The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Wadi Rum Protected Area

Ecological Baseline Surveys

BIRDS BASELINE SURVEY

February 1999 - May 1999

The World Bank-Second Tourism Development Project

Wadi Rum Project- Aqaba Regional Authority

February 2000

G. Welch, Y. Khalili, M. Qarqaz. M. Bdour, H. Welch

Survey team

Geoff Welch – RSPB, UK – project leader: 15 February to 15 May

Yassar Al-Khalili – RSCN, Jordan – Fauna Survey team leader: 5 March to 1 May

Mayas Qarqaz – RSCN, Jordan – field researcher: 5 March to 30 April

Mahmoud Boudour – RSCN, Jordan – Wadi Rum Site Manager: 21 February to 12 April

Hilary Welch – volunteer, UK – 15 February to 15 May

Other contributors to field survey work

Mohammed Yousef – RSCN, Jordan – Head of Research Section: 21 to 25 February

Tariq Abul Hawa – RSCN, Jordan – Dana Reserve Site Manager: 25 February and 21 April

Laith El-Maghrabi – RSCN, Jordan – Field Project Coordinator: 1, 28 and 29 April

Assistance with map production

Will Flanagan – volunteer, UK – production of all species maps

Enas Sakkijha – RSCN, Jordan – GIS management

Project management

Chris Johnson – RSCN, Jordan

Report delivered to RSCN January 2000