Bird AlbumEgypt · Red Sea Governorate
Ras Ghareb sewage ditch
128 species and 13,869 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–April, with up to 76 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Ras Ghareb3 km87 species
- Ras Shukeir Sewage Works27 km156 species
- Southern Wadi of Ras Shukeir Saltmarshes29 km96 species
- Gabal el Zayt30 km120 species
All 128 species recorded here
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
- Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Menetries's Warbler Curruca mystacea
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
- Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Cyprus Warbler Curruca melanothorax
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Ras Ghareb sewage ditch?
March–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 76 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Ras Ghareb sewage ditch?
128 species, from 13,869 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.