Arava Valley - Revision history

Wintibird at 19:44, 8 September 2012

2012-09-08T19:44:15Z

←Older revision		Revision as of 19:44, 8 September 2012
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	===Checklist===		===Checklist===
-	{{BirdsSee\|[[Little Grebe]], [[Purple Heron]], [[Common Teal]], [[Mallard]], [[Garganey]], [[Egyptian Vulture]], [[Western Marsh-Harrier\|Marsh Harrier]], [[Eurasian Sparrowhawk]], [[Lesser Spotted Eagle]], [[Steppe Eagle]], [[Eastern Imperial Eagle]], [[Osprey]], [[Lesser Kestrel]], [[Sooty Falcon]], [[Barbary Falcon]], [[Sand Partridge]], [[Common Moorhen\|Moorhen]], [[Eurasian Coot]], [[Cream-coloured Courser]], [[Spur-winged Plover]], [[White-tailed Plover]], [[Ruff]], [[Common Snipe]], [[Green Sandpiper]], [[Wood Sandpiper]], [[Black-headed Gull]], [[Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse]], [[Crowned Sandgrouse]], [[Eurasian Collared Dove\|Collared Dove]], [[Laughing Dove]], [[Common Swift]], [[Alpine Swift]], [[Common Kingfisher]], [[Little Green Bee-eater]], [[Eurasian Hoopoe\|Hoopoe]], [[Eurasian Wryneck\|Wryneck]], [[Dunn's Lark]], [[Bar-tailed Desert Lark]], [[Desert Lark]], [[Greater Hoopoe-Lark]], [[Thick-billed Lark]], [[Bimaculated Lark]], [[Greater Short-toed Lark]], [[Lesser Short-toed Lark]], [[Crested Lark]], [[Oriental Skylark]], [[Temminck's Horned Lark]], [[Sand Martin]], [[Rock Martin]], [[Eurasian Crag Martin]], [[Barn Swallow]], [[Red-rumped Swallow]], [[Northern House Martin\|House Martin]], [[Richard's Pipit]], [[Tawny Pipit]], [[Red-throated Pipit]], [[Black-headed Wagtail]], [[Citrine Wagtail]], [[Pied Wagtail]], [[Eurasian Robin]], [[Common Nightingale\|Nightingale]], [[Bluethroat]], [[Common Redstart]], [[Blackstart]], [[Common Stonechat]], [[Isabelline Wheatear]], [[Black-eared Wheatear]], [[Desert Wheatear]], [[Finsch's Wheatear]], [[Kurdistan Wheatear]], [[Mourning Wheatear]], [[Hooded Wheatear]], [[White-tailed Wheatear]], [[Blue Rock Thrush]], [[Streaked Scrub Warbler]], [[Graceful Warbler]], [[Eastern Olivaceous Warbler]], [[Spectacled Warbler]], [[Sardinian Warbler]], [[Cyprus Warbler]], [[Ruppell's Warbler]], [[Asian Desert Warbler]], [[Arabian Warbler]], [[Orphean Warbler]], [[Lesser Whitethroat]], [[Blackcap]], [[Eastern Bonelli's Warbler]], [[Common Chiffchaff]], [[Spotted Flycatcher]], [[Arabian Babbler]], [[Palestine Sunbird]], [[Southern Grey Shrike]], [[Woodchat Shrike]], [[Masked Shrike]], [[Brown-necked Raven]], [[Tristram's Starling]], [[House Sparrow]], [[Spanish Sparrow]], [[Dead Sea Sparrow]], [[Rock Sparrow]], [[Pale Rock Sparrow]], [[European Goldfinch\|Goldfinch]], [[Eurasian Linnet\|Linnet]], [[Desert Finch]], [[Trumpeter Finch]], [[Sinai Rosefinch]], [[Cinereous Bunting]], [[Cretzschmar's Bunting]]}}	+	{{BirdsSee\|[[Little Grebe]], [[Purple Heron]], [[Common Teal]], [[Mallard]], [[Garganey]], [[Egyptian Vulture]], [[Western Marsh-Harrier\|Marsh Harrier]], [[Eurasian Sparrowhawk]], [[Lesser Spotted Eagle]], [[Steppe Eagle]], [[Eastern Imperial Eagle]], [[Osprey]], [[Lesser Kestrel]], [[Sooty Falcon]], [[Barbary Falcon]], [[Sand Partridge]], [[Common Moorhen\|Moorhen]], [[Eurasian Coot]], [[Cream-coloured Courser]], [[Spur-winged Plover]], [[White-tailed Plover]], [[Ruff]], [[Common Snipe]], [[Green Sandpiper]], [[Wood Sandpiper]], [[Black-headed Gull]], [[Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse]], [[Crowned Sandgrouse]], [[Eurasian Collared Dove\|Collared Dove]], [[Laughing Dove]], [[Common Swift]], [[Alpine Swift]], [[Common Kingfisher]], [[Little Green Bee-eater]], [[Eurasian Hoopoe\|Hoopoe]], [[Eurasian Wryneck\|Wryneck]], [[Dunn's Lark]], [[Bar-tailed Desert Lark]], [[Desert Lark]], [[Greater Hoopoe-Lark]], [[Thick-billed Lark]], [[Bimaculated Lark]], [[Greater Short-toed Lark]], [[Lesser Short-toed Lark]], [[Crested Lark]], [[Oriental Skylark]], [[Temminck's Horned Lark]], [[Sand Martin]], [[Rock Martin]], [[Eurasian Crag Martin]], [[Barn Swallow]], [[Red-rumped Swallow]], [[Northern House Martin\|House Martin]], [[Richard's Pipit]], [[Tawny Pipit]], [[Red-throated Pipit]], [[Black-headed Wagtail]], [[Citrine Wagtail]], [[Pied Wagtail]], [[Eurasian Robin]], [[Common Nightingale\|Nightingale]], [[Bluethroat]], [[Common Redstart]], [[Blackstart]], [[Siberian Stonechat]], [[Isabelline Wheatear]], [[Black-eared Wheatear]], [[Desert Wheatear]], [[Finsch's Wheatear]], [[Kurdistan Wheatear]], [[Mourning Wheatear]], [[Hooded Wheatear]], [[White-tailed Wheatear]], [[Blue Rock Thrush]], [[Streaked Scrub Warbler]], [[Graceful Warbler]], [[Eastern Olivaceous Warbler]], [[Spectacled Warbler]], [[Sardinian Warbler]], [[Cyprus Warbler]], [[Ruppell's Warbler]], [[Asian Desert Warbler]], [[Arabian Warbler]], [[Orphean Warbler]], [[Lesser Whitethroat]], [[Blackcap]], [[Eastern Bonelli's Warbler]], [[Common Chiffchaff]], [[Spotted Flycatcher]], [[Arabian Babbler]], [[Palestine Sunbird]], [[Southern Grey Shrike]], [[Woodchat Shrike]], [[Masked Shrike]], [[Brown-necked Raven]], [[Tristram's Starling]], [[House Sparrow]], [[Spanish Sparrow]], [[Dead Sea Sparrow]], [[Rock Sparrow]], [[Pale Rock Sparrow]], [[European Goldfinch\|Goldfinch]], [[Eurasian Linnet\|Linnet]], [[Desert Finch]], [[Trumpeter Finch]], [[Sinai Rosefinch]], [[Cinereous Bunting]], [[Cretzschmar's Bunting]]}}

	==Other Wildlife==		==Other Wildlife==

Wintibird at 09:49, 11 March 2011

2011-03-11T09:49:03Z

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	One of the most famous areas for migrants is known as Km40. There are date-palm plantations here and bushy areas good for passerine migrants including [[Cretzschmar's Bunting]] and a sewage farm and marshy pools with passage waders and ducks. [[Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse]] may come to drink at dusk. The surrounding desert has [[Hooded Wheatear]] and [[Isabelline Wheatear]]. To explore this area turn right off Route 90 shortly after the 40km marker-post.		One of the most famous areas for migrants is known as Km40. There are date-palm plantations here and bushy areas good for passerine migrants including [[Cretzschmar's Bunting]] and a sewage farm and marshy pools with passage waders and ducks. [[Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse]] may come to drink at dusk. The surrounding desert has [[Hooded Wheatear]] and [[Isabelline Wheatear]]. To explore this area turn right off Route 90 shortly after the 40km marker-post.

-	For larks and wheatears the area around the Km33 marker-post is undoubtedly the best in the WP. Although the birds present vary from year to year the range of larks possible here include [[Dunn's Lark]] and [[Thick-billed Lark]], [[Bimaculated Lark]], [[Desert Lark]] and [[Bar-tailed Desert Lark]], [[Greater Hoopoe-Lark]] and [[Temminck's Horned Lark]]. Wheatears recorded at Km33 include [[Desert Wheatear]], [[Mourning Wheatear]], [[Hooded Wheatear]] and [[Rufous-tailed Wheatear\|Red-tailed Wheatear]]. [[Tristram's Starling]], [[Asian Desert Warbler\|Desert Warbler]] and [[Desert Finch]] are also present.	+	For larks and wheatears the area around the Km33 marker-post is undoubtedly the best in the WP. Although the birds present vary from year to year the range of larks possible here include [[Dunn's Lark]] and [[Thick-billed Lark]], [[Bimaculated Lark]], [[Desert Lark]] and [[Bar-tailed Desert Lark]], [[Greater Hoopoe-Lark]] and [[Temminck's Horned Lark]]. Wheatears recorded at Km33 include [[Desert Wheatear]], [[Mourning Wheatear]], [[Hooded Wheatear]] and [[Kurdistan Wheatear]]. [[Tristram's Starling]], [[Asian Desert Warbler\|Desert Warbler]] and [[Desert Finch]] are also present.

