Bird watching tours in Egypt
Egypt has a strategic geographical location, making it a distinguished rest stop for migratory birds, those birds that escape the cold winter in Europe and come to Egypt twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which made the land of Egypt one of the main paths for them. Thus Egypt is one of the best places to watch birds either resident or migratory. 470 bird species have been recorded in the country. Only here you can find Raven and Shrike, Warbler and Chiffchaff, Wheatear, Pipit, Bulbul, Gull, Oriole, Lark, Grouse, Robin, Tern, Sunbird, Curlew, Coot, Courser, Osprey.
Birds Migration through Egypt
Egypt is one of the most important paths for migratory birds in the world, as it is a land bridge linking Asia and Europe, as it is the second most important passage for bird migration in the world, as hundreds of millions of birds migrate twice a year between the continents of Europe and Africa, in addition to internal migration in the continent of Africa, and Egypt is the only land crossing between 3 continents (Europe, Asia and Africa), through which hundreds of millions of birds pass, many of which spend the winter in the wetlands of Egypt, as more than 500 species of birds are monitored in Egypt in the fall and spring of each year.
Egypt remains, with its unique location, the greatest migration path in the world, as the Great African Rift Valley passes through it, which is the second largest bird migration path in the world. More than 2 million birds belonging to more than 500 species pass through it annually, including 37 species of soaring birds, during the fall and spring seasons. More than 2 million birds migrate annually through this path, including more than 1.2 million birds of prey, 500,000 white storks, and 66,000 pelicans. Among these birds, there are sixteen species of birds that are threatened with extinction due to a large number of reasons.
Birds watching in Egypt
In Egypt there are many places where you can enjoy with bird watching here are some of these places:
Cairo: an excellent place to watch birds in Giza zoo, especially during the migratory seasons many different kinds of songbird may be encountered here. Among the breeding birds are Nile Valley Sunbirds and Cattle Egrets. Senegal Thick-knees may be found breeding. Sewage treatment plants are generally good bird-watching spots.
Fayoum Oases : it is situated around 110km south of Cairo, it has been known as a hunting area, and it is one of the most important places to bird watching. It is rich in land birds; also the lake of Qarun is important as a wintering area of grebes, ducks, coots, and shorebirds.
Suez : It is situated on one of the most important routs of bird migratory. thousands of birds may be seen passing overhead in their migration in spring and fall. The mudflats are frequented by migrating shorebirds of many varieties, and in the Suez bay various species of gulls and terns are often numerous.
Ras Mohammed National park birds
It is important place to watch White Storks which pass in thousands in the fall, and herons and shorebirds are abundant beside Osprey, gulls, terns Sooty and Falcons nest.
Birds watching in Hurghada
The Red Sea coast of Hurghada with its islands, offers good opportunities for birdwatchers. Many of the islands are inhabited by seabirds indigenous to the area (such as White-eyed Gull and White-cheeked Tern), also many birds may be seen from the mainland coast.
St Catherine birds
Located in the middle of Sinai Peninsula is famous not only for its monastery and the mount of Ten Commandments but also for many different species of desert birds such as hoopoe lark, bar tailed desert lark, chucker, and wheatear, mourning wheatear, white crowned black wheatear and sand partridge.
In Egypt 450 different species of birds have been registered so far.