Ciconia ciconia
No live storks were seen in the Libyan Desert, only mummified remains on the sand plain to the west of the Gilf Kebir plateau, near Wadi Sora, at Clayton's Craters and on the Selima Sand Sheet. However the migration route certainly passes over the Libyan Desert.
Near Wadi Sora October, 2002 |
On sand plain west of the Gilf Kebir, October 2005 |
At foot of Crater B, Clayton's Craters, March 2007 |
Selima Sand Sheet, November 2009 |
Migrating storks resting at Ras Mohammed (Sinai), August 2003 |