Observer les oiseaux dans le nord-ouest du Néguev (Israël)

Israel lies on the border between two climatic realms, the subtropical Mediterranean, and the arid belt of deserts extending across North Africa and South-west Asia. The desert makes up most of Israel’s area and consists of three geographical units : the Northern Negev, the Central Mountain Range and the Rift Valley. Within the first unit, the North Western Negev is one of the most exciting winter birdwatching area in the Negev, and, indeed, in Israel. The area can be reached from the north (from the direction of ashkelon via Saad junction), from the east (from Beer Sheva via Ofaqim), or from the south (from Telalim junction via Revivim).
The landscape in this area includes vast cultivated areas and large areas of transitionnal habitat, from natural steppe to semi-desert. This is the place to see both wintering and desert species. Here can one observe the rare Saker falcon, Lanner falcon, Imperial Eagle as well as Sociable Plover and thousands of Pin-tailed Sandgrouse wintering here. The sandy areas excellent places for finding some much sought after desert species, Cream-coloured Courser (Cursorius cursor), McQueen’s Bustard (Chlamydotis mcqueeni) and Sandgrouses amongst others.
In this article, we present you several good birding spots.