Birds watching

Bird Migration through Egypt Egypt has a great geographical position in the central of the earth, and that makes Egypt acting as a bridge between the continents of Europe, Asia, and Africa. This is the main reason why so many migrating birds are here in Egypt especially Sinai peninsula. Bird 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 110 km 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. Thousand 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. Bird watching in Ras Mohammed National park: 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.St. Catherine protectorate: located in the middle of Sinai Peninsula 420, although it is famous for its monastery and the mount of Ten Commandments but also you can watch here deferent species of desert birds such as hoopoe lark, bar tailed desert lark, chucker, and wheatear, mourning wheatear, white crowned black wheatear and sand partridge.