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with Bryan Bland and Ahmed Riad as leaders

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3 Little Grebe 1 3 Tachybaptus ruficollis
2 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
6 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
5 Brown Booby 1 1 Sula leucogaster
6 Continental Cormorant 4 60 Phalacrocorax (carbo) sinensis
1 Long-tailed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus
7 White Pelican 1 5 Pelecanus onocrotalus
2 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus
6 Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
8 Little Bittern 1 2 Ixobrychus minutus
9 Night Heron 3 5 Nycticorax nycticorax
9 Striated Heron 1 4 Butorides striatus brevipes
9 Squacco Heron 8 50 Ardeola ralloides
9 Cattle Egret 12 1300 Bubulcus ibis
9 Western Reef Egret 2 7 Egretta gularis
9 Little Egret 8 100 Egretta garzetta
7 Great Egret 1 3 Egretta alba
9 Grey Heron 8 15 Ardea cinerea
9 Purple Heron 2 1 Ardea purpurea
7 Yellow-billed Stork 1 1 Mycteria ibis
3 Black Stork Ciconia nigra
9 White Stork 2 500 Ciconia ciconia
4 Glossy Ibis 1 4 Plegadis falcinellus
9 Spoonbill 1 15 Platalea leucorodia
5 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
9 Egyptian Goose 3 30 Alopochen aegyptiacus
4 Wigeon Anas penelope
4 Teal 1 1 Anas crecca
4 Mallard 2 4 Anas platyrhynchos
4 Pintail Anas acuta
7 Garganey 1 54 Anas querquedula
8 Shoveler 2 200 Anas clypeata
3 Pochard Aythya ferina
2 Ferruginous Duck 1 1 Aythya nyroca
6 Tufted Duck 2 24 Aythya fuligula
1 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
1 Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
9 Black-winged Kite 4 15 Elanus caeruleus
9 Black Kite 9 500 Milvus migrans
1 Black-eared Kite 1 2 Milvus lineatus
1 Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
1 Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus
9 Egyptian Vulture 2 8 Neophron percnopterus
9 Short-toed Eagle 1 12 Circaetus gallicus
7 Marsh Harrier 3 2 Circus aeruginosus
3 Pallid Harrier 1 1 Circus macrourus
7 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
7 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
3 Levant Sparrowhawk 1 1 Accipiter brevipes
9 Steppe Buzzard 4 200 Buteo buteo vulpinus
8 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
7 Lesser Spotted Eagle 1 3 Aquila pomarina
4 Spotted Eagle 1 1 Aquila clanga
9 Steppe Eagle 1 50 Aquila nipalensis
2 Tawny Eagle 1 1 Aquila rapax
6 Imperial Eagle 1 1 Aquila heliaca
7 Booted Eagle 1 3 Hieraaetus pennatus
3 Bonelli's Eagle Hieraaetus fasciatus
9 Osprey 3 4 Pandion haliaetus
3 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
9 Kestrel 7 8 Falco tinnunculus
2 Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
3 Lanner Falco biarmicus
1 Saker Falco cherrug
1 Peregrine Falco peregrinus
1 Barbary Falcon Falco pelegrinoides
6 Chukar 1 3 Alectoris chukar
5 Sand Partridge Ammoperdix heyi
9 Quail 1 1 Coturnix coturnix
1 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
9 Moorhen 7 50 Gallinula chloropus
9 Purple Swamp-hen 1 3 Porphyrio porphyrio
5 Coot 1 1 Fulica atra
4 Common Crane 1 '000s Grus grus
5 Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis
7 Oystercatcher 1 1 Haematopus ostralegus
9 Black-winged Stilt 5 40 Himantopus himantopus
2 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
1 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
9 Senegal Thick-knee 5 5 Burhinus senegalensis
5 Cream-coloured Course Cursorius cursor
5 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
9 Little Ringed Plover 1 1 Charadrius dubius
9 Ringed Plover 6 16 Charadrius hiaticula
6 Kittlitz's Plover 1 2 Charadrius pecuarius
9 Kentish Plover 1 15 Charadrius alexandrinus
3 Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii
1 Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus
9 Grey Plover 3 36 Pluvialis squatarola
