Egypt · Red Sea Governorate
Hurghada Sewage Works
164 species and 6,301 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March and September, with up to 89 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollis
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus57 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 164 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- El Gouna /18 km166 species
All 164 species recorded here
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- White-eyed Gull Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
- Sooty Gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Armenian Gull Larus armenicus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Hurghada Sewage Works?
March and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 89 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Hurghada Sewage Works?
164 species, from 6,301 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Hurghada Sewage Works in November?
The most recorded in November: Spur-winged Lapwing, Western Marsh Harrier, White Wagtail, Common Redshank and Common Moorhen.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.