Tishreen Reservoir S of Jarablus, Syria. Seen between 14-28 feburary by Dutch team. Only a few km´s from the Turkish border. (source: Remco Hofland on EBN)(DN)
(ssp arenarius ), 8 east of Deir az Zor and 1 at SE Sabkha Jabbul, Syria. Seen by a Dutch Team conducting a waterfowl census. According to the observes this constitutes the first records of this subspecies in WP away from Iraq!. (source: Remco Hofland on EBN)(DN)