9 Spur-winged Lapwing 10 '00s Vanellus spinosus
1 White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
2 Sanderling Calidris alba
9 Little Stint 5 ?00s Calidris minuta
4 Temminck's Stint 2 10 Calidris temminckii
7 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
9 Dunlin 3 20 Calidris alpina
9 Ruff 3 100 Philomachus pugnax
1 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
8 Common Snipe 4 10 Gallinago gallinago
6 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
6 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
7 Whimbrel 2 2 Numenius phaeopus
9 Curlew 1 12 Numenius arquata
9 Spotted Redshank 1 25 Tringa erythropus
9 Redshank 3 10 Tringa totanus
9 Marsh Sandpiper 3 4 Tringa stagnatilis
9 Greenshank 4 3 Tringa nebularia
9 Green Sandpiper 5 4 Tringa ochropus
9 Wood Sandpiper 7 6 Tringa glareola
4 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinercus
9 Common Sandpiper 6 4 Actitis hypoleucos
5 Turnstone Arenaria interpres
3 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus
9 Sooty Gull 1 4 Larus hemprichii
9 White-eyed Gull 3 '00s Larus leucophthalmus
3 Great Black-headed Gull Larus ichthyaetus
9 Black-headed Gull 9 100 Larus ridibundus
9 Slender-billed Gull 5 '00s Larus genei
9 Lesser Black-backed Gull 5 35 Larus fuscus
8 Caspian Gull 6 20 Larus (cachinnans) cachinnans
5 Armenian Gull Larus armenicus
9 Gull-billed Tern 3 4 Gelochelidon nilotica
9 Caspian Tern 3 5 Sterna caspia
7 Sandwich Tern 1 2 Sterna sandvicensis
9 Common Tern 1 2 Sterna hirundo
7 Little Tern 1 20 Sterna albifrons
7 Crested Tern 3 4 Sterna bergii
2 Lesser Crested Tern Sterna bengalensis
6 White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa
9 Whiskered Tern 4 15 Childonias hybrida
3 Black Tern 1 2 Childonias niger
5 White-winged Black Tern 1 4 Childonias leucopterus
3 African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
6 Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii
8 Crowned Sandgrouse 2 3 Pterocles coronatus
7 Spotted Sandgrouse 2 25 Pterocles senegallus
9 Rock Dove/Feral Pigeon 15 100 Columba livia
4 African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
9 Collared Dove 3 9 Streptopelia decaocto
9 Turtle Dove 6 20 Streptopelia turtur
9 Laughing Dove 15 '00s Streptopelia senegalensis
1 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
1 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
9 Senegal Coucal 1 1 Centropus senegalensis
8 Barn Owl 1 1 Tyto alba
7 Pharaoh Eagle Owl Bubo ascalaphus
7 Little Owl 1 1 Athene noctua
4 Hume's Tawny Owl Strix butleri
3 Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius
2 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
9 Common Swift 1 1 Apus apus
9 Pallid Swift 2 10 Apus pallidus
9 White-breasted Kingfisher 1 30 Halcyon smyrnensis
6 Kingfisher 1 3 Alcedo atthis
9 Pied Kingfisher 6 50 Ceryle rudis
9 Little Green Bee-eater 5 30 Merops orientalis
9 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 3 7 Merops superciliosus
7 European Bee-eater Merops orientalis
2 European Roller Coracias garrulus
9 Hoopoe 9 20 Upupa epops
8 Wryneck Jynx torquilla
4 Bar-tailed Desert Lark Ammomanes cincturus
9 Desert Lark 2 7 Ammomanes deserti
8 Hoopoe Lark 2 1 Alaemon alaudipes
2 Bimaculated Lark 1 4 Melanocorypha bimaculata
9 Short-toed Lark 4 50 Calandrella brachydactyla
9 Crested Lark 8 50 Galerida cristata
9 Sand Martin 6 500 Riparia riparia
9 Rock Martin 8 30 Ptyonoprogne fuligula
4 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
9 Swallow 13 50 Hirundo rustica
9 Red-rumped Swallow 3 10 Hirundo daurica
9 House Martin 4 6 Delichon urbica
3 Richard's Pipit 1 1 Anthus novaerseelandiae
9 Tawny Pipit 2 10 Anthus campestris
9 Tree Pipit 1 10 Anthus trivialis
8 Meadow Pipit 1 1 Anthus pratensis
9 Red-throated Pipit 5 6 Anthus cervinus
3 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