	To find this superb area turn right off Route 90 just past the 33km marker-post, go past the red and white aerial and park at the pumping station. Continue on foot on the track that runs north-south. This area is currently under threat of cultivation and so birders may have to seek their desert birds elsewhere in the future.		To find this superb area turn right off Route 90 just past the 33km marker-post, go past the red and white aerial and park at the pumping station. Continue on foot on the track that runs north-south. This area is currently under threat of cultivation and so birders may have to seek their desert birds elsewhere in the future.
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	===Checklist===		===Checklist===
-	{{BirdsSee\|[[Little Grebe]], [[Purple Heron]], [[Common Teal]], [[Mallard]], [[Garganey]], [[Egyptian Vulture]], [[Western Marsh-Harrier\|Marsh Harrier]], [[Eurasian Sparrowhawk]], [[Lesser Spotted Eagle]], [[Steppe Eagle]], [[Eastern Imperial Eagle]], [[Osprey]], [[Lesser Kestrel]], [[Sooty Falcon]], [[Barbary Falcon]], [[Sand Partridge]], [[Common Moorhen\|Moorhen]], [[Eurasian Coot]], [[Cream-coloured Courser]], [[Spur-winged Plover]], [[White-tailed Plover]], [[Ruff]], [[Common Snipe]], [[Green Sandpiper]], [[Wood Sandpiper]], [[Black-headed Gull]], [[Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse]], [[Crowned Sandgrouse]], [[Eurasian Collared Dove\|Collared Dove]], [[Laughing Dove]], [[Common Swift]], [[Alpine Swift]], [[Common Kingfisher]], [[Little Green Bee-eater]], [[Eurasian Hoopoe\|Hoopoe]], [[Eurasian Wryneck\|Wryneck]], [[Dunn's Lark]], [[Bar-tailed Desert Lark]], [[Desert Lark]], [[Greater Hoopoe-Lark]], [[Thick-billed Lark]], [[Bimaculated Lark]], [[Greater Short-toed Lark]], [[Lesser Short-toed Lark]], [[Crested Lark]], [[Oriental Skylark]], [[Temminck's Horned Lark]], [[Sand Martin]], [[Rock Martin]], [[Eurasian Crag Martin]], [[Barn Swallow]], [[Red-rumped Swallow]], [[Northern House Martin\|House Martin]], [[Richard's Pipit]], [[Tawny Pipit]], [[Red-throated Pipit]], [[Black-headed Wagtail]], [[Citrine Wagtail]], [[Pied Wagtail]], [[Eurasian Robin]], [[Common Nightingale\|Nightingale]], [[Bluethroat]], [[Common Redstart]], [[Blackstart]], [[Common Stonechat]], [[Isabelline Wheatear]], [[Black-eared Wheatear]], [[Desert Wheatear]], [[Finsch's Wheatear]], [[Rufous-tailed or Kurdish Wheatear\|Red-tailed Wheatear]], [[Mourning Wheatear]], [[Hooded Wheatear]], [[White-tailed Wheatear]], [[Blue Rock Thrush]], [[Streaked Scrub Warbler]], [[Graceful Warbler]], [[Eastern Olivaceous Warbler]], [[Spectacled Warbler]], [[Sardinian Warbler]], [[Cyprus Warbler]], [[Ruppell's Warbler]], [[Asian Desert Warbler]], [[Arabian Warbler]], [[Orphean Warbler]], [[Lesser Whitethroat]], [[Blackcap]], [[Eastern Bonelli's Warbler]], [[Common Chiffchaff]], [[Spotted Flycatcher]], [[Arabian Babbler]], [[Palestine Sunbird]], [[Southern Grey Shrike]], [[Woodchat Shrike]], [[Masked Shrike]], [[Brown-necked Raven]], [[Tristram's Starling]], [[House Sparrow]], [[Spanish Sparrow]], [[Dead Sea Sparrow]], [[Rock Sparrow]], [[Pale Rock Sparrow]], [[European Goldfinch\|Goldfinch]], [[Eurasian Linnet\|Linnet]], [[Desert Finch]], [[Trumpeter Finch]], [[Sinai Rosefinch]], [[Cinereous Bunting]], [[Cretzschmar's Bunting]]}}	+	{{BirdsSee\|[[Little Grebe]], [[Purple Heron]], [[Common Teal]], [[Mallard]], [[Garganey]], [[Egyptian Vulture]], [[Western Marsh-Harrier\|Marsh Harrier]], [[Eurasian Sparrowhawk]], [[Lesser Spotted Eagle]], [[Steppe Eagle]], [[Eastern Imperial Eagle]], [[Osprey]], [[Lesser Kestrel]], [[Sooty Falcon]], [[Barbary Falcon]], [[Sand Partridge]], [[Common Moorhen\|Moorhen]], [[Eurasian Coot]], [[Cream-coloured Courser]], [[Spur-winged Plover]], [[White-tailed Plover]], [[Ruff]], [[Common Snipe]], [[Green Sandpiper]], [[Wood Sandpiper]], [[Black-headed Gull]], [[Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse]], [[Crowned Sandgrouse]], [[Eurasian Collared Dove\|Collared Dove]], [[Laughing Dove]], [[Common Swift]], [[Alpine Swift]], [[Common Kingfisher]], [[Little Green Bee-eater]], [[Eurasian Hoopoe\|Hoopoe]], [[Eurasian Wryneck\|Wryneck]], [[Dunn's Lark]], [[Bar-tailed Desert Lark]], [[Desert Lark]], [[Greater Hoopoe-Lark]], [[Thick-billed Lark]], [[Bimaculated Lark]], [[Greater Short-toed Lark]], [[Lesser Short-toed Lark]], [[Crested Lark]], [[Oriental Skylark]], [[Temminck's Horned Lark]], [[Sand Martin]], [[Rock Martin]], [[Eurasian Crag Martin]], [[Barn Swallow]], [[Red-rumped Swallow]], [[Northern House Martin\|House Martin]], [[Richard's Pipit]], [[Tawny Pipit]], [[Red-throated Pipit]], [[Black-headed Wagtail]], [[Citrine Wagtail]], [[Pied Wagtail]], [[Eurasian Robin]], [[Common Nightingale\|Nightingale]], [[Bluethroat]], [[Common Redstart]], [[Blackstart]], [[Common Stonechat]], [[Isabelline Wheatear]], [[Black-eared Wheatear]], [[Desert Wheatear]], [[Finsch's Wheatear]], [[Kurdistan Wheatear]], [[Mourning Wheatear]], [[Hooded Wheatear]], [[White-tailed Wheatear]], [[Blue Rock Thrush]], [[Streaked Scrub Warbler]], [[Graceful Warbler]], [[Eastern Olivaceous Warbler]], [[Spectacled Warbler]], [[Sardinian Warbler]], [[Cyprus Warbler]], [[Ruppell's Warbler]], [[Asian Desert Warbler]], [[Arabian Warbler]], [[Orphean Warbler]], [[Lesser Whitethroat]], [[Blackcap]], [[Eastern Bonelli's Warbler]], [[Common Chiffchaff]], [[Spotted Flycatcher]], [[Arabian Babbler]], [[Palestine Sunbird]], [[Southern Grey Shrike]], [[Woodchat Shrike]], [[Masked Shrike]], [[Brown-necked Raven]], [[Tristram's Starling]], [[House Sparrow]], [[Spanish Sparrow]], [[Dead Sea Sparrow]], [[Rock Sparrow]], [[Pale Rock Sparrow]], [[European Goldfinch\|Goldfinch]], [[Eurasian Linnet\|Linnet]], [[Desert Finch]], [[Trumpeter Finch]], [[Sinai Rosefinch]], [[Cinereous Bunting]], [[Cretzschmar's Bunting]]}}

	==Other Wildlife==		==Other Wildlife==

Deliatodd-18346: Incomplete Template added

2008-10-05T09:17:39Z

Incomplete Template added

←Older revision		Revision as of 09:17, 5 October 2008
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	==Overview==		==Overview==
	The Arava Valley covers the desert areas of southern [[Israel]] to the north of Eilat and can be explored from the Arava Highway. Larks are a speciality of Arava with numerous species present as well as several wheatears and the area attracts large numbers of migrants during passage periods. The Arava Valley was once a regular site for [[Lappet-faced Vulture]] but this is now an extremely rare bird in Israel and future records seem unlikely.		The Arava Valley covers the desert areas of southern [[Israel]] to the north of Eilat and can be explored from the Arava Highway. Larks are a speciality of Arava with numerous species present as well as several wheatears and the area attracts large numbers of migrants during passage periods. The Arava Valley was once a regular site for [[Lappet-faced Vulture]] but this is now an extremely rare bird in Israel and future records seem unlikely.
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Njlarsen at 03:00, 30 September 2008

2008-09-30T03:00:03Z

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	One of the most famous areas for migrants is known as Km40. There are date-palm plantations here and bushy areas good for passerine migrants including [[Cretzschmar's Bunting]] and a sewage farm and marshy pools with passage waders and ducks. [[Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse]] may come to drink at dusk. The surrounding desert has [[Hooded Wheatear]] and [[Isabelline Wheatear]]. To explore this area turn right off Route 90 shortly after the 40km marker-post.		One of the most famous areas for migrants is known as Km40. There are date-palm plantations here and bushy areas good for passerine migrants including [[Cretzschmar's Bunting]] and a sewage farm and marshy pools with passage waders and ducks. [[Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse]] may come to drink at dusk. The surrounding desert has [[Hooded Wheatear]] and [[Isabelline Wheatear]]. To explore this area turn right off Route 90 shortly after the 40km marker-post.

