ISRAEL – SPRING 2009

Courtsey of James P. Smith

Common (Steppe) Buzzards	African Swamphen
Caspian Plover	Kittlitz's and Kentish Plovers
Alpine Swift	Bimaculated Lark
Temminck's Lark	Long-billed Pipit
Black Scrub-robin	Hooded Wheatear
Arabian Warbler	Asian Desert Warbler
Sinai Rosefinch	Trumpeter Finch
Striolated Bunting	Golden Spiny Mouse
Wolf	Birdfinders group lunching in the desert

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.