Prospective Checklist
with James Lidster as leader
- Column A = Number of tours on which this species has been recorded.
- Column B = Number of days this species was seen on the last tour.
- Column C = Maximum daily count for this species on the last tour.
- Column D = H = Heard only
| A | B | C | D | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Little Grebe | 3 | 80 | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| 4 | Black-necked Grebe | 1 | 5 | Podiceps nigricollis | |
| 4 | Great Crested Grebe | 2 | 20 | Podiceps cristatus | |
| 2 | Gannet | Sula bassanus | |||
| 4 | Moroccan Cormorant | 1 | 2 | Phalacrocorax carbo maroccanus | |
| 4 | Great Cormorant | 3 | 4 | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
| 0 | Shag | Phalacrocorax aristotelis riggenbachi | |||
| 4 | Squacco Heron | 1 | 1 | Ardeola ralloides | |
| 4 | Cattle Egret | 8 | 400 | Bubulcus ibis | |
| 4 | Little Egret | 6 | 10 | Egretta garzetta | |
| 4 | Grey Heron | 4 | 10 | Ardea cinerea | |
| 1 | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |||
| 4 | White Stork | 9 | 200 | Ciconia ciconia | |
| 1 | Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | |||
| 4 | Eurasian Spoonbill | 2 | 60 | Platalea leucorodia | |
| 0 | Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |||
| 0 | Bald Ibis | Geronticus eremita | |||
| 4 | Greater Flamingo | 2 | 200 | Phoenicopterus ruber | |
| 4 | Ruddy Shelduck | 5 | 73 | Tadorna ferruginea | |
| 1 | Shelduck | 2 | 17 | Tadorna tadorna | |
| 1 | Gadwall | Anas strepera | |||
| 4 | Mallard | 3 | 50 | Anas platyrhynchos | |
| 4 | Pintail | 1 | 6 | Anas acuta | |
| 3 | Garganey | 3 | 7 | Anas querquedula | |
| 4 | Common Teal | 2 | 5 | Anas crecca | |
| 4 | Shoveler | 4 | 200 | Anas clypeata | |
| 4 | Marbled Duck | 3 | 100 | Marmaronetta angustirostris | |
| 4 | Pochard | 2 | 50 | Aythya ferina | |
| 2 | Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | |||
| 4 | Red-crested Pochard | 1 | 4 | Netta rufina | |
| 1 | Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | |||
| 4 | Black-shouldered Kite | 1 | 2 | Elanus caeruleus | |
| 4 | Black Kite | 3 | 100 | Milvus migrans | |
| 4 | Short-toed Eagle | 3 | 1 | Circaetus gallicus | |
| 4 | Montagu's Harrier | 3 | 3 | Circus pygargus | |
| 4 | Western Marsh Harrier | 8 | 6 | Circus aeruginosus | |
| 3 | Sparrowhawk | 1 | 1 | Accipiter nisus | |
| 4 | Long-legged Buzzard | 7 | 2 | Buteo rufinus | |
| 2 | Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | |||
| 1 | Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | |||
| 4 | Booted Eagle | 4 | 2 | Aquila pennata | |
| 4 | Bonelli's Eagle | 1 | 2 | Aquila fasciata | |
| 4 | Osprey | 1 | 1 | Pandion haliaetus | |
| 4 | Lesser Kestrel | 2 | 70 | Falco naumanni | |
| 4 | Common Kestrel | 12 | 6 | Falco tinnunculus | |
| 3 | Lanner | 3 | 2 | Falco biarmicus | |
| 2 | Barbary Falcon | 3 | 2 | Falco pelegrinoides | |
| 1 | Peregrine | Falco peregrinus | |||
| 3 | Common Quail | 3 | 2 | Coturnix coturnix | |
| 4 | Barbary Partridge | 2 | 2 | Alectoris barbara | |
| 4 | Double-spurred Francolin | 1 | 1 | Francolinus bicalcaratus | |
| 2 | Water Rail | 1 | 1 | H | Rallus aquaticus |
| 2 | Spotted Crake | 1 | 1 | H | Porzana porzana |
| 3 | Moorhen | 4 | 7 | Gallinula chloropus | |
| 4 | Coot | 5 | 30 | Fulica atra | |