-	For larks and wheatears the area around the Km33 marker-post is undoubtedly the best in the WP. Although the birds present vary from year to year the range of larks possible here include [[Dunn's Lark]] and [[Thick-billed Lark]], [[Bimaculated Lark]], [[Desert Lark]] and [[Bar-tailed Desert Lark]], [[Greater Hoopoe Lark]] and [[Temminck's Horned Lark]]. Wheatears recorded at Km33 include [[Desert Wheatear]], [[Mourning Wheatear]], [[Hooded Wheatear]] and [[Rufous-tailed Wheatear\|Red-tailed Wheatear]]. [[Tristram's Starling]], [[Asian Desert Warbler\|Desert Warbler]] and [[Desert Finch]] are also present.	+	For larks and wheatears the area around the Km33 marker-post is undoubtedly the best in the WP. Although the birds present vary from year to year the range of larks possible here include [[Dunn's Lark]] and [[Thick-billed Lark]], [[Bimaculated Lark]], [[Desert Lark]] and [[Bar-tailed Desert Lark]], [[Greater Hoopoe-Lark]] and [[Temminck's Horned Lark]]. Wheatears recorded at Km33 include [[Desert Wheatear]], [[Mourning Wheatear]], [[Hooded Wheatear]] and [[Rufous-tailed Wheatear\|Red-tailed Wheatear]]. [[Tristram's Starling]], [[Asian Desert Warbler\|Desert Warbler]] and [[Desert Finch]] are also present.

	To find this superb area turn right off Route 90 just past the 33km marker-post, go past the red and white aerial and park at the pumping station. Continue on foot on the track that runs north-south. This area is currently under threat of cultivation and so birders may have to seek their desert birds elsewhere in the future.		To find this superb area turn right off Route 90 just past the 33km marker-post, go past the red and white aerial and park at the pumping station. Continue on foot on the track that runs north-south. This area is currently under threat of cultivation and so birders may have to seek their desert birds elsewhere in the future.
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	===Checklist===		===Checklist===
-	{{BirdsSee\|[[Little Grebe]], [[Purple Heron]], [[Common Teal]], [[Mallard]], [[Garganey]], [[Egyptian Vulture]], [[Western Marsh-Harrier\|Marsh Harrier]], [[Eurasian Sparrowhawk]], [[Lesser Spotted Eagle]], [[Steppe Eagle]], [[Eastern Imperial Eagle]], [[Osprey]], [[Lesser Kestrel]], [[Sooty Falcon]], [[Barbary Falcon]], [[Sand Partridge]], [[Common Moorhen\|Moorhen]], [[Eurasian Coot]], [[Cream-coloured Courser]], [[Spur-winged Plover]], [[White-tailed Plover]], [[Ruff]], [[Common Snipe]], [[Green Sandpiper]], [[Wood Sandpiper]], [[Black-headed Gull]], [[Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse]], [[Crowned Sandgrouse]], [[Eurasian Collared Dove\|Collared Dove]], [[Laughing Dove]], [[Common Swift]], [[Alpine Swift]], [[Common Kingfisher]], [[Little Green Bee-eater]], [[Eurasian Hoopoe\|Hoopoe]], [[Eurasian Wryneck\|Wryneck]], [[Dunn's Lark]], [[Bar-tailed Desert Lark]], [[Desert Lark]], [[Greater Hoopoe Lark]], [[Thick-billed Lark]], [[Bimaculated Lark]], [[Greater Short-toed Lark]], [[Lesser Short-toed Lark]], [[Crested Lark]], [[Oriental Skylark]], [[Temminck's Horned Lark]], [[Sand Martin]], [[Rock Martin]], [[Eurasian Crag Martin]], [[Barn Swallow]], [[Red-rumped Swallow]], [[Northern House Martin\|House Martin]], [[Richard's Pipit]], [[Tawny Pipit]], [[Red-throated Pipit]], [[Black-headed Wagtail]], [[Citrine Wagtail]], [[Pied Wagtail]], [[Eurasian Robin]], [[Common Nightingale\|Nightingale]], [[Bluethroat]], [[Common Redstart]], [[Blackstart]], [[Common Stonechat]], [[Isabelline Wheatear]], [[Black-eared Wheatear]], [[Desert Wheatear]], [[Finsch's Wheatear]], [[Rufous-tailed or Kurdish Wheatear\|Red-tailed Wheatear]], [[Mourning Wheatear]], [[Hooded Wheatear]], [[White-tailed Wheatear]], [[Blue Rock Thrush]], [[Streaked Scrub Warbler]], [[Graceful Warbler]], [[Eastern Olivaceous Warbler]], [[Spectacled Warbler]], [[Sardinian Warbler]], [[Cyprus Warbler]], [[Ruppell's Warbler]], [[Asian Desert Warbler]], [[Arabian Warbler]], [[Orphean Warbler]], [[Lesser Whitethroat]], [[Blackcap]], [[Eastern Bonelli's Warbler]], [[Common Chiffchaff]], [[Spotted Flycatcher]], [[Arabian Babbler]], [[Palestine Sunbird]], [[Southern Grey Shrike]], [[Woodchat Shrike]], [[Masked Shrike]], [[Brown-necked Raven]], [[Tristram's Starling]], [[House Sparrow]], [[Spanish Sparrow]], [[Dead Sea Sparrow]], [[Rock Sparrow]], [[Pale Rock Sparrow]], [[European Goldfinch\|Goldfinch]], [[Eurasian Linnet\|Linnet]], [[Desert Finch]], [[Trumpeter Finch]], [[Sinai Rosefinch]], [[Cinereous Bunting]], [[Cretzschmar's Bunting]]}}	+	{{BirdsSee\|[[Little Grebe]], [[Purple Heron]], [[Common Teal]], [[Mallard]], [[Garganey]], [[Egyptian Vulture]], [[Western Marsh-Harrier\|Marsh Harrier]], [[Eurasian Sparrowhawk]], [[Lesser Spotted Eagle]], [[Steppe Eagle]], [[Eastern Imperial Eagle]], [[Osprey]], [[Lesser Kestrel]], [[Sooty Falcon]], [[Barbary Falcon]], [[Sand Partridge]], [[Common Moorhen\|Moorhen]], [[Eurasian Coot]], [[Cream-coloured Courser]], [[Spur-winged Plover]], [[White-tailed Plover]], [[Ruff]], [[Common Snipe]], [[Green Sandpiper]], [[Wood Sandpiper]], [[Black-headed Gull]], [[Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse]], [[Crowned Sandgrouse]], [[Eurasian Collared Dove\|Collared Dove]], [[Laughing Dove]], [[Common Swift]], [[Alpine Swift]], [[Common Kingfisher]], [[Little Green Bee-eater]], [[Eurasian Hoopoe\|Hoopoe]], [[Eurasian Wryneck\|Wryneck]], [[Dunn's Lark]], [[Bar-tailed Desert Lark]], [[Desert Lark]], [[Greater Hoopoe-Lark]], [[Thick-billed Lark]], [[Bimaculated Lark]], [[Greater Short-toed Lark]], [[Lesser Short-toed Lark]], [[Crested Lark]], [[Oriental Skylark]], [[Temminck's Horned Lark]], [[Sand Martin]], [[Rock Martin]], [[Eurasian Crag Martin]], [[Barn Swallow]], [[Red-rumped Swallow]], [[Northern House Martin\|House Martin]], [[Richard's Pipit]], [[Tawny Pipit]], [[Red-throated Pipit]], [[Black-headed Wagtail]], [[Citrine Wagtail]], [[Pied Wagtail]], [[Eurasian Robin]], [[Common Nightingale\|Nightingale]], [[Bluethroat]], [[Common Redstart]], [[Blackstart]], [[Common Stonechat]], [[Isabelline Wheatear]], [[Black-eared Wheatear]], [[Desert Wheatear]], [[Finsch's Wheatear]], [[Rufous-tailed or Kurdish Wheatear\|Red-tailed Wheatear]], [[Mourning Wheatear]], [[Hooded Wheatear]], [[White-tailed Wheatear]], [[Blue Rock Thrush]], [[Streaked Scrub Warbler]], [[Graceful Warbler]], [[Eastern Olivaceous Warbler]], [[Spectacled Warbler]], [[Sardinian Warbler]], [[Cyprus Warbler]], [[Ruppell's Warbler]], [[Asian Desert Warbler]], [[Arabian Warbler]], [[Orphean Warbler]], [[Lesser Whitethroat]], [[Blackcap]], [[Eastern Bonelli's Warbler]], [[Common Chiffchaff]], [[Spotted Flycatcher]], [[Arabian Babbler]], [[Palestine Sunbird]], [[Southern Grey Shrike]], [[Woodchat Shrike]], [[Masked Shrike]], [[Brown-necked Raven]], [[Tristram's Starling]], [[House Sparrow]], [[Spanish Sparrow]], [[Dead Sea Sparrow]], [[Rock Sparrow]], [[Pale Rock Sparrow]], [[European Goldfinch\|Goldfinch]], [[Eurasian Linnet\|Linnet]], [[Desert Finch]], [[Trumpeter Finch]], [[Sinai Rosefinch]], [[Cinereous Bunting]], [[Cretzschmar's Bunting]]}}

