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Welcome to the world of Birds & Birdwatching in Israel!



Israel is situated at an intercontinental junction- a bottleneck for migration routes. An estimated 500 million (!!) birds pass through every spring and autumn, with 530 species in record. This website features Israel's latest birding news.

Enjoy and good birding!


Some overdue and concise monthly summaries can be viewed here:

May 2010

June 2010

July 2010

Courtesy of Yoav Perlman and Amir Ben Dov.

Menetries's Warbler

An excellent video of Menetries's Warbler recorded during Spring 2010 by Sassi Haham.

Bulletin 7:01 Rare Birds in Israel
It has been three years since the publication of the last IRDC bulletin. Following personnel changes in early 2009, the committee started to review submitted records from 2008 to date....


Bonelli's Eagle (Hieraaetus fasciatus) breeding in the Dead Sea
by Hadoram Shirihai

I had some amazing encounter with the breeding pair of Hieraaetus fasciatus at the Dead Sea area: at about 10.00 the male preyed on a Rock Dove, just below my position, and as usual it passed the prey to the female that fed the two 4-5 weeks old chicks...


Chukar
(Alectoris chukar) Sde Boqer, Apr.04

Bluethroat
(Luscinia svecica) Samar, Oct.05

Lesser Flamingo
(Phoeniconaias minor) Eilat salt pans, Mar.06
 
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