Mother Nature

The Nabq Nature protectorate is at the North end of Nabq.
You take the main road until you get to a big Roundabout
and take the dirt road.
It opens at 9am and closes at around 5pm.
Entrance fee is 25LE.

You can get a taxi there, ride with a squad bike
or simply take a long hike.

The area up to the mosque and second barrier has still
mine warnings, so better not leave the road there.

It’s about 2km from the second police post to the Bedouin Cafe
and the mangroves.
You are able to walk along the beach for the whole stretch
and see quite a few birds if you are lucky.

Don’t be surprised to see a lot of trash laying around.
The Cafe and the village is not exactly the nicest sight
around either.

It seems the storm a few weeks back has hit this area quite bad too.
The mangroves are high up in the water, one only can see a few roots
at the beach.
I don’t know what the gate and the fenced in area is for.
Maybe I’ll find out when the flooding is gone.

This time I only went up to the Bedouin village by taxi.
Another day I’ll try something different.

I saw: Kentish Plover, Dunlin, Redshank, Greenshank, Cormorant, White and dark Western Reef Heron, Caspian Tern, Sooty Gull, a few unIDed ones and a Common Kingfisher which posed nicely for me instead of taking flight as they usual do with me

Some Info about the park at BirdLife

Forgot to add this Photo yesterday to give you a bit more
of a Showcase that there are more plastic bags on the beach than birds:

Saw this Beauty last year in October on our compound.
Did I mention that I still have a bunch of birdies left to ID?

These fellows are usually pretty shy.
This one must have been an exception.
He posed for me nicely before he flew off

The common Redstart is a small bird.
Only about 15cm tall and slim.

Watch for the red tail, grey back, white forehead, black face
and chestnut underparts in the plumage of a male in summer.

More Info & sound

These guys were circling around the sky over the golf course on Jan 8th.
And around.
And around.

Does anyone know why they seem to love to just circle?

They did it with the whole flock and in pairs and single.
Many rounds.

More Photos: Great Cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo, Kormoran

Asked the question on ‘Birdforum’ too