Egypt · South Sinai Governorate
Sharm el-Sheikh – New WTP
177 species and 3,787 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October, with up to 86 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Rock DoveColumba livia
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Pale Crag MartinPtyonoprogne obsoleta
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Grey HeronArdea cinerea51 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 177 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 177 species recorded here
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Striolated Bunting Emberiza striolata
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens
- Hooded Wheatear Oenanthe monacha
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Blackstart Oenanthe melanura
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Sooty Gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- White-eyed Gull Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Streaked Scrub Warbler Scotocerca inquieta
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
- Pharaoh Eagle-Owl Bubo ascalaphus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Bar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cinctura
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Sand Partridge Ammoperdix heyi
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
- Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Sharm el-Sheikh – New WTP?
October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 86 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Sharm el-Sheikh – New WTP?
177 species, from 3,787 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Sharm el-Sheikh – New WTP in November?
The most recorded in November: Spur-winged Lapwing, White Wagtail, Little Grebe, Eurasian Coot and Rock Dove.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.