9 Yellow Wagtail 7 100 Motacilla flava
5 Black-headed Wagtail 7 20 Motacilla feldegg
2 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
2 Citrine Wagtail 1 1 Motacilla citreola
9 White Wagtail 14 30 Motacilla alba
6 African Pied Wagtail 2 12 Motacilla aguimp
7 Yellow-vented Bulbul 1 30 Pycnonotus xanthopygos
9 Common Bulbul 8 10 Pycnonotus barbatus
7 Rufous Bush Robin Cercotrichas galactotes
2 Robin Erithacus rubecula
2 Thrush Nightingale 1 1 Luscinia luscinia
8 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
6 Bluethroat 2 2 Luscinia svecica
3 Black Redstart 2 1 Phoenicurus cinerea
8 Redstart 1 1 Phoenicurus phoenicurus
5 Blackstart 2 3 Cercomela melanura
4 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
1 Stonechat 1 1 Saxicola torquata
8 Isabelline Wheatear 3 2 Oenanthe isabellina
9 Northern Wheatear 9 30 Oenanthe oenanthe
6 Pied Wheateater Oenanthe pleschanka
2 Cyprus Pied Wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca
9 Black-eared Wheatear 3 2 Oenanthe hispanica
5 Desert Wheatear 5 9 Oenanthe deserti
8 Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens
4 Hooded Wheatear 1 1 Oenanthe monacha
9 White-crowned Wheatear 8 50 Oenanthe leucopyga
1 Persian Wheatear Oenanthe xanthoprymna
4 Rock Thrush 1 1 Monticola saxatilis
7 Blue Rock Thrush 2 2 Monticola solitarius
8 Blackbird 2 1 Turdus merula
9 Fan-tailed Warbler 3 10 Cisticola juncidis
9 Graceful Warbler 7 20 Prinia gracilis
5 Scrub Warbler Scotocerca inquieta
2 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
3 Moustached Warbler 1 1 Acrocephalus melanopogon
9 Sedge Warbler 1 2 Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
4 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
9 Reed Warbler 3 7 Acrocephalus scirpaceus
8 Clamorous Reed Warbler 4 10 Acrocephalus stentoreus
4 Great Reed Warbler 1 2 Acrocephalus arundinaceus
9 Olivaceous Warbler 4 15 Hippolais pallida
4 Icterine Warbler 1 1 Hippolais icterina
7 Subalpine Warbler 2 3 Sylvia cantillans
1 Menetries's Warbler Sylvia mystacea
4 Sardinian Warbler 3 2 Sylvia melanocephala
7 Ruppell's Warbler 2 1 Sylvia rueppelli
9 Lesser Whitethroat 8 80 Sylvia curruca
6 Whitethroat Sylvia communis
6 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
9 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler 1 1 Phylloscopus orientalis
4 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
9 Chiffchaff 10 40 Phylloscopus collybita
2 Willow Warbler 1 1 Phylloscopus trochilus
2 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
5 Semi-collared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
4 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
3 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
9 Nile Valley Sunbird 4 20 Anthreptes metallicus
6 Palestine Sunbird 1 1 Nectarinia osea
1 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
3 Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
9 Southern Grey Shrike 1 1 Lanius meridionalis
9 Woodchat Shrike 5 2 Lanius senator
9 Masked Shrike 5 6 Lanius nubicus
9 House Crow 2 100 Corvus splendens
9 Hooded Crow 9 100 Corvus cornix
9 Brown-necked Raven 9 9 Corvus ruficollis
7 Tristram's Grackle 1 2 Pnychognathus tristramii
8 House Sparrow 15 100 Passer domesticus
6 Spanish Sparrow 1 20 Passer hispaniolensis
1 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
1 Pale Rock Sparrow Carpospiza brachydactyla
2 Streaked Weaver (I) Ploceus manyar
3 Red Avadavat (I) Amandava amandava
1 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
1 Serin Serinus serinus
1 Tristram's Serin Serinus syriacus
2 GreenFinch Carduelis chloris
8 Goldfinch 1 1 Carduelis carduelis
1 Siskin Carduelis spinus
1 Linnet Carduelis cannabina
8 Trumpeter Finch 1 43 Bucanetes githagineus
7 Sinai Rosefinch 1 2 Carpodacus synoicus
3 Ortolan Bunting 1 1 Emberiza hortulana
1 Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza buchanani