Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 
12, Azraq, 14 June. Possibly breeding. 
F Khoury. 
Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris 
2, Dana Wildlife Reserve, 26 
February. First record for Jordan. M 
Evans/RSCN. 
Dunnock Prunella modularis 
Dana Wildlife Reserve, 26 February. 
Scarce and local winter visitor. M 
Evans/RSCN. 
Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 
10, Dana Wildlife Reserve, 11-17 
March. Second record for Jordan. M 
Evans/RSCN. 
Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 
33, Azraq, 10 February. Dana Wildlife 
Reserve, 11-15 March. Uncommon 
winter visitor. M Evans/RSCN. 
Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 
large numbers wintered, Dana 
Wildlife Reserve, until last third of 
March e.g. 96, 10 March. M 
Evans/RSCN. 
Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 
10, Dana Wildlife Reserve, 20 March. 
M Evans/RSCN. 
Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens 
4, of the dark morph, 50 km east of Al 
Safawi, 23 February. M Evans/RSCN, 
dark morph, southeast of Mafraq, 4 
April. A Schuster. 
Hooded Wheatear Oenanthe monacha 
Pair, with female seen carrying food, 
Wadi al Mhash, 20 May. Breeding not 
previously recorded in Jordan. F 
Khoury. 
Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 
four, Suwayma resthouse, Dead Sea, 
30 March; Azraq, 2 April. Earliest 
records ever in Jordan. Rv d Vliet. 
Upcher's Warbler Hzppo/ais languida 
breeding at high density, Dana 
Wildlife Reserve, 21 April onwards. 
Second known breeding locality in 
Jordan. M Evans/RSCN. 
Ruppell's Warbler Sybzfl ruepelli 
Qasr Amra, 7 April. Scarce passage 
migrant. F Khoury. 
Menetries Warbler Sylvia mystacea 
Qasr Amra, 7 April. Very rare pas- 
sage migrant. F Khoury. 
Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala 
3, Dana Wildlife Reserve, 1 May. 
Perhaps breeding (not previously 
known this far south). M 
Evans/RSCN. 
Orphean Warbler Sylvia hortensis 
breeding at high density, Dana 
Wildlife Reserve, April. Previously 
unknown to breed this far south. M 
Evans/RSCN. 
Cyprus Warbler Sylvia melanothorax 
Male, Azraq, 12 February. Second 
record for Jordan, first was at Dana 
Wildlife Reserve (cf.Bull.34:37). M 
Evans/RSCN. 
jackdaw Corvus monedula 
two. South Shuna, 9 April. Rare, 
especially in spring. I } Andrews/ 
Naturetrek. 
Pale Rock Sparrow Carpospiza brachydadyla 
two singing, 10km east of As Safawi, 
13 April; total of 11, including pair 
displaying and pair carrying nesting 
material, Burqu' and Bga'aweah, mid 
April. Only one previous breeding 
record in Jordan. I } Andrews/ 
Naturetrek, R.F.Porter. 
Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus 
60, near Safi, 23 January. / Tafforeau. 
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 
male, Jarash,,2 April. Late record. R v 
d Vliet. 
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 
Male, Dana Wildlife Reserve, 8 
February. Uncommon winter visitor. 
M Evans/RSCN. 
Syrian Serin Serinus syriacus 
4, Dana Wildlife Reserve, 27 
February. Up to 800 pairs were esti- 
mated breeding in Dana Wildlife 
Reserve in mid April, with at least 
one nest found. First breeding record 
for Jordan. M Evans/RSCN. 
Rock Bunting Emberiza cia 
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