| 1 | Purple Swamp-hen | 1 | 2 | Porphyrio porphyrio | |
| 1 | Houbara Bustard | Chlamydotis undulata | |||
| 4 | Oystercatcher | 2 | 20 | Haematopus ostralegus | |
| 4 | Black-winged Stilt | 5 | 150 | Himantopus himantopus | |
| 3 | Avocet | 1 | 40 | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
| 3 | Stone-curlew | Burhinus oedicnemus | |||
| 4 | Cream-coloured Courser | 4 | 10 | Cursorius cursor | |
| 1 | Collared Pratincole | 2 | 4 | Glareola pratincola | |
| 4 | Little Ringed Plover | 5 | 20 | Charadrius dubius | |
| 4 | Ringed Plover | 2 | 30 | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| 2 | Kentish Plover | 2 | 20 | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
| 4 | Grey Plover | 1 | 30 | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| 4 | Lapwing | 2 | 10 | Vanellus vanellus | |
| 4 | Sanderling | 2 | 20 | Calidris alba | |
| 3 | Little Stint | 2 | 50 | Calidris minuta | |
| 4 | Dunlin | 1 | 50 | Calidris alpina | |
| 2 | Ruff | 4 | 40 | Philomachus pugnax | |
| 2 | Common Snipe | 3 | 40 | Gallinago gallinago | |
| 4 | Black-tailed Godwit | 2 | 50 | Limosa limosa | |
| 3 | Bar-tailed Godwit | 1 | 6 | Limosa lapponica | |
| 4 | Whimbrel | 2 | 20 | Numenius phaeopus | |
| 2 | Curlew | Numenius arquata | |||
| 3 | Spotted Redshank | 1 | 5 | Tringa erythropus | |
| 4 | Redshank | 2 | 5 | Tringa totanus | |
| 4 | Greenshank | 3 | 3 | Tringa nebularia | |
| 4 | Green Sandpiper | 4 | 5 | Tringa ochropus | |
| 2 | Wood Sandpiper | 1 | 2 | Tringa glareola | |
| 3 | Common Sandpiper | 1 | 1 | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| 4 | Ruddy Turnstone | 1 | 20 | Arenaria interpres | |
| 1 | Great Skua | Catharacta skua | |||
| 2 | Arctic Skua | 1 | 1 | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
| 1 | Little Gull | Larus minutus | |||
| 3 | Mediterranean Gull | Larus melanocephalus | |||
| 4 | Black-headed Gull | 3 | 50 | Larus ridibundus | |
| 4 | Slender-billed Gull | 2 | 1 | Larus genei | |
| 4 | Audouin's Gull | 2 | 100 | Larus audouinii | |
| 4 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | 2 | 200 | Larus fuscus graellsii | |
| 4 | Yellow-legged Gull | 1 | 1 | Larus michahellis | |
| 2 | Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |||
| 4 | Sandwich Tern | 2 | 40 | Sterna sandvicensis | |
| 4 | Caspian Tern | 1 | 2 | Hydroprogne caspia | |
| 3 | Whiskered Tern | 2 | 6 | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| 1 | Black Tern | 1 | 1 | Chlidonias niger | |
| 2 | Black-bellied Sandgrouse | Pterocles orientalis | |||
| 1 | Crowned Sandgrouse | Pterocles coronatus | |||
| 1 | Spotted Sandgrouse | 2 | 17 | Pterocles senegallus | |
| 1 | Pin-tailed Sandgrouse | 2 | 1500 | Pterocles alchata | |
| 4 | Rock Dove/Feral Pigeon | 5 | 20 | Columba livia | |
| 4 | Woodpigeon | 6 | 100 | Columba palumbus | |
| 2 | Stock Dove | Columba oenas | |||
| 4 | Collared Dove | 11 | 20 | Streptopelia decaocto | |
| 3 | Turtle Dove | 3 | 2 | Streptopelia turtur | |
| 4 | Laughing Dove | 5 | 6 | Streptopelia senegalensis | |
| 3 | Common Cuckoo | 2 | 1 | Cuculus canorus | |
| 2 | Pharaoh Eagle Owl | Bubo ascalaphus | |||
| 1 | Scops Owl | 1 | 2 | Otus scops | |
| 4 | Little Owl | 3 | 3 | Athene noctua | |
| 0 | Red-necked Nightjar | Caprimulgus ruficollis | |||
| 3 | Egyptian Nightjar | 2 | 1 | Caprimulgus aegyptius | |