	==Other Wildlife==		==Other Wildlife==

Jthoppes: stonechat

2007-10-26T23:41:06Z

stonechat

←Older revision		Revision as of 23:41, 26 October 2007
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	===Checklist===		===Checklist===
-	{{BirdsSee\|[[Little Grebe]], [[Purple Heron]], [[Common Teal]], [[Mallard]], [[Garganey]], [[Egyptian Vulture]], [[Western Marsh-Harrier\|Marsh Harrier]], [[Eurasian Sparrowhawk]], [[Lesser Spotted Eagle]], [[Steppe Eagle]], [[Eastern Imperial Eagle]], [[Osprey]], [[Lesser Kestrel]], [[Sooty Falcon]], [[Barbary Falcon]], [[Sand Partridge]], [[Common Moorhen\|Moorhen]], [[Eurasian Coot]], [[Cream-coloured Courser]], [[Spur-winged Plover]], [[White-tailed Plover]], [[Ruff]], [[Common Snipe]], [[Green Sandpiper]], [[Wood Sandpiper]], [[Black-headed Gull]], [[Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse]], [[Crowned Sandgrouse]], [[Eurasian Collared Dove\|Collared Dove]], [[Laughing Dove]], [[Common Swift]], [[Alpine Swift]], [[Common Kingfisher]], [[Little Green Bee-eater]], [[Eurasian Hoopoe\|Hoopoe]], [[Eurasian Wryneck\|Wryneck]], [[Dunn's Lark]], [[Bar-tailed Desert Lark]], [[Desert Lark]], [[Greater Hoopoe Lark]], [[Thick-billed Lark]], [[Bimaculated Lark]], [[Greater Short-toed Lark]], [[Lesser Short-toed Lark]], [[Crested Lark]], [[Oriental Skylark]], [[Temminck's Horned Lark]], [[Sand Martin]], [[Rock Martin]], [[Eurasian Crag Martin]], [[Barn Swallow]], [[Red-rumped Swallow]], [[Northern House Martin\|House Martin]], [[Richard's Pipit]], [[Tawny Pipit]], [[Red-throated Pipit]], [[Black-headed Wagtail]], [[Citrine Wagtail]], [[Pied Wagtail]], [[Eurasian Robin]], [[Common Nightingale\|Nightingale]], [[Bluethroat]], [[Common Redstart]], [[Blackstart]], [[Stonechat]], [[Isabelline Wheatear]], [[Black-eared Wheatear]], [[Desert Wheatear]], [[Finsch's Wheatear]], [[Rufous-tailed or Kurdish Wheatear\|Red-tailed Wheatear]], [[Mourning Wheatear]], [[Hooded Wheatear]], [[White-tailed Wheatear]], [[Blue Rock Thrush]], [[Streaked Scrub Warbler]], [[Graceful Warbler]], [[Eastern Olivaceous Warbler]], [[Spectacled Warbler]], [[Sardinian Warbler]], [[Cyprus Warbler]], [[Ruppell's Warbler]], [[Asian Desert Warbler]], [[Arabian Warbler]], [[Orphean Warbler]], [[Lesser Whitethroat]], [[Blackcap]], [[Eastern Bonelli's Warbler]], [[Common Chiffchaff]], [[Spotted Flycatcher]], [[Arabian Babbler]], [[Palestine Sunbird]], [[Southern Grey Shrike]], [[Woodchat Shrike]], [[Masked Shrike]], [[Brown-necked Raven]], [[Tristram's Starling]], [[House Sparrow]], [[Spanish Sparrow]], [[Dead Sea Sparrow]], [[Rock Sparrow]], [[Pale Rock Sparrow]], [[European Goldfinch\|Goldfinch]], [[Eurasian Linnet\|Linnet]], [[Desert Finch]], [[Trumpeter Finch]], [[Sinai Rosefinch]], [[Cinereous Bunting]], [[Cretzschmar's Bunting]]}}	+	{{BirdsSee\|[[Little Grebe]], [[Purple Heron]], [[Common Teal]], [[Mallard]], [[Garganey]], [[Egyptian Vulture]], [[Western Marsh-Harrier\|Marsh Harrier]], [[Eurasian Sparrowhawk]], [[Lesser Spotted Eagle]], [[Steppe Eagle]], [[Eastern Imperial Eagle]], [[Osprey]], [[Lesser Kestrel]], [[Sooty Falcon]], [[Barbary Falcon]], [[Sand Partridge]], [[Common Moorhen\|Moorhen]], [[Eurasian Coot]], [[Cream-coloured Courser]], [[Spur-winged Plover]], [[White-tailed Plover]], [[Ruff]], [[Common Snipe]], [[Green Sandpiper]], [[Wood Sandpiper]], [[Black-headed Gull]], [[Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse]], [[Crowned Sandgrouse]], [[Eurasian Collared Dove\|Collared Dove]], [[Laughing Dove]], [[Common Swift]], [[Alpine Swift]], [[Common Kingfisher]], [[Little Green Bee-eater]], [[Eurasian Hoopoe\|Hoopoe]], [[Eurasian Wryneck\|Wryneck]], [[Dunn's Lark]], [[Bar-tailed Desert Lark]], [[Desert Lark]], [[Greater Hoopoe Lark]], [[Thick-billed Lark]], [[Bimaculated Lark]], [[Greater Short-toed Lark]], [[Lesser Short-toed Lark]], [[Crested Lark]], [[Oriental Skylark]], [[Temminck's Horned Lark]], [[Sand Martin]], [[Rock Martin]], [[Eurasian Crag Martin]], [[Barn Swallow]], [[Red-rumped Swallow]], [[Northern House Martin\|House Martin]], [[Richard's Pipit]], [[Tawny Pipit]], [[Red-throated Pipit]], [[Black-headed Wagtail]], [[Citrine Wagtail]], [[Pied Wagtail]], [[Eurasian Robin]], [[Common Nightingale\|Nightingale]], [[Bluethroat]], [[Common Redstart]], [[Blackstart]], [[Common Stonechat]], [[Isabelline Wheatear]], [[Black-eared Wheatear]], [[Desert Wheatear]], [[Finsch's Wheatear]], [[Rufous-tailed or Kurdish Wheatear\|Red-tailed Wheatear]], [[Mourning Wheatear]], [[Hooded Wheatear]], [[White-tailed Wheatear]], [[Blue Rock Thrush]], [[Streaked Scrub Warbler]], [[Graceful Warbler]], [[Eastern Olivaceous Warbler]], [[Spectacled Warbler]], [[Sardinian Warbler]], [[Cyprus Warbler]], [[Ruppell's Warbler]], [[Asian Desert Warbler]], [[Arabian Warbler]], [[Orphean Warbler]], [[Lesser Whitethroat]], [[Blackcap]], [[Eastern Bonelli's Warbler]], [[Common Chiffchaff]], [[Spotted Flycatcher]], [[Arabian Babbler]], [[Palestine Sunbird]], [[Southern Grey Shrike]], [[Woodchat Shrike]], [[Masked Shrike]], [[Brown-necked Raven]], [[Tristram's Starling]], [[House Sparrow]], [[Spanish Sparrow]], [[Dead Sea Sparrow]], [[Rock Sparrow]], [[Pale Rock Sparrow]], [[European Goldfinch\|Goldfinch]], [[Eurasian Linnet\|Linnet]], [[Desert Finch]], [[Trumpeter Finch]], [[Sinai Rosefinch]], [[Cinereous Bunting]], [[Cretzschmar's Bunting]]}}

	==Other Wildlife==		==Other Wildlife==

Jthoppes: specify desert warbler, fix link to wheatear of a thousand names

2007-10-14T06:27:25Z

specify desert warbler, fix link to wheatear of a thousand names

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	One of the most famous areas for migrants is known as Km40. There are date-palm plantations here and bushy areas good for passerine migrants including [[Cretzschmar's Bunting]] and a sewage farm and marshy pools with passage waders and ducks. [[Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse]] may come to drink at dusk. The surrounding desert has [[Hooded Wheatear]] and [[Isabelline Wheatear]]. To explore this area turn right off Route 90 shortly after the 40km marker-post.		One of the most famous areas for migrants is known as Km40. There are date-palm plantations here and bushy areas good for passerine migrants including [[Cretzschmar's Bunting]] and a sewage farm and marshy pools with passage waders and ducks. [[Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse]] may come to drink at dusk. The surrounding desert has [[Hooded Wheatear]] and [[Isabelline Wheatear]]. To explore this area turn right off Route 90 shortly after the 40km marker-post.

