syrian Serin: daily max. 200 from Lahdha south to Beidha in Jan; flock of 300 west of Shaubak Castle 26 Jan (unusually large flock); adult Red-fronted Serin Lahdha (Dana) 12 Jan; Hawfinch: daily max. 3 Lahdha, Dana Reserve and Dana terraces, and Shaubak Jan-Feb, 1 in Amman garden Jan-Feb.
April 1999 - Derek Moore
5 Black Stork north Aqaba 18 Apr; 1 Sooty Falcon near Dana Tower 15 Apr (early date); 1 Purple Gallinule heard Azraq 13 Apr; 1 Jack Snipe Azraq 13 Apr; 2+ Egyptian Nightjar Azraq 13 Apr; male White-throated Robin Wadi Araba 18 Apr; single Hooded Wheatear Wadi Mujib and Safi-Tafila road 14 Apr; 1 Upcher's Warbler Shaumari 13 Apr; male Semi-collared Flycatcher Shaumari 13 Apr; Trumpter Finches at 5 sites (good year for this species). NB Several White-cheeked Bulbuls have been released at Azraq and Shaumari.
April 1999 - W. Puyk
Adult and juv Verreaux's Eagles Wadi Rum 12-13 Apr - the juvenile still in a nest cave with adult bringing food on a few occasions. Also 1 Semi-collared Flycatcher Wadi Rum 12-13 Apr; 1 Rock Thrush Wadi Rum 13 Apr.
March/April 1999 - Teus Luijendijk
Pair and juv Verreaux's Eagles Wadi Rum end Mar or early Apr.
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April 1999 - Naturetrek / Andy Smith
2 Western Reef Herons Aqaba sewage works 14 Apr; 100+ Purple Herons Aqaba sewage works 15 Apr; 1 Glossy Ibis Shuna Resr 4 Apr; 1 Ferruginous Duck Aqaba sewage works 14-15 Apr; 2 Verreaux's Eagles Wadi Dana 9 Apr, 1 Wadi Rum 12 Apr; Corncrake 1 dead Dana 10 Apr, 1 Aqaba sewage works 15 Apr; 2 Curlew Sandpipers Aqaba sewage works 15 Apr; 1 skua sp. Aqaba 13 Apr; 1 Eagle Owl Dana 8 Apr; 1 Common Raven Dana-Petra 10 Apr; 1 Thick-billed Lark Fidan 16 Apr (1st record for Wadi Araba); 1 Bimaculated Lark west of Qasr Kharana 6 Apr; pair Hooded Wheatears Wadi Umm Ishrin 13 Apr; 1 Upcher's Warbler Azraq 7 Apr; 2 Menetries' Warblers Wadi Butm 6 Apr; 1 Barred Warbler Aqaba 15 Apr; 1 possible Caucasian Chiffchaff (P. (c.) lorenzii) Aqaba sewage works 15 Apr; male Semi-collared Flycatcher Petra 11 Apr; Trumpeter Finches in the Basalt Desert and Wadi Rum; 1 Hawfinch Barra (Dana) 9 Apr.
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31 March to 5 May 1999 - Dr Tim Melling
All records are from Azraq. 4 Glossy Ibis 19-24 Apr; 1 Goshawk flew north 2 Apr; 1 Peregrine 10-11 Apr; 1-2 Spotted Crake 13-23 Apr; 2 prs Little Crake 31 Mar-13 Apr; 1 Baillon's Crake 11 Apr; 1 Purple Gallinule 3-27 Apr (2nd record for Jordan); 1 Red-wattled Lapwing 28 Apr (1st record for Jordan); 1 White-tailed Plover 27 Apr; 1 Jack Snipe 13 Apr; male Namaqua Dove 17 & 25 Apr; 1 Barn Owl 2 Apr-5 May; 2 Eagle Owls 1 Apr; up to 3 European Nightjar 16 Apr-5 May; up to 6 Egyptian Nightjar 31 Mar-5 May; male White-throated Robin 23 Apr; 1 River Warbler trapped 16 Apr; 1-2 singing Savi's Warblers 31 Mar-16 Apr; single Upcher's Warblers 10 & 27 Apr; 1 Olive-tree Warbler 17 Apr; 9 individual Menetries' Warblers 2-14 Apr; male Ruppell's Warbler 2 Apr; max 6 Penduline Tits 2 Apr; male Isabelline Shrike 23 Apr.