| 4 | Alpine Swift | 3 | 10 | Apus melba | |
| 4 | Pallid Swift | 7 | 200 | Apus pallidus | |
| 4 | Little Swift | 3 | 50 | Apus affinis | |
| 4 | Hoopoe | 9 | 7 | Upupa epops | |
| 3 | Kingfisher | Alcedo athis | |||
| 4 | European Bee-eater | 6 | 15 | Merops apiaster | |
| 3 | Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | 2 | 12 | Merops persicus | |
| 4 | Wryneck | 1 | 1 | Jynx torquilla | |
| 4 | Levaillant's Green Woodpecker | 4 | 2 | Picus vaillantii | |
| 4 | Great spotted Woodpecker | 2 | 4 | Dendrocops major | |
| 4 | Bar-tailed Desert Lark | 4 | 6 | Ammomanes cincturus | |
| 4 | Desert Lark | 1 | 2 | Ammomanes deserti | |
| 4 | Hoopoe Lark | 5 | 15 | Alaemon alaudipes | |
| 3 | Thick-billed Lark | 2 | 5 | Rhamphocoris clotbey | |
| 4 | Short-toed Lark | 3 | 300 | Calandrella brachydactyla | |
| 4 | Lesser Short-toed Lark | 3 | 5 | Calandrella rufescens | |
| 4 | Crested Lark | 3 | 4 | Galerida cristata | |
| 4 | Thekla Lark | 3 | 6 | Lullula arborea | |
| 4 | Woodlark | 1 | 2 | Galerida theklae | |
| 1 | Skylark | Alauda arvensis | |||
| 4 | (Atlas) Shorelark | 3 | 50 | Eremophila alpestris | |
| 4 | Temminck's Horned Lark | 1 | 10 | Eremophila bilopha | |
| 4 | Sand Martin | 6 | 20 | Riparia riparia | |
| 0 | Brown-throated Sand Martin | Riparia paludicola | |||
| 4 | Crag Martin | 3 | 10 | Ptyonoprogne rupestris | |
| 4 | Barn Swallow | 11 | 100 | Hirundo rustica | |
| 4 | Red-rumped Swallow | 2 | 4 | Cecropis daurica | |
| 3 | House Martin | Delichon urbicum | |||
| 1 | Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |||
| 4 | Tree Pipit | 3 | 4 | Anthus trivialis | |
| 4 | Meadow Pipit | 3 | 10 | Anthus pratensis | |
| 2 | Water Pipit | Anthus spinoletta | |||
| 2 | Tawny Pipit | 1 | 1 | Anthus campestris | |
| 4 | Yellow Wagtail | 6 | 10 | Motacilla flava | |
| 4 | Grey Wagtail | 5 | 3 | Motacilla cinerea | |
| 4 | White Wagtail | 5 | 10 | Motacilla alba | |
| 3 | Moroccan Wagtail | 1 | 3 | Motacilla subpersonata | |
| 4 | Common Bulbul | 8 | 40 | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
| 4 | Wren | 2 | 1 | Troglodytes troglodytes | |
| 4 | Dipper | 2 | 1 | Cinclus cinclus | |
| 2 | Alpine Accentor | 1 | 3 | Prunella collaris | |
| 1 | Dunnock | Prunella modularis | |||
| 4 | Robin | 3 | 2 | Erithacus rubecula | |
| 4 | Nightingale | 4 | 3 | Luscinia megarhynchos | |
| 4 | Bluethroat | 1 | 1 | Luscinia svecica | |
| 4 | Black Redstart | 2 | 20 | Phoenicurus ochruros | |
| 4 | Redstart | 6 | 15 | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | |
| 4 | Moussier's Redstart | 4 | 6 | Phoenicurus moussieri | |
| 2 | Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | |||
| 2 | Stonechat | Saxicola torquata | |||
| 4 | Northern Wheatear | 6 | 10 | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
| 4 | Seebohm's Wheatear | 1 | 1 | Oenanthe seebohmi | |
| 4 | Desert Wheatear | 7 | 12 | Oenanthe deserti | |
| 4 | Black-eared Wheatear | 4 | 4 | Oenanthe hispanica | |
| 2 | Western Mourning Wheatear | Oenanthe halophila | |||
| 4 | Red-rumped Wheatear | 1 | 6 | Oenanthe moesta | |
| 4 | White-crowned Black Wheatear | 5 | 30 | Oenanthe leucopyga | |
| 4 | Black Wheatear | 4 | 10 | Oenanthe leucura | |
| 4 | Blue Rock Thrush | 2 | 4 | Monticola solitarius | |
| 4 | Blackbird | 12 | 20 | Turdus merula | |
