Jordan holiday 2012 list

New birds for me are in red, new species for the year are in italics.

1. Little Egret- Dead Sea
2. Cattle Egret- Dead Sea
3. European Honey Buzzard- Petra
4. Black Kite- Petra
5. Eurasian Griffon Vulture- Dana
6. Short-toed Snake Eagle- near Little Petra
7. Levant Sparrowhawk- Dana
8. Steppe Buzzard- near Little Petra, Petra
9. Long-legged Buzzard- near Little Petra, Petra
10. Booted Eagle- Petra
11. Lesser Kestrel- Wadi Rum
12. Common Kestrel- Dana, Petra
13. Spur-winged Lapwing- from road between Dana and Petra
14. Little Ringed Plover- Dana
15. Baltic Gull- Aqaba
16. Rock Dove/Feral Pigeon- genuine rock doves at Wadi Rum, feral pigeons absolutely everywhere
17. Collared Dove- everywhere we went
18. Laughing Dove- everywhere we went, one of the most common birds of the holiday
19. Common Swift- everywhere we went
20. Alpine Swift- Karak Castle
21. Pallid Swift- Dead Sea
22. Little Swift- Dead Sea
23. Eurasian Hoopoe- Aqaba, Dana, Petra
24. European Bee-eater- Petra
25. Green Bee-eater- Dana
26. Eurasian Wryneck- Mount Nebo
27. Masked Shrike- Aqaba, Dana, Petra
28. Southern Grey Shrike- from road between Dana and Petra
29. Eurasian Jay- near Mount Nebo
30. House Crow- very common in Aqaba
31. Hooded Crow- Amman
32. Brown-necked Raven- Wadi Rum, Dana, Dead Sea
33. Fan-tailed Raven- Wadi Rum, Petra, Dana, Dead Sea
34. White-spectacled Bulbul- very common everywhere
35. Great Tit- one in Madera
36. Crested Lark- near Dana
37. Greater Short-toed Lark- Dana
38. Desert Lark- Wadi Rum, Dana, Petra
39. Sand Martin- Petra
40. Pale Crag Martin- Wadi Rum, Dana, Petra
41. Eurasian Crag Martin- everywhere other than Amman and Wadi Rum
42. House Martin- Petra, Dead Sea
43. Barn Swallow- absolutely everywhere- thousands clearly on passage
44. Red-rumped Swallow- Petra, Dead Sea
45. Scrub Warbler- Wadi Rum
46. Eastern Olivaceous Warbler- Wadi Rum
47. Upcher's Warbler- Petra
48. Eastern Bonelli's Warbler- Petra
49. Willow Warbler- Dana, Petra
50. Chiffchaff- Wadi Rum, Petra
51. Blackcap- along with laughing dove, feral pigeon and house sparrow as most common bird
52. Garden Warbler- Dead Sea
53. Eastern Orphean Warbler- Wadi Rum, Dana
54. Arabian Warbler- Wadi Rum, Dana
55. Lesser Whitethroat- Madaba, Petra
56. Common Whitethroat- Petra
57. Sardinian Warbler- Petra
58. Tristram's Starling- Wadi Rum, Dana, Petra, Dead Sea
59. Blackbird- Amman, Dead Sea
60. Thrush Nightingale- Dana
61. Common Nightingale- Petra, Dead Sea
62. Black Redstart- Madaba, Dana
63. Common Redstart- Dana
64. Northern Wheatear- Wadi Rum
65. Blackstart- Dana, Petra
66. Mourning Wheatear- Wadi Rum, Dana, Petra, Karak Castle
67. White-crowned Wheatear- Wadi Rum, Petra
68. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush- Wadi Rum
69. Blue Rock Thrush- Petra, Karak Castle
70. Spotted Flycatcher- Dead Sea
71. Semi-collared Flycatcher- Dead Sea
72. Palestine Sunbird- Dana, Petra, Dead Sea
73. House Sparrow- abundant everywhere but Wadi Rum
74. Spanish Sparrow- Mount Nebo
75. Rock Sparrow- Karak Castle
76. Indian Silverbill- Dead Sea
77. Greenfinch- Mount Nebo
78. Sinai Rosefinch- Wadi Rum, Little Petra, Petra
79. Ortolan Bunting- Dana, Petra, Shobak Castle