December 1998 to January 1999 - Leo Linnartz and Esther Nieuwdorp
10 Western Reef Heron Aqaba 26 Dec 1998 (record count); 1 Goshawk Azraq fishpools 31 Dec 1998; 2 Spotted Eagle Azraq oasis 31 Dec 1998 (rare); 2 Imperial Eagle Wadi Dana 29 Dec 1998; 1 Golden Eagle Wadi Dana 29 Dec 1998; 1 Verreaux's Eagle Wadi Dana 29 Dec 1998; 1 Saker Aqaba sewage works 23 Dec 1998; 2 Little Ringed Plover Jordan Valley 2 Jan 1999; 1 Spotted Sandgrouse Petra 28 Dec 1998 (1st sandgrouse record for Petra); 2-3 Tawny Owl heard Dibbin 1 Jan 1999; 50 Woodlark Lahdha (Dana) 29 Dec 1998; 1 Blackstart Samra sewage works 1 Jan 1999 (new for this site); 1 Ring Ouzel Lahdha (Dana) 29 Dec 1998; 1 Cetti's Warbler Aqaba sewage works 23 Dec 1998; 1 Desert Warbler Wadi Araba 3 Jan 1999; 1 Red-breasted Flycatcher Aqaba sewage works 23 Dec 1998 (1st winter record); 2 Raven Wadi Rum 25 Dec 1998; 5 Indian Silverbill Jordan Valley 2 Jan 1999; 1 Red-fronted Serin Lahdha (Dana) 29 Dec 1998 (2nd or 3rd record); 4 Siskin Dibbin 1 Jan 1999; 2 Common Crossbill Lahdha (Dana) 29 Dec 1998 (2nd record for Jordan. First was in autumn 1998 at As Safawi); 20 Hawfinch Dibbin 1 Jan 1999 (record count), 1 Dana 29 Dec 1998; 1 Brambling Aqaba 24 Dec 1998; 60 Trumpter Finch As Safawi 31 Dec 1998; female Pine Bunting Lahdha (Dana) 29 Dec 1998 (3rd record for Jordan - others 1995 and 1997); 1 Reed Bunting Aqaba sewage works 23 Dec 1998.
December 1998 - Arend Wassink and Rene Pop
6 Ferruginous Ducks Aqaba sewage works 4 Dec; 5 adult Imperial Eagles Azraq - Wadi Butm - Qasr al Kharana area 1-8 Dec; male Red-rumped Wheatear Qasr al Kharana 1 Dec; male Common Redstart Rum village 3 Dec (1st winter record); 1 Redwing Wadi al Butm 1 Dec (4th Jordan record); 2 1st-winter Ring Ouzels Dana 6 Dec (also 2 Fieldfare and 1 Mistle Thrush there); 1 Spotted Flycatcher Aqaba sewage works 4 Dec (1st winter record); 1 Goldcrest Azraq resthouse 1-3 Dec (3rd Jordan record); 1 Brambling Dana 6 Dec; 2 Hawfinch Dana 6 Dec.
November and December 1998 - Alan Parker
5 Cory's Shearwater Aqaba 10 Dec; 1 Black Kite Dana 13 Dec (rare in winter); 2 Black Vulture Dana 13 Dec (less than 5 records); 2 adult Verreaux's Eagle Dana 27-28 Nov & 9 Dec, immature on 13 Dec; 40 White-eyed Gull Aqaba 10 Dec (high count); 1 scops owl sp. (possibly Striated Scops Owl) lower Dana Reserve 30 Nov; 1 Nubian Nightjar lower Dana Reserve 7 Dec (less than 5 records); 1 Pallid Swift Dana 9 Dec (very late); 1 Dunnock Dana village orchards 21 Nov (rare); 1f Ring Ouzel Dana village 13-14 Dec (very rare); 2 Redwing Dana village orchards 13 Dec (5th Jordan record); c50 Little Green Bee-eater in transect through the lower Dana Reserve 22 Nov; 1 Desert Warbler from main Wadi Araba road (west of Fidan) 7 Dec; 1 Arabian Warbler Wadi Fidan 5 Dec; 1m Isabelline Shrike of the race speculigerus Shaumari 16 Dec; 1 singing male Red-fronted Serin Dana village 27 Nov (3rd Jordan record); up to 3 Hawfinch Dana village orchards daily; 2 Rock Bunting Dana village orchards 13 Dec. NB This survey was primarily aimed at locating wintering Cyprus Warblers (seen in this area in 1994), but unfortunately none was found.