-	For larks and wheatears the area around the Km33 marker-post is undoubtedly the best in the WP. Although the birds present vary from year to year the range of larks possible here include [[Dunn's Lark]] and [[Thick-billed Lark]], [[Bimaculated Lark]], [[Desert Lark]] and [[Bar-tailed Desert Lark]], [[Greater Hoopoe Lark]] and [[Temminck's Horned Lark]]. Wheatears recorded at Km33 include [[Desert Wheatear]], [[Mourning Wheatear]], [[Hooded Wheatear]] and [[Rufous-tailed or Kurdish Wheatear\|Red-tailed Wheatear]]. [[Tristram's Starling]], [[Desert Warbler]] and [[Desert Finch]] are also present.	+	For larks and wheatears the area around the Km33 marker-post is undoubtedly the best in the WP. Although the birds present vary from year to year the range of larks possible here include [[Dunn's Lark]] and [[Thick-billed Lark]], [[Bimaculated Lark]], [[Desert Lark]] and [[Bar-tailed Desert Lark]], [[Greater Hoopoe Lark]] and [[Temminck's Horned Lark]]. Wheatears recorded at Km33 include [[Desert Wheatear]], [[Mourning Wheatear]], [[Hooded Wheatear]] and [[Rufous-tailed Wheatear\|Red-tailed Wheatear]]. [[Tristram's Starling]], [[Asian Desert Warbler\|Desert Warbler]] and [[Desert Finch]] are also present.

	To find this superb area turn right off Route 90 just past the 33km marker-post, go past the red and white aerial and park at the pumping station. Continue on foot on the track that runs north-south. This area is currently under threat of cultivation and so birders may have to seek their desert birds elsewhere in the future.		To find this superb area turn right off Route 90 just past the 33km marker-post, go past the red and white aerial and park at the pumping station. Continue on foot on the track that runs north-south. This area is currently under threat of cultivation and so birders may have to seek their desert birds elsewhere in the future.
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	===Checklist===		===Checklist===
-	{{BirdsSee\|[[Little Grebe]], [[Purple Heron]], [[Common Teal]], [[Mallard]], [[Garganey]], [[Egyptian Vulture]], [[Western Marsh-Harrier\|Marsh Harrier]], [[Eurasian Sparrowhawk]], [[Lesser Spotted Eagle]], [[Steppe Eagle]], [[Eastern Imperial Eagle]], [[Osprey]], [[Lesser Kestrel]], [[Sooty Falcon]], [[Barbary Falcon]], [[Sand Partridge]], [[Common Moorhen\|Moorhen]], [[Eurasian Coot]], [[Cream-coloured Courser]], [[Spur-winged Plover]], [[White-tailed Plover]], [[Ruff]], [[Common Snipe]], [[Green Sandpiper]], [[Wood Sandpiper]], [[Black-headed Gull]], [[Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse]], [[Crowned Sandgrouse]], [[Eurasian Collared Dove\|Collared Dove]], [[Laughing Dove]], [[Common Swift]], [[Alpine Swift]], [[Common Kingfisher]], [[Little Green Bee-eater]], [[Eurasian Hoopoe\|Hoopoe]], [[Eurasian Wryneck\|Wryneck]], [[Dunn's Lark]], [[Bar-tailed Desert Lark]], [[Desert Lark]], [[Greater Hoopoe Lark]], [[Thick-billed Lark]], [[Bimaculated Lark]], [[Greater Short-toed Lark]], [[Lesser Short-toed Lark]], [[Crested Lark]], [[Oriental Skylark]], [[Temminck's Horned Lark]], [[Sand Martin]], [[Rock Martin]], [[Eurasian Crag Martin]], [[Barn Swallow]], [[Red-rumped Swallow]], [[Northern House Martin\|House Martin]], [[Richard's Pipit]], [[Tawny Pipit]], [[Red-throated Pipit]], [[Black-headed Wagtail]], [[Citrine Wagtail]], [[Pied Wagtail]], [[Eurasian Robin]], [[Common Nightingale\|Nightingale]], [[Bluethroat]], [[Common Redstart]], [[Blackstart]], [[Stonechat]], [[Isabelline Wheatear]], [[Black-eared Wheatear]], [[Desert Wheatear]], [[Finsch's Wheatear]], [[Rufous-tailed or Kurdish Wheatear\|Red-tailed Wheatear]], [[Mourning Wheatear]], [[Hooded Wheatear]], [[White-tailed Wheatear]], [[Blue Rock Thrush]], [[Streaked Scrub Warbler]], [[Graceful Warbler]], [[Eastern Olivaceous Warbler]], [[Spectacled Warbler]], [[Sardinian Warbler]], [[Cyprus Warbler]], [[Ruppell's Warbler]], [[Desert Warbler]], [[Arabian Warbler]], [[Orphean Warbler]], [[Lesser Whitethroat]], [[Blackcap]], [[Eastern Bonelli's Warbler]], [[Common Chiffchaff]], [[Spotted Flycatcher]], [[Arabian Babbler]], [[Palestine Sunbird]], [[Southern Grey Shrike]], [[Woodchat Shrike]], [[Masked Shrike]], [[Brown-necked Raven]], [[Tristram's Starling]], [[House Sparrow]], [[Spanish Sparrow]], [[Dead Sea Sparrow]], [[Rock Sparrow]], [[Pale Rock Sparrow]], [[European Goldfinch\|Goldfinch]], [[Eurasian Linnet\|Linnet]], [[Desert Finch]], [[Trumpeter Finch]], [[Sinai Rosefinch]], [[Cinereous Bunting]], [[Cretzschmar's Bunting]]}}	+	{{BirdsSee\|[[Little Grebe]], [[Purple Heron]], [[Common Teal]], [[Mallard]], [[Garganey]], [[Egyptian Vulture]], [[Western Marsh-Harrier\|Marsh Harrier]], [[Eurasian Sparrowhawk]], [[Lesser Spotted Eagle]], [[Steppe Eagle]], [[Eastern Imperial Eagle]], [[Osprey]], [[Lesser Kestrel]], [[Sooty Falcon]], [[Barbary Falcon]], [[Sand Partridge]], [[Common Moorhen\|Moorhen]], [[Eurasian Coot]], [[Cream-coloured Courser]], [[Spur-winged Plover]], [[White-tailed Plover]], [[Ruff]], [[Common Snipe]], [[Green Sandpiper]], [[Wood Sandpiper]], [[Black-headed Gull]], [[Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse]], [[Crowned Sandgrouse]], [[Eurasian Collared Dove\|Collared Dove]], [[Laughing Dove]], [[Common Swift]], [[Alpine Swift]], [[Common Kingfisher]], [[Little Green Bee-eater]], [[Eurasian Hoopoe\|Hoopoe]], [[Eurasian Wryneck\|Wryneck]], [[Dunn's Lark]], [[Bar-tailed Desert Lark]], [[Desert Lark]], [[Greater Hoopoe Lark]], [[Thick-billed Lark]], [[Bimaculated Lark]], [[Greater Short-toed Lark]], [[Lesser Short-toed Lark]], [[Crested Lark]], [[Oriental Skylark]], [[Temminck's Horned Lark]], [[Sand Martin]], [[Rock Martin]], [[Eurasian Crag Martin]], [[Barn Swallow]], [[Red-rumped Swallow]], [[Northern House Martin\|House Martin]], [[Richard's Pipit]], [[Tawny Pipit]], [[Red-throated Pipit]], [[Black-headed Wagtail]], [[Citrine Wagtail]], [[Pied Wagtail]], [[Eurasian Robin]], [[Common Nightingale\|Nightingale]], [[Bluethroat]], [[Common Redstart]], [[Blackstart]], [[Stonechat]], [[Isabelline Wheatear]], [[Black-eared Wheatear]], [[Desert Wheatear]], [[Finsch's Wheatear]], [[Rufous-tailed or Kurdish Wheatear\|Red-tailed Wheatear]], [[Mourning Wheatear]], [[Hooded Wheatear]], [[White-tailed Wheatear]], [[Blue Rock Thrush]], [[Streaked Scrub Warbler]], [[Graceful Warbler]], [[Eastern Olivaceous Warbler]], [[Spectacled Warbler]], [[Sardinian Warbler]], [[Cyprus Warbler]], [[Ruppell's Warbler]], [[Asian Desert Warbler]], [[Arabian Warbler]], [[Orphean Warbler]], [[Lesser Whitethroat]], [[Blackcap]], [[Eastern Bonelli's Warbler]], [[Common Chiffchaff]], [[Spotted Flycatcher]], [[Arabian Babbler]], [[Palestine Sunbird]], [[Southern Grey Shrike]], [[Woodchat Shrike]], [[Masked Shrike]], [[Brown-necked Raven]], [[Tristram's Starling]], [[House Sparrow]], [[Spanish Sparrow]], [[Dead Sea Sparrow]], [[Rock Sparrow]], [[Pale Rock Sparrow]], [[European Goldfinch\|Goldfinch]], [[Eurasian Linnet\|Linnet]], [[Desert Finch]], [[Trumpeter Finch]], [[Sinai Rosefinch]], [[Cinereous Bunting]], [[Cretzschmar's Bunting]]}}

