Rare Bird Alert
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2012.02.17
Oritental Skylark
Gorgonia Beach Hotel, S Marsa Alam, just N Shams Alam. In N part of hotel garden, 2 birds present 12-17 Feb
Anders Haglund
anders.haglund@ekologigruppen.se
2012.02.05
Citrine Wagtail
West Aswan, ca 2 km south of the Aswan Bridge
Dick Hoek
dick.hoek@yahoo.com
2011.09.21
African Mourning Dove
Abu Simble
Vaughn Ashby (Birdfinders) & Abdulla Aly
abdulla_2000_abdulla@yahoo.com
2011.09.22
African Skimmers
Nasser Lake
Vaughn Ashby (Birdfinders) & Abdulla Aly
abdulla_2000_abdulla@yahoo.com
2012.01.21
Afrikan Skimmer
Daraw
Dick Hoek, Haitham Ibrahim
dick.hoek@yahoo.com
2011.03.11
black bush robin
Brayka Bay Hotel Marsa Alam
Mark Murray
mark@murrays.f9.co.uk
2011.03.14
Ferruginous duck 30+
Aswan, river nile
john miles
jmiles3@toucansurf.com
2011.03.12
Franklin`s Gull?
Luxor off Crocodile Island
Mark & Sandra Dennis
dennism@videotron.ca
2010.12.05
Pallas's Gull adult winter
Aswan
Andy Davis ,Dick Senior
andydavis_2000@yahoo.com
2010.12.03
Pallas's Gull first-winter
River Nile between Edfu and Aswan
Andy Davis ,Dick Senior
andydavis_2000@yahoo.com
2010.12.11
Black Bush Robin
Marsa Alam
Artur Bujanowicz
a.bujanowicz@zaberd.eu
2004.10.20
Black vulture
Sharm el Sheikh
M.Mendi - M.Biasioli - M.Andreini
m.mendi@libero.it
2005.10.19
Namaqua Dove
Sharm el Sheikh
Michele Mendi
m.mendi@libero.it
2005.10.23
Barbary Falcon
Sharm El Sheik
Michele Mendi
m.mendi@libero.it
2010.06.06
Yellow-throated Sparrow
Marsa Alam
Massimiliano Dettori
dettori_m@hotmail.com
2010.05.09
Namaqua Dove
Movenpick-Ain Sokhna
Jacqueline Burrell
jacquelineburrell@yahoo.co.uk
2010.05.08
Pallid Harrier
Sharm el Sheikh, Sinai
NicoleB
birding@nicoleb.org
2010.04.24
Three-banded Plover
Abu Simbel
I.Moldovan
idegenvezeto@yahoo.com
2010.04.29
up to 3 Painted Snipes; 5 Green-backed heron; 4 Senegal thick-knee
Abbasa fish farms
Rupert Hafner & Spreitzers
rupert.hafner@aon.at
2010.04.26
2 Ferruginous duck
Aswan / Philae
Rupert Hafner & Spreitzers
rupert.hafner@aon.at
2010.04.25
8 Pink-backred pelican, 3 Yellow billed stork
Abu Simbel - Airport bay
Rupert Hafner, Spreitzer
rupert.hafner@aon.at
2010.04.24
3 Crowned sandgrouse
just outside of MARSA ALAM by the road
Rupert Hafner & Spreitzers
rupert.hafner@aon.at
2010.04.22
European Roller
Sharm el Sheikh
NicoleB
birding@nicoleb.org
2010.04.11
Pied Crow
El Gouna golf course
M. Weissensteiner, E. Kretzschmar, D. Seitz
matthias.weissensteiner@yahoo.de
2010.03.04
African Pied Wagtail, Montacilla aguimp
Abu Simbel
Wolfgang Podszun
wolfgang.podszun@googlemail.com
2010.02.19
Steppe Eagle
Ain Sokhna
Marwan
2010.02.17
Sociable Lapwing (imm)
40km S of Quseir
Christian Neumann
christian.neumann@mfn-berlin.de
2010.01.06
Pacific Golden Plover
NE Sinai
Mindy Rosenzweig
egyptcalling@yahoo.com
2010.01.04
Red-rumped Wheatear
Wadi Natron
Mary Megalli
mary.megalli@gmail.com
2009.12.29
Eastern Imperial Eagle
Sharm el Sheikh
NicoleB
birding@nicoleb.org
2009.12.10
African Skimmer Rhynchos flavirostris: 1
Aswan, eastbank, north of city, 300 m north of new big mosque along the Nile.
