| Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus): 3 off Jaffa on 25/Dec and 2 on 26/Dec (B. Granit et al.); several more observed off Med. shore during storms by various observers. |
| Dalmatian Pelican (Pelicanus crispus): 1 above Yesodot with White Pelicans, 03/Dec (E. Hadad). |
| Black-throated Diver (Gavia arctica): 1 still present at Eilat eastern lagoon. |
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| Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina): 1 at HaMa'apil reservoir, 17/Dec (R. Ram et al.). |
| Smew (Mergellus albellus): 1 Nov reservoir, Golan, 19/Dec (S. Alterman). |
| Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus): 4 with 90 Griffons, on a carcass in Wadi Zavitan, 27/Dec (O. Horine, S. Alterman, T. Kahn). |
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| Little Bustard (Tetrax tetrax): 1 at Revadim, 13/Dec (Y. Koren et al.); 1 at the Hula valley re-flooded area, 14/Dec (D. Yosha et al.); 1 at En HaMifratz, 19/Dec (P. Rudaeff). |
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| Sociable Lapwing (Vanellus gregarius): 6 at Urim fields 07/Nov onwards (O. Horine, S. Alterman et al.); 1 west of moshav HaYogev, Jazrae'l valley, 14/Dec (O. Hatzofe). |
| American Golden Plover (Pluvialis Dominica): 1 still present at Ma'agan Michael fishponds in mid December (J. Meyrav). |
| Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius): 1 still present at Ma'agan Michael fish ponds in early Dec (S. Agmon et al.). |
| Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus): 1 still present on 23/Dec at Acre beach (I. Shimshon). |
| Pale Scops Owl (Otus brucei): 1 at Wadi Shahamon, Eilat (N. Weiss). |
| Oriental Skylark (Alauda orientallis): up to 5 at Yotvata fields (N. Weiss et al.). |
| Buff-bellied Pipit (Anthus japonicus): tens at Yotvata fields (N. Weiss et al.); up to 5 at Ma'agan Michael fishponds throughout the month (S. Agmon, M. Craig); 2 at Tzora'a fields, 26/Dec (E. Banker). |
| Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni): up to 5 at the Yarkon park (T. Kahn, S. Alterman). |
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| Kurdish Wheatear (Oenanthe xanthoprimna): a male and female near Heimar reservoir, 08/Dec onwards (I. Tsurim et al.); 1 male at Wadi Mishmar, 26/Dec (S. Alterman, A. Ben Dov). |
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| Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus): 1 at Merom Golan orchards, 19/Dec (S. Alterman); 1 at El-Rom, 23/Dec (B. Granit). |
| Yellow-browed Warbler (Philoscopus inornatus): 1 at Pardes Hanna, 27/Dec (O. Jonsson). |
| Goldcrest (Regulus regulus): 7 at Cedar viewpoint, Gallilee; 1 at El-Rom gardens, 20/Dec (B. Granit, A. Cohen, R. Livne); 6-10 at Merom Golan, 20/Dec (B. Granit, A. Cohen, R. Livne). |
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| Black Bush Robin (Cercotrichas podobe): 1 near Yoseftal hospital, Eilat (N. Weiss et al.). The first winter record. |
| Red-fronted Serin (Serinus pusillus): 1 at El-Rom orchards, 20/Dec (A. Cohen). |
| Pine Bunting (Emberiza leucocephala): 15 juvs with a flock of 107 Yellowhammers in a drinking spot at the lower Hermon, 06/Dec (A. Ben Dov); 3 at Birya orchard, 06/12 (A. Ben Dov). |
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| Little Bunting (Emberiza pussila): 1 at Yotvata's circular field, 13/Dec (E. Hadad, C. Moyal). |
