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The following assisted in the compilation of this review: Alexander Abuladze, Yosef Ali Alzaby, Vasil Ananian, Ian Andrews, Parviz Bakhtiari, Gerry Bilbao, Tom Coles, Judy Dawes, Rob Felix, Peter Flint, Ramezanali Ghaemi, Jan Goedelt, Ian Green, Nader Hamidi, Tomas Haraldsson, Peter Hellyer, Volker Hesse, Menno Hornman, Lior Kislev, Abolghasem Khaleghizadeh, Marcus Kohler, Graham Langley, Alexander Lees, Graham Lobley, Martin Lok, Mary Megalli, Peter Meininger, Babak Musavi, Yoav Perlman, Thomas Pettersson, Stefan Pfutzke, Colin Richardson, Nir Sapir, Dave Sargeant, Heiko Schmaljohann, Shellie Senzer, David Stanton, Marius Teeuw, Hannes Uhlig, Magnus Ullman, Harvey van Diek, Colin Walters, David Whaley, Frank Willems and Mark Zekhuis.

Four Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens were at Abu Simbel on 23 June. A Goliath Heron Ardea goliath was at Hamata mangroves on 19 August and 40 Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis were recorded at Abu Simbel on 23 June. At Bir Shalatein, up to 100 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus were counted on 22 August, 50 Lappet-faced Vultures Torgos tracheliotos on 25 June with 80 there on 22 August and a Namaqua Dove Oena capensis was there on 25 June. Between 26–29 September, 78 Marsh Harriers Circus aeruginosus 95 Pallid Harriers C. macrourus (30% adult males) were counted migrating SW of the Southern Red Sea coast. A Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos was in the Wadi El Gemal National Park on 9 September (last recorded in November 2000). Between 150–170 breeding pairs of Sooty Falcon Falco concolor were counted on Wadi El Gemal Island, plus an additional 21 pairs on three of the four islands of the Qulan Archipelago on 3–10 September. Probable breeding was noted in the interior of the Wadi El Gemal National Park along the Gebel Sartut Range on 9 September. Seven were migrating SW of the Southern Red Sea coast between 26–29 September and an adult was along the Nile between Luxor and Aswan in late October. Two Little Crake Porzana parva were at Crocodile Island on 30 September. About 15 Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis were at El Abbasa on 23–24 September and a maximum of eight were on Isis Island at Aswan between 7–20 December. At Hamata mangroves, 11 Crab Plovers Dromas ardeola were counted on 25 June, 48 between 19–23 August and c90 on 5 September. At El Abbasa on 23–24 September, c10 Senegal Thick-knees Burhinus senegalensis and c800 Collared Pratincoles Glareola pratincola were recorded. A Blackwinged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni was at El Gouna Golf Course on 25–26 September. Five Swift Terns Sterna bergii were at Ain Sukhna on 25 September with two at Bir Safaga the next day.

An African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea was at Zabargad Beach Resort, Hamata on 21 August with two at Bir Shalatein the next day. An Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius was at Karnak Temple, Luxor on 30 September. Possibly the first record of White-breasted Kingfisher Halycon smyrnensis for South Sinai was in the grounds of the Hilton Hotel in Neweiba on 23 December. Three pairs of Black-crowned Finch Lark Eremopterix nigriceps were at Bir Shalatein on 22 August. A Richard’s Pipit Anthus richardi was at El Gouna on 25–26 September with two Richard’s Pipits there on 15 October. The second Black Bush Robin Cercotrichas podobe for Egypt was at Bir Shalatein on 28–29 September. A Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschenka was at El Gouna on 15 October and a male Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus was at Wadi Dome Marina on the Egyptian Eastern Desert Red Sea on 13–14 November. A first-winter Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria was at El Gouna Golf Course on 19 October and five Cretzschmar’s Buntings Emberiza caesia were seen at Bir Shalatein on 28–29 September.