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Hama'apil Fishponds
238 species and 102,484 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–November, with up to 169 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Common RedshankTringa totanusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Poleg Marsh17 km243 species
- Ma'agan Michael Fishponds & Beach22 km276 species
- Ma'ayan Tzvi Fishponds24 km261 species
- Hatzuk Beach TLV30 km251 species
- Mt. Kabir36 km169 species
- Kfar Ruppin fishponds55 km260 species
All 238 species recorded here
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- White-spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Great Tit Parus major
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Palestine Sunbird Cinnyris osea
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Armenian Gull Larus armenicus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus
- Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Temminck's Lark Eremophila bilopha
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Hama'apil Fishponds?
October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 169 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Hama'apil Fishponds?
238 species, from 102,484 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Hama'apil Fishponds in November?
The most recorded in November: Spur-winged Lapwing, Black-winged Stilt, White-throated Kingfisher, Common Moorhen 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.