Ammotragus lervia
(Barbary sheep, Waddan)

Observations:

Karkur Talh (Jebel Uweinat), November 2000, (single adult)

Wadi Hamra (Gilf Kebir), November 2000, (adult male, separately female with lamb)

Karkur Talh (Jebel Uweinat), March 2001, (single adult)

Karkur Ibrahim (Jebel Uweinat), October 2003, (single adult)

Karkur Talh (Jebel Uweinat), November 2003, (group of adult male, female and two juveniles)

Karkur Talh (Jebel Uweinat), March 2004, (single adult)

Karkur Murr (Jebel Uweinat), October 2004, (group of two adults)

Karkur Talh (Jebel Uweinat), November 2004, (group of adult male, female and single juvenile, plus single adult)

Karkur Talh (Jebel Uweinat), October 2006, (single adult)

Hassanein plateau (Jebel Uweinat), by water filled guelta October 2007, (single adult)

Karkur Talh (Jebel Uweinat), November 2009, (adult female with lamb, separately two adult males)

Karkur Talh (Jebel Uweinat), March 2010, (single adult)

Waddan have been sighted at Jebel Uweinat on a number of occasions, mostly at Karkur Talh, and once in Karkur Ibrahim along the western side of the mountain. Although mummified remains are abundant in both main northern Gilf Kebir valleys, the last recorded live sighting was in November 2000 in Wadi Hamra. It is conceivable that the two populations are linked, and waddan do migrate between the two areas, utilizing the more remote Gilf valleys after rains when grazing is more abundant, and retreating to the refuge of Uweinat in dryer periods. (For a detailed discussion on the Waddan range in the Libyan Desert, see MANILUS, Menardi-Noguera and Zboray, 2003).


Karkur Talh 24^th March, 2001 (approx. 5pm) photo by Yves Larboulette		Karkur Talh, 26^th November, 2004, (approx. 9am)


Hassanein plateau, 28^th October, 2007, (approx. 9am) photo by Gábor Merkl


Karkur Talh, 12^th November, 2009, (approx. 9am)


Karkur Talh, 15^th November, 2009, (approx. 10am)


Karkur Talh, 16^th November, 2009, (approx. 2pm)


Karkur Talh, 9^th March, 2010, (approx. 6pm)