Bird AlbumIsrael · HaMerkaz
Poleg Marsh
243 species and 92,076 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–November, with up to 167 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
White WagtailMotacilla alba
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Graceful PriniaPrinia gracilis
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
BluethroatLuscinia svecica
European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Rock DoveColumba livia152 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 243 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Hatzuk Beach TLV13 km251 species
- Hama'apil Fishponds17 km238 species
- Ma'agan Michael Fishponds & Beach35 km276 species
- Ma'ayan Tzvi Fishponds37 km261 species
- Mt. Kabir45 km169 species
- Hulda Reservoir48 km233 species
All 243 species recorded here
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- White-spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Palestine Sunbird Cinnyris osea
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Common Swift Apus apus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Armenian Gull Larus armenicus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Vinous-breasted Myna Acridotheres leucocephalus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Poleg Marsh?
September–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 167 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Poleg Marsh?
243 species, from 92,076 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Poleg Marsh in November?
The most recorded in November: Hooded Crow, Western Marsh Harrier, White Wagtail, White-throated Kingfisher and Graceful Prinia.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.