Mary Megalli, Dick hoek, Haitham Ibrahim
dick.hoek@yahoo.com
2009.11.24
Cyprus Warbler: 2
Wadi Gamal N.P.
Istvan Moldovan, Daniel Mauras
idegenvezeto@yahoo.com
2009.11.24
Black Bush Robin
Wadi Gamal N.P.
Istvan Moldovan, Daniel Mauras
idegenvezeto@yahoo.com
2009.11.22
Steppe Shrike Lanius pallidrostris adult
Abu Simbel
Istvan Moldovan, Daniel Mauras, Dick Hoek
idegenvezeto@yahoo.com
2009.11.19
Phylloscopus innornatus
Wadi Feiran
Daniel Mauras; I.Moldovan
idegenvezeto@yahoo.com
2009.10.30
Red footed falcon, Falco Vespertinus
Sharm el Sheikh
NicoleB
birding@nicoleb.org
2009.10.15
Egyptian Vulture
Sharm el Sheikh
NicoleB
birding@nicoleb.org
2009.10.12
Sociable Plover
Red Sea Coast
I.Moldovan and A. Sandor
idegenvezeto@yahoo.com
2009.10.09
Eleonora`s Falcon
Marsa Alam Airport
A.Sandor and I. Moldovan
idegenvezeto@yahoo.com
2009.10.04
Levant Sparrowhawk
Ras Mohamed National Park
Istvan Moldovan
idegenvezeto@yahoo.com
2009.08.07
Red-billed Tropicbird
Surnaka
Nemeth Lajos
lajosapu@freemail.hu
2009.08.04
White-throated Kingfisher
El Alamein, Marina
Arne Borg / Mona Borg
dba@toftebo.dk
2009.05.26
African Openbill-Anastomus lamelligerus
Luxor
Benjamin Steffen
bensteffen@web.de
2009.05.19
Golden Eagle (resident)
Wadi Dara
Uffe Sorenssen
2009.04.18
Rock Thrush Monticola saxatiles adult male
Aswan, above the Nile north
Dick Hoek
dick.hoek@yahoo.com
2009.04.13
Pharaoh`s Eagle Owl
Hurghada
Istvan Moldovan
idegenvezeto@yahoo.com
2009.04.13
Rock Trush 2y male
El Gouna
Chris Tynan
christtynan@aol.com
2009.04.09
1 Terek Sandpiper
El Gouna Mangrove
Istvan Moldovan
idegenvezeto@yahoo.com
2009.04.09
2 Black-winged Pratincoles
El Gouna Mangrove
I.Moldovan, Michael Holdsworth
idegenvezeto@yahoo.com
2009.04.07
Ruppell`s Warbler (Syl.rue)
Wadi Dome
Istvan Moldovan
idegenvezeto@yahoo.com
2009.04.06
Short-eared Owl (Asio flameus)
Marina Wadi Dome
Istvan Moldovan
idegenvezeto@yahoo.com
2009.04.05
Rock Thrush, Blue Rock Thrush, Subalpine Warbler
Marina Wadi Dome
Mary Megalli, Istvan Moldovan
mary.megalli@gmail.com
2009.04.03
Barn Owl
Suez city
Istvan Moldovan
idegenvezeto@yahoo.com
2009.04.03
Subalpine Warbler
Wadi Quseib
Ron Hess
groffhess@yahoo.com
2009.04.03
Egyptian Vulture
Ain Sokhna
I.Moldovan, Mary Megalli, Hala Barakat
idegenvezeto@yahoo.com
2009.03.25
Corvus splendens House Crow
Aswan, south of Sehel Island flying south above the Nile
Dick Hoek
dick.hoek@yahoo.com
2009.03.24
Oenanthe monacha
Istvan Moldovan
idegenvezeto@yahoo.com
2009.03.23
Grey Hypocolius (Hypocolius ampelinus)
Nabaq Visitor Center (SInai)
Alistair Eberst
a.eberst@abertay.ac.uk
2008.11.14
Little Rock Trush
Hurghada
Vick Tucker
2008.10.22
Pintail Snipe
Sharm El Sheich
Andrew Harrop
andrew.harrop@virgin.net