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Ein Hamifratz Fishponds
232 species and 52,807 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February–April and September–December, with up to 130 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Eurasian CootFulica atra
White WagtailMotacilla alba
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Great EgretArdea alba
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
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All 232 species recorded here
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Armenian Gull Larus armenicus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- White-spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Great Tit Parus major
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Palestine Sunbird Cinnyris osea
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Ringed Teal Callonetta leucophrys
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Ein Hamifratz Fishponds?
February–April and September–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 130 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Ein Hamifratz Fishponds?
232 species, from 52,807 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Ein Hamifratz Fishponds in November?
The most recorded in November: Grey Heron, Black Kite, Little Grebe, Eurasian Coot and White Wagtail.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.