| 2 | Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos | |||
| 4 | Mistle Thrush | 5 | 10 | Turdus viscivorus | |
| 4 | Cetti's Warbler | 5 | 2 | Cettia cetti | |
| 4 | Fan-tailed Warbler | 2 | 10 | Cisticola juncidis | |
| 4 | Sedge Warbler | 2 | 2 | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
| 3 | Reed Warbler | 2 | 1 | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
| 2 | Grasshopper Warbler | 1 | 1 | H | Locustella naevia |
| 3 | Western Olivaceous Warbler | 1 | 1 | Hippolais opaca | |
| 3 | Tristram's Warbler | 1 | 2 | Sylvia deserticola | |
| 4 | Spectacled Warbler | 5 | 3 | Sylvia conspicillata | |
| 3 | Common Whitethroat | 1 | 2 | Sylvia communis | |
| 4 | Subalpine Warbler | 5 | 50 | Sylvia cantillans | |
| 4 | Sardinian Warbler | 7 | 10 | Sylvia melanocephala | |
| 2 | African Desert Warbler | 1 | 1 | Sylvia deserti | |
| 4 | Blackcap | 7 | 6 | Sylvia atricapilla | |
| 4 | Western Bonelli's Warbler | 5 | 8 | Phylloscopus bonelli | |
| 4 | Chiffchaff | 3 | 2 | Phylloscopus collybita | |
| 4 | Willow Warbler | 5 | 35 | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| 4 | Firecrest | 2 | 5 | Regulus ignicapillus | |
| 4 | Fulvous Babbler | 1 | 10 | Turdoides fulvus | |
| 4 | Coal Tit | 1 | 1 | H | Periparus ater |
| 4 | African Blue Tit | 7 | 20 | Cyanistes ultramarinus | |
| 4 | Great Tit | 3 | 10 | Parus major | |
| 3 | Nuthatch | 2 | 2 | Sitta europaea | |
| 4 | Short-toed Treecreeper | 2 | 6 | Certhia brachydactyla | |
| 3 | Black-crowned Tchagra | 1 | 1 | Tchagra senegala | |
| 4 | Southern Grey Shrike | 3 | 2 | Lanius excubitor | |
| 4 | Woodchat Shrike | 9 | 20 | Lanius senator | |
| 4 | Jay | 2 | 3 | Garrulus glandarius | |
| 4 | Magpie | 1 | 1 | Pica pica (mauritanicus) | |
| 3 | Eurasian Jackdaw | 5 | 50 | Corvus monedula | |
| 4 | Alpine Chough | 2 | 100 | Pyrrhocorax graculus | |
| 4 | Chough | 2 | 50 | Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax | |
| 4 | Raven | 3 | 20 | Corvus corax | |
| 4 | Brown-necked Raven | 1 | 2 | Corvus ruficollis | |
| 4 | Spotless Starling | 5 | 100 | Sturnus unicolor | |
| 2 | European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | |||
| 4 | House Sparrow | 11 | 20 | Passer domesticus | |
| 1 | Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |||
| 3 | Spanish Sparrow | 1 | 15 | Passer hispaniolensis | |
| 4 | Desert Sparrow | 1 | 1 | Passer simplex | |
| 4 | Rock Sparrow | 3 | 100 | Petronia petronia | |
| 1 | European Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs | |||
| 4 | African Chaffinch | 7 | 40 | Fringilla africana | |
| 1 | Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | |||
| 4 | Serin | 10 | 20 | Serinus serinus | |
| 4 | GreenFinch | 5 | 2 | Carduelis chloris | |
| 4 | Goldfinch | 7 | 20 | Carduelis carduelis | |
| 4 | Linnet | 2 | 2 | Carduelis cannabina | |
| 2 | (Atlas) Crossbill | 1 | 5 | Loxia curvirostra poliogyna | |
| 3 | Crimson-winged Finch | 1 | 18 | Rhodopechys sanguinea | |
| 4 | Trumpeter Finch | 6 | 20 | Bucanetes githagineus | |
| 2 | Hawfinch | 1 | 1 | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | |
| 4 | Cirl Bunting | 1 | 3 | Emberiza cirlus | |
| 4 | Rock Bunting | 3 | 3 | Emberiza cia | |
| 4 | House Bunting | 6 | 10 | Emberiza striolata | |
| 4 | Corn Bunting | 6 | 30 | Miliaria calandra |