Environment & Energy | Sunday 28 July, 2019 7:44 pm |

The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (NPR) team at the Aqaba Bird Observatory recorded a first-ever Serenice bird in the Bird Observatory. The head of the observatory, Firas al-Rahhalah, said: "This bird crosses our region during the migration seasons. It is considered a rare species of land, and the fish depends on its food, so the greatest opportunity to see it in Jordan lies in the marine environment in Aqaba. The bird was not recorded in the Aqaba Bird Observatory, a few kilometers away from the Gulf of Aqaba, according to Rahala, adding that previous observations had declined in the marine environment.

The recording of this species, according to the frequency, in the observatory environments is a new list of species in the Bird Observatory, which has become 245 species, representing a total of 56% of the population of the species registered in Jordan in general after the addition of herring, highlighting the importance of various bird observatory environments as a safe environment for species rest Migrating through Jordan and Jordan on the autumn and spring trips every year.

 

The autumn migratory season begins in mid-August and ends at the end of November, while the spring migration season begins in mid-February and ends at the end of May. Al-Rahaleh added that the Aqaba Bird Observatory is witnessing a warm weather in the city of Aqaba during the winter season for different types of birds. It is taking a place to spend its winter season instead of suffering a longer journey to different regions with similar climate in Africa. The observatory covers an area of ​​half a square kilometer, which annually attracts up to half a million birds a year during migration, the last stop for migratory birds before entering Africa from the northern tip of the Gulf of Aqaba and its first break when crossing Asia from the same route