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The places we have visited in Israel to locate species ahead of race day have been amazing, some are even breathtaking! 🇮🇱 We are above the Desert itself scouring the rocks for Hooded or White Crowned Back Wheatears and Desert Larks. There's a huge variety of Wheatears to be found around the Negev desert, aswell as the above, we have also seen Desert, Mourning, Black Eared, Northern and Isabelline, these are definitely the highlights for me! 🇮🇱 Tomorrow we aim to meet more of the teams competing and share some information at the IBRCE, only a few days left to go until race day and the start of the 24 hour race to see as many species of bird possible begins! #wildlife #nature #wildlifeeducator #natureactivity #naturephotography #wildlifeeducation #raptormigration #eilat #israel #travel #COTF #WorldYouthBirders #COTF2019 #NIWakati #exploring #birding #birdwatching #femalebirdwatchers #shewentwild

Even though my time is spent scouring the vast Israeli desert for birds, there is always time to appreciate and observe the nature that Eilat and nearby sites has to offer. 🌱 Take this plant for example! It's called the Desert Broomrape (Cistanche tubulosa), we learnt that is cannot photosynthesise and instead attaches itself onto the roosts on another plant to use it as a host in order for it to get the water and nutrients that it needs to survive the hard desert life. 🌱 We saw this whilst out searching one of our sites, what was best for me was a tiny seven spot ladybird decided to climb into shot and was subsequently added to my entomology list for this trip! #plants #birding #botany #entomology #COTF2019 #NIWakati #wildlife #nature #wildlifeeducator #natureactivity #naturephotography #wildlifeeducation #photography #eilat #israel #travel

Eilat you are breathtaking! 🦅 We've spent the day in the mountains looking for birds on migration and arriving back to Eilat. We've been lucky to see a good migration of raptors including eagles, buzzards and kites and the two specialties of Steppe Buzzard and Steppe Eagle! 🦅 There's also been a lot of warblers arriving here including Rupells and Spectacled. The stand out birds by far has been Crested Honey Buzzards! They're pretty rare here and a few have been wintering here following the bees and we've been lucky to see two coming into roost!

And so the long journey begins! Sat on the coach ready to make my way to Heathrow airport to travel to Israel and then meet up with the team! 🦅 We've raised over £2,000 for Champions of the Flyway for Vulture Conservation in Kenya and I couldn't he any more proud to be on the @worldyouthbirders team. 🦅 There's so much wildlife and birds to see in and around Eilat, it's a time to get familiar with the species we are likely to see on race day, meet up with new and old friends and also learn more about the work that we are helping to raise funds for.

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