ISRAEL – SPRING 2008

Western Reef-heron
Oriental Honey-buzzard	Lanner Falcon
Lesser Kestrels
Common Cranes
Caspian Plovers (and White Wagtail)	Cream-coloured Courser
Common Snipes	Pallas's Gull
Gull-billed Tern	Namaqua Dove
Eurasian Hoopoe	Common Kingfisher
Thick-billed Lark	Bar-tailed Lark
Long-billed Pipit	Olive-backed Pipit
Semicollared Flycatcher	Fan-tailed Raven
Indian Silverbill	Desert Finch
Overlooking the Dead Sea	Zin Valley
Ara Valley	Birdfinders at Ein Netaphim

Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse

Tour price: £2195
Estimated air price: £300
Ground price: £1895
Single supplement: £360
Deposit: £400
Price includes flights between Luton or Manchester (supplement may be payable for Manchester) and Tel Aviv, all transport within Israel, accommodation in twin-bedded rooms in a comfortable hotel with private facilities, TV and air-conditioning, and in twin-bedded rooms at a kibbutz guesthouse with TV and private facilities, breakfasts and all guiding services. The spring tour includes an evening with a local Israeli guide searching for Nubian Nightjar and Desert Owl but does not include evenings for migrant Egyptian Nightjars as these are unpredictable in occurrence so arrangements can be made for those wishing to try with a local guide at extra cost. Excluded are insurance, lunches, dinners, drinks, gratuities and items of a purely personal nature.