	==Other Wildlife==		==Other Wildlife==

Jthoppes: categories

2007-10-12T22:16:08Z

Jthoppes: Arava Valley Israel moved to Arava Valley: title format

2007-09-06T23:51:40Z

Arava Valley Israel moved to Arava Valley: title format

←Older revision

Revision as of 23:51, 6 September 2007

Deliatodd-18346 at 15:39, 31 August 2007

2007-08-31T15:39:55Z

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	==Birds==		==Birds==
	===Notable Species===		===Notable Species===
-	Yotvata is about 40km north of Eilat on Route 90, the Arava Highway, and an excellent area of cultivated land that attracts an astounding number of migrants and has a good selection of resident species. One area worth checking is on the west of Route 90 opposite the 50km marker-post. [[Arabian Warbler]] and wintering [[Cyprus Warbler]] can be seen here and [[Barbary Falcon]] is possible over the nearby hills. Some of the best areas can be found by turning right off Route 90 at Yotvata petrol station. This road leads to kibbutz fields with large numbers of pipits, wagtails and other migrants. There is also a sewage farm where the [[Spanish Sparrow]] are worth checking for [[Dead Sea Sparrow]], once regular here as were various waders including [[White-tailed Plover]]. The acacia trees and bushes around Ye'elim Holiday Village are well-known as a regular spot for [[Arabian Warbler]] as well as [[Masked Shrike]], [[Palestine Sunbird]] and [[Arabian Babbler]]. A track to the right at the 53km marker-post to the north of Yotvata kibbutz leads to more fields with migrant passerines including [[Spectacled Warbler]] and [[Oriental Skylark]], and possible pratincoles, courser and even [[Houbara Bustard]]. Still further north at a sewage farm near Shizzafon on the Beer Sheva road, sewage farm has [[Crowned Sandgrouse]] visiting to drink in the mornings although their appearance cannot be guaranteed. Other birds found in this area include [[Sand Partridge]], [[Hooded Wheatear]] and [[White-tailed Wheatear]].	+	====Yotvata====
		+	Yotvata is about 40km north of Eilat on Route 90, the Arava Highway, and an excellent area of cultivated land that attracts an astounding number of migrants and has a good selection of resident species.
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		+	One area worth checking is on the west of Route 90 opposite the 50km marker-post. [[Arabian Warbler]] and wintering [[Cyprus Warbler]] can be seen here and [[Barbary Falcon]] is possible over the nearby hills.
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		+	Some of the best areas can be found by turning right off Route 90 at Yotvata petrol station. This road leads to kibbutz fields with large numbers of pipits, wagtails and other migrants. There is also a sewage farm where the [[Spanish Sparrow]] are worth checking for [[Dead Sea Sparrow]], once regular here as were various waders including [[White-tailed Plover]].
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		+	The acacia trees and bushes around Ye'elim Holiday Village are well-known as a regular spot for [[Arabian Warbler]] as well as [[Masked Shrike]], [[Palestine Sunbird]] and [[Arabian Babbler]].
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		+	A track to the right at the 53km marker-post to the north of Yotvata kibbutz leads to more fields with migrant passerines including [[Spectacled Warbler]] and [[Oriental Skylark]], and possible pratincoles, courser and even [[Houbara Bustard]].
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		+	Still further north at a sewage farm near Shizzafon on the Beer Sheva road, sewage farm has [[Crowned Sandgrouse]] visiting to drink in the mornings although their appearance cannot be guaranteed. Other birds found in this area include [[Sand Partridge]], [[Hooded Wheatear]] and [[White-tailed Wheatear]].

	One of the most famous areas for migrants is known as Km40. There are date-palm plantations here and bushy areas good for passerine migrants including [[Cretzschmar's Bunting]] and a sewage farm and marshy pools with passage waders and ducks. [[Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse]] may come to drink at dusk. The surrounding desert has [[Hooded Wheatear]] and [[Isabelline Wheatear]]. To explore this area turn right off Route 90 shortly after the 40km marker-post.		One of the most famous areas for migrants is known as Km40. There are date-palm plantations here and bushy areas good for passerine migrants including [[Cretzschmar's Bunting]] and a sewage farm and marshy pools with passage waders and ducks. [[Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse]] may come to drink at dusk. The surrounding desert has [[Hooded Wheatear]] and [[Isabelline Wheatear]]. To explore this area turn right off Route 90 shortly after the 40km marker-post.

-	For larks and wheatears the area around the Km33 marker-post is undoubtedly the best in the WP. Although the birds present vary from year to year the range of larks possible here include [[Dunn's Lark]] and [[Thick-billed Lark]], [[Bimaculated Lark]], [[Desert Lark]] and [[Bar-tailed Desert Lark]], [[Greater Hoopoe Lark]] and [[Temminck's Horned Lark]]. Wheatears recorded at Km33 include [[Desert Wheatear]], [[Mourning Wheatear]], [[Hooded Wheatear]] and [[Rufous-tailed or Kurdish Wheatear\|Red-tailed Wheatear]]. [[Tristram's Starling]], [[Desert Warbler]] and [[Desert Finch]] are also present. To find this superb area turn right off Route 90 just past the 33km marker-post, go past the red and white aerial and park at the pumping station. Continue on foot on the track that runs north-south. This area is currently under threat of cultivation and so birders may have to seek their desert birds elsewhere in the future.	+	For larks and wheatears the area around the Km33 marker-post is undoubtedly the best in the WP. Although the birds present vary from year to year the range of larks possible here include [[Dunn's Lark]] and [[Thick-billed Lark]], [[Bimaculated Lark]], [[Desert Lark]] and [[Bar-tailed Desert Lark]], [[Greater Hoopoe Lark]] and [[Temminck's Horned Lark]]. Wheatears recorded at Km33 include [[Desert Wheatear]], [[Mourning Wheatear]], [[Hooded Wheatear]] and [[Rufous-tailed or Kurdish Wheatear\|Red-tailed Wheatear]]. [[Tristram's Starling]], [[Desert Warbler]] and [[Desert Finch]] are also present.
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		+	To find this superb area turn right off Route 90 just past the 33km marker-post, go past the red and white aerial and park at the pumping station. Continue on foot on the track that runs north-south. This area is currently under threat of cultivation and so birders may have to seek their desert birds elsewhere in the future.

		+	====Timna Valley====
	The Timna Valley is signposted to the left from Route 90 between Km33 and Km40. The impressive rocks here are a popular tourist attraction but for birders there is the opportunity to see various desert species such as [[White-tailed Wheatear]] and [[Streaked Scrub Warbler]] but also the very local [[Sooty Falcon]]. These birds breed here and can be seen until early October.		The Timna Valley is signposted to the left from Route 90 between Km33 and Km40. The impressive rocks here are a popular tourist attraction but for birders there is the opportunity to see various desert species such as [[White-tailed Wheatear]] and [[Streaked Scrub Warbler]] but also the very local [[Sooty Falcon]]. These birds breed here and can be seen until early October.

		+	====Amram's Pillars====
	Amram's Pillars also has rock formations that attract tourists but for birders there is a range of desert-loving species including [[Sand Partridge]], [[Brown-necked Raven]] and [[White-tailed Wheatear]], and this is a regular site for wintering [[Sinai Rosefinch]].		Amram's Pillars also has rock formations that attract tourists but for birders there is a range of desert-loving species including [[Sand Partridge]], [[Brown-necked Raven]] and [[White-tailed Wheatear]], and this is a regular site for wintering [[Sinai Rosefinch]].

