Surfbirds Life and Year List Rankings

Middle East Life List Showing Records 1 through 23 of 23 Total Records Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights 1 Dave Sargeant British 565 Last upd: May-08. Long-tailed Skua in Oman. Red-footed Falcon, Cyprus Wheatear and Cyprus Warbler in Cyprus 2008. Sinai Rosefinch and Temminck's Lark in Jordan 2008. Red-fronted Serin, Finsch’s Wheatear, Mongolian Finch and Iraq Babbler in Turkey (2007). Thrush Nightingale, Red-headed Bunting, and Basra Reed-Warbler in Oman (2006). Socotra endemics (2006). Visited Oman, Israel, Yemen and Turkey. 2 Guy Kirwan English 522 Following Porter et al. (1996) taxonomy. Twenty additions during a short trip to Oman (late Mar/early Apr 2005). Latest: Buff-bellied Pipit in Israel, in January 2006. http://www.freewebs.com/guykirwan/index.htm 3 Ray O'Reilly English 487 Red-necked Grebe, Penduline Tit, Cyprus Wheatear, Long-eared Owl, Eastern Bonelli's Warbler, Crossbill. Turkey & Cyprus May 2006. 4 Chris Bradshaw British 484 From trips to Turkey (4), Yemen, Syria (3), Oman (2) and Saudi Arabia. 5 Claes-Göran Cederlund Swedish 473 Updated 21 Nov 2004. Malachite Kingfisher (1st for Oman) Pallas´s Eagle (4th for Oman) Oct-Nov 2004.Black-bellied Storm-Petrel,Yemen 6 Keith Betton British 433 OSME Region: Cyprus, Turkey, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Iran, Oman, UAE, Kazakhstan 7 Mike Edgecombe british 430 Goliath heron, Abdims Stork, white throated bee-eater, Black bush robin,plain nightjar,saunders tern, philbys partridge and 9 other arabian peninsula endemics in Saudi May 2002 8 Zoltán Ecsedi Hungarian 398 9 tuvia kahn israrl 397 totalle from israel last few records since the last time: Bean Goose (Eilat), Dunn's lark (Arava Dessert) Long tailed Skua (Eilat) Red Billed Tropic Bird (Eilat) Nubian Nightjar Eye browed Thrush aht [Jerusalem] Greater Crested Tern[eilat]Greate Basted&Goldeneye in de Golan Hetghts Black Bush Robin [eilat] Great Snipe [Binyamina] Pied Wheatear [K19-ealit]Rustic Bunting[aelifaz-arava valley] 10 Steve Lister British 384 Comes from trips to Turkey (2), Cyprus (6), Israel (2) and UAE/Oman. Highlights probably Sooty Shearwater off Oman and Brown Booby off Khor Kalba. 11 Govind Kumar Indian 363 Red-flanked Bluetail at Safa Park, Dubai, UAE - 19th December 2008 12 Gert Ottens Dutch 355 About 29 visits to Israel over the past 14 years most notably 'produced' African Darter. Other highlights too many to mention, but seeing Basra Reed Warblers in Israel in June 2007 ranks highly...! 13 Georges Olioso French 353 10 days in Syria, April 2006 14 Peter Adhemar British 294 15 Yvon Princen Belgian 282 november 2003 Rufous backed Redstart , Plain Leaf Warbler, Dunn's Lark, Hume's wheatear, Lappet-faced Vulture 16 David Daniels USA 272 United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Yemen (including Socotra). Sociable Lapwing, Asian Koel, Egyptian Nightjar, Ring Ouzel, and Rufous-backed Redstart in the Emirates. All Yemen/Southwest Arabia specialties, plus Black-headed Heron, Short-eared Owl, and Nubian Nightjar in Yemen. All Socotra endemics plus possible Himalayan Swiftlet on Socotra, a first record for the Middle East, if accepted. 17 Mario Renden Dutch 261 Jouanin's Petrel, Yemen Serin, Persian Shearwater, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Red-billed Tropicbird (Oman) 18 Mick Watts English 256 Three trips to Israel 19 Ed Wetzel 213 20 Sean Minns British 188 9 months in Saudia Arabia, just around Jeddah and a short trip to SW Arabia. Highlights included , Pallid Harrier, Long-legged Buzzard, Pink-backed Pelican, Hamerkop, Lesser Flamingo, Sooty Falcon, Andalusian Hemipode, Demoiselle Crane, Corncrake, Cream-colore Courser, Crab Plover, White-tailed Plover, White-eyed Gull, Sooty Gull, White-cheeked Tern, Saunder's Tern, Crowned Sandgrouse, Namaqua Dove, Bruce's Green Pigeon, Abyssinian Roller, Black-crowned Finch Lark, Bar-tailed Desert Lark, Hoopoe lark, Grey Hypocolius, Black-bush Robin, Upcher's Warbler, Meneterie's Warbler, Arabian Warbler, Masked Shrike, Tristram's Grackle, Amethyst Starling, Arabian Golden Sparrow, Arabian Serin, Yemen Linnet and Cretzschmar's Bunting. If I had had a car sure it would have been more 21 David Vander Pluym USA 188 Not to bad with less than a month in Turkey and about a day in Cyprus. Pale Scopes Owl, Caucasian Grouse, Kruper's Nuthatch 22 Rick Waldrop USA 57 All seen on a short non-birding trip to Israel/Palestine in 1988. 23 K.F. Ettwig ca. 400 Not entered in these rankings and want to enter yourself? Update or Delete your ranking Back to Life and Year List Home