Bird AlbumIsrael · Haifa District
Ma'agan Michael Fishponds & Beach
276 species and 57,095 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August–April, with up to 152 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great EgretArdea alba
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Armenian GullLarus armenicus
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis144 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 276 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Ma'ayan Tzvi Fishponds2 km261 species
- Hama'apil Fishponds22 km238 species
- Poleg Marsh35 km243 species
- Ein Hamifratz Fishponds43 km232 species
- Hatzuk Beach TLV47 km251 species
- Mt. Kabir53 km169 species
All 276 species recorded here
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Armenian Gull Larus armenicus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- White-spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Palestine Sunbird Cinnyris osea
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Common Gull Larus canus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
- Vinous-breasted Myna Acridotheres leucocephalus
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Cyprus Warbler Curruca melanothorax
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Ma'agan Michael Fishponds & Beach?
August–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 152 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Ma'agan Michael Fishponds & Beach?
276 species, from 57,095 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Ma'agan Michael Fishponds & Beach in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Egret, Pied Kingfisher, Grey Heron, Black-headed Gull 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.