	===Checklist===		===Checklist===
-	{{BirdsSee\|[[Little Grebe]], [[Purple Heron]], [[Common Teal]], [[Mallard]], [[Garganey]], [[Egyptian Vulture]], [[Marsh Harrier]], [[Eurasian Sparrowhawk]], [[Lesser Spotted Eagle]], [[Steppe Eagle]], [[Eastern Imperial Eagle]], [[Osprey]], [[Lesser Kestrel]], [[Sooty Falcon]], [[Barbary Falcon]], [[Sand Partridge]], [[Moorhen]], [[Eurasian Coot]], [[Cream-coloured Courser]], [[Spur-winged Plover]], [[White-tailed Plover]], [[Ruff]], [[Common Snipe]], [[Green Sandpiper]], [[Wood Sandpiper]], [[Black-headed Gull]], [[Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse]], [[Crowned Sandgrouse]], [[Collared Dove]], [[Laughing Dove]], [[Common Swift]], [[Alpine Swift]], [[Common Kingfisher]], [[Little Green Bee-eater]], [[Hoopoe]], [[Wryneck]], [[Dunn's Lark]], [[Bar-tailed Desert Lark]], [[Desert Lark]], [[Greater Hoopoe Lark]], [[Thick-billed Lark]], [[Bimaculated Lark]], [[Greater Short-toed Lark]], [[Lesser Short-toed Lark]], [[Crested Lark]], [[Oriental Skylark]], [[Temminck's Horned Lark]], [[Sand Martin]], [[Rock Martin]], [[Eurasian Crag Martin]], [[Barn Swallow]], [[Red-rumped Swallow]], [[House Martin]], [[Richard's Pipit]], [[Tawny Pipit]], [[Red-throated Pipit]], [[Black-headed Wagtail]], [[Citrine Wagtail]], [[Pied Wagtail]], [[Eurasian Robin]], [[Nightingale]], [[Bluethroat]], [[Common Redstart]], [[Blackstart]], [[Stonechat]], [[Isabelline Wheatear]], [[Black-eared Wheatear]], [[Desert Wheatear]], [[Finsch's Wheatear]], [[Rufous-tailed or Kurdish Wheatear\|Red-tailed Wheatear]], [[Mourning Wheatear]], [[Hooded Wheatear]], [[White-tailed Wheatear]], [[Blue Rock Thrush]], [[Streaked Scrub Warbler]], [[Graceful Warbler]], [[Eastern Olivaceous Warbler]], [[Spectacled Warbler]], [[Sardinian Warbler]], [[Cyprus Warbler]], [[Ruppell's Warbler]], [[Desert Warbler]], [[Arabian Warbler]], [[Orphean Warbler]], [[Lesser Whitethroat]], [[Blackcap]], [[Eastern Bonelli's Warbler]], [[Common Chiffchaff]], [[Spotted Flycatcher]], [[Arabian Babbler]], [[Palestine Sunbird]], [[Southern Grey Shrike]], [[Woodchat Shrike]], [[Masked Shrike]], [[Brown-necked Raven]], [[Tristram's Starling]], [[House Sparrow]], [[Spanish Sparrow]], [[Dead Sea Sparrow]], [[Rock Sparrow]], [[Pale Rock Sparrow]], [[Goldfinch]], [[Linnet]], [[Desert Finch]], [[Trumpeter Finch]], [[Sinai Rosefinch]], [[Cinereous Bunting]], [[Cretzschmar's Bunting]]}}	+	{{BirdsSee\|[[Little Grebe]], [[Purple Heron]], [[Common Teal]], [[Mallard]], [[Garganey]], [[Egyptian Vulture]], [[Western Marsh-Harrier\|Marsh Harrier]], [[Eurasian Sparrowhawk]], [[Lesser Spotted Eagle]], [[Steppe Eagle]], [[Eastern Imperial Eagle]], [[Osprey]], [[Lesser Kestrel]], [[Sooty Falcon]], [[Barbary Falcon]], [[Sand Partridge]], [[Common Moorhen\|Moorhen]], [[Eurasian Coot]], [[Cream-coloured Courser]], [[Spur-winged Plover]], [[White-tailed Plover]], [[Ruff]], [[Common Snipe]], [[Green Sandpiper]], [[Wood Sandpiper]], [[Black-headed Gull]], [[Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse]], [[Crowned Sandgrouse]], [[Eurasian Collared Dove\|Collared Dove]], [[Laughing Dove]], [[Common Swift]], [[Alpine Swift]], [[Common Kingfisher]], [[Little Green Bee-eater]], [[Eurasian Hoopoe\|Hoopoe]], [[Eurasian Wryneck\|Wryneck]], [[Dunn's Lark]], [[Bar-tailed Desert Lark]], [[Desert Lark]], [[Greater Hoopoe Lark]], [[Thick-billed Lark]], [[Bimaculated Lark]], [[Greater Short-toed Lark]], [[Lesser Short-toed Lark]], [[Crested Lark]], [[Oriental Skylark]], [[Temminck's Horned Lark]], [[Sand Martin]], [[Rock Martin]], [[Eurasian Crag Martin]], [[Barn Swallow]], [[Red-rumped Swallow]], [[Northern House Martin\|House Martin]], [[Richard's Pipit]], [[Tawny Pipit]], [[Red-throated Pipit]], [[Black-headed Wagtail]], [[Citrine Wagtail]], [[Pied Wagtail]], [[Eurasian Robin]], [[Common Nightingale\|Nightingale]], [[Bluethroat]], [[Common Redstart]], [[Blackstart]], [[Stonechat]], [[Isabelline Wheatear]], [[Black-eared Wheatear]], [[Desert Wheatear]], [[Finsch's Wheatear]], [[Rufous-tailed or Kurdish Wheatear\|Red-tailed Wheatear]], [[Mourning Wheatear]], [[Hooded Wheatear]], [[White-tailed Wheatear]], [[Blue Rock Thrush]], [[Streaked Scrub Warbler]], [[Graceful Warbler]], [[Eastern Olivaceous Warbler]], [[Spectacled Warbler]], [[Sardinian Warbler]], [[Cyprus Warbler]], [[Ruppell's Warbler]], [[Desert Warbler]], [[Arabian Warbler]], [[Orphean Warbler]], [[Lesser Whitethroat]], [[Blackcap]], [[Eastern Bonelli's Warbler]], [[Common Chiffchaff]], [[Spotted Flycatcher]], [[Arabian Babbler]], [[Palestine Sunbird]], [[Southern Grey Shrike]], [[Woodchat Shrike]], [[Masked Shrike]], [[Brown-necked Raven]], [[Tristram's Starling]], [[House Sparrow]], [[Spanish Sparrow]], [[Dead Sea Sparrow]], [[Rock Sparrow]], [[Pale Rock Sparrow]], [[European Goldfinch\|Goldfinch]], [[Eurasian Linnet\|Linnet]], [[Desert Finch]], [[Trumpeter Finch]], [[Sinai Rosefinch]], [[Cinereous Bunting]], [[Cretzschmar's Bunting]]}}

	==Other Wildlife==		==Other Wildlife==
-	Dorcas Gazelle Gazella dorcas is common in the Arava Valley and can be seen at Amram's Pillars.	+	[[Dorcas Gazelle]] Gazella dorcas is common in the Arava Valley and can be seen at Amram's Pillars.

	==Site Information==		==Site Information==

Deliatodd-18346 at 20:59, 21 August 2007

2007-08-21T20:59:08Z

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	One of the most famous areas for migrants is known as Km40. There are date-palm plantations here and bushy areas good for passerine migrants including [[Cretzschmar's Bunting]] and a sewage farm and marshy pools with passage waders and ducks. [[Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse]] may come to drink at dusk. The surrounding desert has [[Hooded Wheatear]] and [[Isabelline Wheatear]]. To explore this area turn right off Route 90 shortly after the 40km marker-post.		One of the most famous areas for migrants is known as Km40. There are date-palm plantations here and bushy areas good for passerine migrants including [[Cretzschmar's Bunting]] and a sewage farm and marshy pools with passage waders and ducks. [[Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse]] may come to drink at dusk. The surrounding desert has [[Hooded Wheatear]] and [[Isabelline Wheatear]]. To explore this area turn right off Route 90 shortly after the 40km marker-post.

-	For larks and wheatears the area around the Km33 marker-post is undoubtedly the best in the WP. Although the birds present vary from year to year the range of larks possible here include [[Dunn's Lark]] and [[Thick-billed Lark]], [[Bimaculated Lark]], [[Desert Lark]] and [[Bar-tailed Desert Lark]], [[Hoopoe Lark]] and [[Temminck's Horned Lark]]. Wheatears recorded at Km33 include [[Desert Wheatear]], [[Mourning Wheatear]], [[Hooded Wheatear]] and [[Red-tailed Wheatear]]. [[Tristram's Starling]], [[Desert Warbler]] and [[Desert Finch]] are also present. To find this superb area turn right off Route 90 just past the 33km marker-post, go past the red and white aerial and park at the pumping station. Continue on foot on the track that runs north-south. This area is currently under threat of cultivation and so birders may have to seek their desert birds elsewhere in the future.	+	For larks and wheatears the area around the Km33 marker-post is undoubtedly the best in the WP. Although the birds present vary from year to year the range of larks possible here include [[Dunn's Lark]] and [[Thick-billed Lark]], [[Bimaculated Lark]], [[Desert Lark]] and [[Bar-tailed Desert Lark]], [[Greater Hoopoe Lark]] and [[Temminck's Horned Lark]]. Wheatears recorded at Km33 include [[Desert Wheatear]], [[Mourning Wheatear]], [[Hooded Wheatear]] and [[Rufous-tailed or Kurdish Wheatear\|Red-tailed Wheatear]]. [[Tristram's Starling]], [[Desert Warbler]] and [[Desert Finch]] are also present. To find this superb area turn right off Route 90 just past the 33km marker-post, go past the red and white aerial and park at the pumping station. Continue on foot on the track that runs north-south. This area is currently under threat of cultivation and so birders may have to seek their desert birds elsewhere in the future.

