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Birding Lifelist

  Coot / Bläßhuhn (Fulica atra) / Juvenile (Hungary 2009 & Egypt 2009) CrowBlack hooded Crow, Nebelkraehe / Corvus corone cornix (Egypt 2009 & 2010) DoveCollared Dove (Egypt 2009 & 2010)Laughing Dove, Palmtaube, Streptopelia… more »
by NicoleB
2010-01-25. 04:17:48. 663 words, 325 views. Categories: Birdwatch , 1 comment »Send a trackback »

Container Ship hit Woodhouse reef

Container Ship hit Woodhouse reef, Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt
The large Vessel ran aground on Woodhouse reef, destroying much of it
Container Ship hit Woodhouse reef, Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt
The vacationers are having fun. Egyptian workers there were even unaware of what has happened right in front of their nose
Container Ship hit Woodhouse reef, Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt
The tight spot in the strait of Tiran
Old wreck, Woodhouse reef, Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt
And old wreck, left to rot some years back. Some divers hope that the container ship will stay on the reef and from a new diving ground. Beyond words for me....
Last Monday a 260m long Chinese Container Ship tried to go through the narrow passage of the strait of Tiran near Sharm el Sheikh.Nobody officially knows why this ship tried to go through there, since it is obviously way too big.It hit the Woodho… more »
by NicoleB
2010-01-12. 06:05:39. 169 words, 1877 views. Categories: Egypt , 20 comments »Send a trackback »

Destruction - slowly but steadily

If you want to see the Beauty of South Sinai's nature, you better hurry.Slowly, but steadily Nature gets destroyed here. Every day another few square meters disappear under either construction trash, household trash or so called developments.Late… more »
by NicoleB
2010-01-10. 10:44:43. 85 words, 814 views. Categories: Naturewatch , 15 comments »Send a trackback »

Birdlist 2010

January, Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt CrowBlack hooded, Nebelkraehe / Corvus corone cornix DoveCollaredLaughing, Palmtaube, Streptopelia senegalensis EgretCattle, Bubulcus Ibis, Kuhreiher Stonechat, Schwarzkehlchen, Saxicola torquat… more »
by NicoleB
2010-01-02. 08:51:56. 182 words, 490 views. Categories: Birdwatch , 2 comments »Send a trackback »

European Roller, Blauracke, Coracias garrulus

European Roller, Blauracke, Coracias garrulus
European Roller, Blauracke, Coracias garrulus
European Roller, Blauracke, Coracias garrulus
European Roller, Blauracke, Coracias garrulus
European Roller, Blauracke, Coracias garrulus
(Click on the pic to get them bigger)This little Beauty has been on our compound (and once I've seen one on the golf course) in October this year.It took me a while to capture some half decent shots of him and even longer to find the right ID :>>… more »
by NicoleB
2009-12-19. 08:23:35. 147 words, 817 views. Categories: Birdwatch, Coraciiformes , 21 comments »Send a trackback »

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