Lebanon · Beqaa Governorate
Ammiq Wetland
199 species and 5,280 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–April, with up to 85 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Beirut – Sabtieh, Middle East University26 km97 species
- Beirut – waterfront32 km131 species
- Hula Valley – Lake Agmon71 km262 species
All 199 species recorded here
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Great Tit Parus major
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- White-spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Western Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer
- Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia
- Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
- Sombre Tit Poecile lugubris
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Mediterranean Short-toed Lark Alaudala rufescens
- Syrian Serin Serinus syriacus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Ammiq Wetland?
March–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 85 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Ammiq Wetland?
199 species, from 5,280 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Ammiq Wetland in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Buzzard, Hooded Crow, Common Kestrel, European Stonechat and Eurasian Coot.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.