-	The Timna Valley is signposted to the left from Route 90 between Km33 and Km40. The impressive rocks here are a popular tourist attraction but for birders there is the opportunity to see various desert species such as [[White-tailed Wheatear]] and [[Scrub Warbler]] but also the very local [[Sooty Falcon]]. These birds breed here and can be seen until early October.	+	The Timna Valley is signposted to the left from Route 90 between Km33 and Km40. The impressive rocks here are a popular tourist attraction but for birders there is the opportunity to see various desert species such as [[White-tailed Wheatear]] and [[Streaked Scrub Warbler]] but also the very local [[Sooty Falcon]]. These birds breed here and can be seen until early October.

	Amram's Pillars also has rock formations that attract tourists but for birders there is a range of desert-loving species including [[Sand Partridge]], [[Brown-necked Raven]] and [[White-tailed Wheatear]], and this is a regular site for wintering [[Sinai Rosefinch]].		Amram's Pillars also has rock formations that attract tourists but for birders there is a range of desert-loving species including [[Sand Partridge]], [[Brown-necked Raven]] and [[White-tailed Wheatear]], and this is a regular site for wintering [[Sinai Rosefinch]].

	===Checklist===		===Checklist===
-	{{BirdsSee\|[[Little Grebe]], [[Purple Heron]], [[Common Teal]], [[Mallard]], [[Garganey]], [[Egyptian Vulture]], [[Marsh Harrier]], [[Eurasian Sparrowhawk]], [[Lesser Spotted Eagle]], [[Steppe Eagle]], [[Eastern Imperial Eagle]], [[Osprey]], [[Lesser Kestrel]], [[Sooty Falcon]], [[Barbary Falcon]], [[Sand Partridge]], [[Moorhen]], [[Eurasian Coot]], [[Cream-coloured Courser]], [[Spur-winged Plover]], [[White-tailed Plover]], [[Ruff]], [[Common Snipe]], [[Green Sandpiper]], [[Wood Sandpiper]], [[Black-headed Gull]], [[Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse]], [[Crowned Sandgrouse]], [[Collared Dove]], [[Laughing Dove]], [[Common Swift]], [[Alpine Swift]], [[Common Kingfisher]], [[Little Green Bee-eater]], [[Hoopoe]], [[Wryneck]], [[Dunn's Lark]], [[Bar-tailed Desert Lark]], [[Desert Lark]], [[Hoopoe Lark]], [[Thick-billed Lark]], [[Bimaculated Lark]], [[Greater Short-toed Lark]], [[Lesser Short-toed Lark]], [[Crested Lark]], [[Oriental Skylark]], [[Temminck's Horned Lark]], [[Sand Martin]], [[Rock Martin]], [[Eurasian Crag Martin]], [[Barn Swallow]], [[Red-rumped Swallow]], [[House Martin]], [[Richard's Pipit]], [[Tawny Pipit]], [[Red-throated Pipit]], [[Black-headed Wagtail]], [[Citrine Wagtail]], [[Pied Wagtail]], [[Eurasian Robin]], [[Nightingale]], [[Bluethroat]], [[Common Redstart]], [[Blackstart]], [[Stonechat]], [[Isabelline Wheatear]], [[Black-eared Wheatear]], [[Desert Wheatear]], [[Finsch's Wheatear]], [[Red-tailed Wheatear]], [[Mourning Wheatear]], [[Hooded Wheatear]], [[White-tailed Wheatear]], [[Blue Rock Thrush]], [[Scrub Warbler]], [[Graceful Warbler]], [[Eastern Olivaceous Warbler]], [[Spectacled Warbler]], [[Sardinian Warbler]], [[Cyprus Warbler]], [[Ruppell's Warbler]], [[Desert Warbler]], [[Arabian Warbler]], [[Orphean Warbler]], [[Lesser Whitethroat]], [[Blackcap]], [[Eastern Bonelli's Warbler]], [[Common Chiffchaff]], [[Spotted Flycatcher]], [[Arabian Babbler]], [[Palestine Sunbird]], [[Southern Grey Shrike]], [[Woodchat Shrike]], [[Masked Shrike]], [[Brown-necked Raven]], [[Tristram's Starling]], [[House Sparrow]], [[Spanish Sparrow]], [[Dead Sea Sparrow]], [[Rock Sparrow]], [[Pale Rock Sparrow]], [[Goldfinch]], [[Linnet]], [[Desert Finch]], [[Trumpeter Finch]], [[Sinai Rosefinch]], [[Cinereous Bunting]], [[Cretzschmar's Bunting]]}}	+	{{BirdsSee\|[[Little Grebe]], [[Purple Heron]], [[Common Teal]], [[Mallard]], [[Garganey]], [[Egyptian Vulture]], [[Marsh Harrier]], [[Eurasian Sparrowhawk]], [[Lesser Spotted Eagle]], [[Steppe Eagle]], [[Eastern Imperial Eagle]], [[Osprey]], [[Lesser Kestrel]], [[Sooty Falcon]], [[Barbary Falcon]], [[Sand Partridge]], [[Moorhen]], [[Eurasian Coot]], [[Cream-coloured Courser]], [[Spur-winged Plover]], [[White-tailed Plover]], [[Ruff]], [[Common Snipe]], [[Green Sandpiper]], [[Wood Sandpiper]], [[Black-headed Gull]], [[Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse]], [[Crowned Sandgrouse]], [[Collared Dove]], [[Laughing Dove]], [[Common Swift]], [[Alpine Swift]], [[Common Kingfisher]], [[Little Green Bee-eater]], [[Hoopoe]], [[Wryneck]], [[Dunn's Lark]], [[Bar-tailed Desert Lark]], [[Desert Lark]], [[Greater Hoopoe Lark]], [[Thick-billed Lark]], [[Bimaculated Lark]], [[Greater Short-toed Lark]], [[Lesser Short-toed Lark]], [[Crested Lark]], [[Oriental Skylark]], [[Temminck's Horned Lark]], [[Sand Martin]], [[Rock Martin]], [[Eurasian Crag Martin]], [[Barn Swallow]], [[Red-rumped Swallow]], [[House Martin]], [[Richard's Pipit]], [[Tawny Pipit]], [[Red-throated Pipit]], [[Black-headed Wagtail]], [[Citrine Wagtail]], [[Pied Wagtail]], [[Eurasian Robin]], [[Nightingale]], [[Bluethroat]], [[Common Redstart]], [[Blackstart]], [[Stonechat]], [[Isabelline Wheatear]], [[Black-eared Wheatear]], [[Desert Wheatear]], [[Finsch's Wheatear]], [[Rufous-tailed or Kurdish Wheatear\|Red-tailed Wheatear]], [[Mourning Wheatear]], [[Hooded Wheatear]], [[White-tailed Wheatear]], [[Blue Rock Thrush]], [[Streaked Scrub Warbler]], [[Graceful Warbler]], [[Eastern Olivaceous Warbler]], [[Spectacled Warbler]], [[Sardinian Warbler]], [[Cyprus Warbler]], [[Ruppell's Warbler]], [[Desert Warbler]], [[Arabian Warbler]], [[Orphean Warbler]], [[Lesser Whitethroat]], [[Blackcap]], [[Eastern Bonelli's Warbler]], [[Common Chiffchaff]], [[Spotted Flycatcher]], [[Arabian Babbler]], [[Palestine Sunbird]], [[Southern Grey Shrike]], [[Woodchat Shrike]], [[Masked Shrike]], [[Brown-necked Raven]], [[Tristram's Starling]], [[House Sparrow]], [[Spanish Sparrow]], [[Dead Sea Sparrow]], [[Rock Sparrow]], [[Pale Rock Sparrow]], [[Goldfinch]], [[Linnet]], [[Desert Finch]], [[Trumpeter Finch]], [[Sinai Rosefinch]], [[Cinereous Bunting]], [[Cretzschmar's Bunting]]}}

	==Other Wildlife==		==Other Wildlife==

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	==Overview==		==Overview==
	The Arava Valley covers the desert areas of southern [[Israel]] to the north of Eilat and can be explored from the Arava Highway. Larks are a speciality of Arava with numerous species present as well as several wheatears and the area attracts large numbers of migrants during passage periods. The Arava Valley was once a regular site for [[Lappet-faced Vulture]] but this is now an extremely rare bird in Israel and future records seem unlikely.		The Arava Valley covers the desert areas of southern [[Israel]] to the north of Eilat and can be explored from the Arava Highway. Larks are a speciality of Arava with numerous species present as well as several wheatears and the area attracts large numbers of migrants during passage periods. The Arava Valley was once a regular site for [[Lappet-faced Vulture]] but this is now an extremely rare bird in Israel and future records seem unlikely.
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	==Other Wildlife==		==Other Wildlife==
-	[[Dorcas Gazelle]] Gazella dorcas is common in the Arava Valley and can be seen at Amram's Pillars.	+	[[Dorcas Gazelle]] ''Gazella dorcas'' is common in the Arava Valley and can be seen at Amram's Pillars.

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