26th of February: ringing and good birding at Yotvata

This morning it seemed that there had been relatively good migration of (Caspian) Reed Warbler and Lesser Whitethroats.
The results:

New	Retrap
Reed Warbler	6	-
Sedge Warbler	5	-
Savi's warbler	2	1
Lesser Whitethroat	7	1
Chiffchaff	6	5
Bluethroat	-	2
Sard. Warbler	1	4
Graceful Prinia	1	-
Spectacled Bulbul	3	-
Laughing Dove	1	1
House Sparrow	3	4
Total	35	18

In the afternoon we (Tammo, Fabian, Teun, Bram and Roni) went birding at Yotvata. We see a good variety of pipits, wheatears, larks and wagtails etc:

 Isabelline Wheatear

Mourning Wheatear

Short-toed Lark

Water Pipit

Red-throated Pipit

Yellow wagtail 'feldegg'

At Yotvata circular fields I had another long-awaited lifer: Siberian Stonechat. We then drove south of Yotvata where we had a skulky singing Arabian Warbler in some Acacian shrub. Here I managed to get some reasonable shots of Scrub Warblers as well:

We ended the day at KM19 where we had 3 beautiful Lichtenstein's Sandgrouses dropping in around dusk! 2 males and 1 female showed themselves with under good light conditions. Definitively one of my personal highlights of the trip. Here we had a hunting Barbary Falcon as well.