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Nabq Nature protectorate, Sharm el Sheikh, South Sinai, Egypt

Nabq Nature protectorate entrance
Nabq Nature protectorate entrance
Nabq Nature protectorate mine field
Nabq Nature protectorate mine field
Nabq Nature protectorate mosque
Nabq Nature protectorate mosque
Beauty in the nature preserve
Beauty in the nature preserve
Beauty in the nature preserve
Beauty in the nature preserve
Cafeteria at Bedouin village in nature preserve park, Nabq
Cafeteria at Bedouin village in nature preserve park, Nabq
Mangroves under water
Mangroves under water
Mangroves Nabq nature protectorate
Mangroves Nabq nature protectorate
Quad biking in nature preserve park, Nabq
Quad biking in nature preserve park, Nabq
Common Kingfisher
Common Kingfisher
Kentish Plover and some UID birds
Dunlin and Kentish Plover
Kentish Plover
Kentish Plover
Sooty gull in flight
Sooty gull in flight
Little Egret
Little Egret
Western reef heron, dark form
Western reef heron, dark form

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, Little Egret, 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:

Caspian tern

by NicoleB
2010-02-08. 17:45:10. 286 words, 606 views. Categories: Birdwatch, Naturewatch , 22 comments »Send a trackback »

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Comment from: Jouir la vie [Visitor] Email · http://james-blue.blogspot.com
Schaut alles ein bisschen trübe aus, nur die Vögel machen einen netten Eindruck, besonders der schicke Eisvogel...
Sei lieb gegrüßt
Kvelli

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2010-02-08 @ 18:20
Comment from: Doug [Visitor] · http://bitterbierce.blogspot.com/
Beautiful photos as ever, but a minefield seems like a notable feature in a nature protectorate. I guess that's one way to protect.

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2010-02-08 @ 18:30
I hope to visit your blog often as I have just booked a holiday in Hurghada for Jan 2010. Need to do some bird research and read field guides before then.Cheers Phil.

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2010-02-08 @ 19:01
Comment from: NicoleB [Member] Email · http://nicoleb.org
@Kvelli - truebe war's eigentlich nicht.
Aber jau, die Voegel waren klasse :)

@Doug - haven't looked at it from that angle :)

@Phil - Hurghada is a bit different than Sinai, but if you need any ideas, let me know :)
2010-02-08 @ 19:08
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an award 4 u,
Happy Monday!

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2010-02-08 @ 19:26
love all these amazing photos,
U R Gifted in Photography. ;)

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2010-02-08 @ 19:27
Comment from: Ballerina Girl [Visitor] · http://rollercoasterriding.blogspot.com
Interesting fotos...I so enjoy the look of the Kingfisher. We got to see many of them in the Amazon

BG
ps-going with the canon-felt betterhttp://nicoleb.org/b2/rsc/smilies/icon_wink.gif

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2010-02-08 @ 20:46
Nicole, you saw some nice birds at the preserve. It does looks like a great place for birding! The kingfisher is a great sighting and I like the white and dark forms of the heron.

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2010-02-08 @ 21:24
Comment from: quilly [Visitor] · http://quillyscamera.wordpress.com/
The birds are cool. The pollution makes me sad. The mines are scary!

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2010-02-08 @ 22:21
Makes bird watching interesting great post.

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2010-02-09 @ 00:57
Comment from: Brigitte [Visitor] · http://www.la-palma-bloggerin.de
also mit gefallen die Bilder ... haben irgendwie was ägyptisches, woran das wohl liegen mag :)

Liebe Grüsse
Brigitte

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2010-02-09 @ 01:37
Comment from: Dan [Visitor] · http://lifesbone.blogspot.com
You are getting to be such a 'bird-girl'!! : ) Most poignant to me was the lovely view of the mountains through a barbed-wire barrier. That somehow, says it all.

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2010-02-09 @ 02:31
Comment from: Momisodes [Visitor] · http://www.Momisodes.com
These are simply gorgeous! All of the birds are beautiful and remind me so much of my tropical birthplace.

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2010-02-09 @ 04:27
Comment from: april [Visitor] · http://april11.wordpress.com/
Sehr interessant und immer wieder erschütternd. Sie haben unbeschreibliche Naturschönheiten, aber sie wissen sie ofensichtlich nicht zu schätzen.

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2010-02-09 @ 10:22
Comment from: NicoleB [Member] Email · http://nicoleb.org
Thanks, everyone!

@Ingrid - Nein, offenichtlich wissen sie das nicht.
Ich habe eben versucht an das Ministerium fuer Umweltblabla eine email zu schicken und die kam zurueck, Adresse nicht 'belieferbar'....
Ich haett's mir ja denken koennen....
2010-02-09 @ 11:49
Comment from: BLOGitse [Visitor] · http://BLOGitse.blogspot.com
So sad all the plastic bags etc.
Where are all the people?
Or is that quiet out there?

Nice weather today! :yes:

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2010-02-09 @ 12:38
Comment from: Katinka [Visitor] · http://www.kurzbemerkt.de
Sieht sehr schön aus - bis auf den Stacheldraht und den Müll, der rum liegt.

Die Vögel hast Du toll getroffen!

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2010-02-10 @ 11:04
Comment from: Fishing Guy [Visitor] · http://thefishingguy.blogspot.com
Nicole: It is too bad that the garbage and land mines are on a nature preserve park. I love your bird photos.

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2010-02-10 @ 13:12
Comment from: Scriber's Web [Visitor] · http://scribersweb.blogspot.com/
It is such a treat to see Egypt through your eyes:)

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2010-02-10 @ 13:27
Comment from: Carver [Visitor] · http://carverblog.blogspot.com/
That's a beautiful nature preserve and you got some great shots. It's interesting to me, never having been to your part of the world, to see what the preserve and area is like.

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2010-02-10 @ 18:33
Wow! Well it looks like a beautiful place once we got past the minefields! Lovely photos - especially enjoyed seeing the kingfisher. I've mentioned before that we have them, but I've never seen one and would love to. Maybe that one will come here when it gets warmer and that will be the one I see!

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2010-02-11 @ 20:57
Comment from: NicoleB [Member] Email · http://nicoleb.org
@BLOGitse - not many people there.
Most go much further into the park.
This was still at 'the entrance'

@Katinka - Danke. Ja, der Muell ist leider uebrall :(

@Fishing Guy - Thanks.
Egypt is pretty unbelievable in general :(

Thanks, Scriber & Carver

@Janice - Thanks, will try to send him your way :)

2010-02-12 @ 06:23

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