The Ancient Egyptians were excellent natural historians who vibrantly documented the flora and fauna of their time on the walls of their tombs and temples. More than 75 different species of birds can be easily identified from the wall paintings and other artefacts.
Where ever you are in Egypt either it’s on a liveaboard in the middle of the sea or it’s out in the vast dessert, you’re likely to spot some of our rare species of birds.
Some are endemic to the region, like the White Eye Gull ,Swift Tern and the Brown Bobby.
Where ever you are in Egypt either it’s on a liveaboard in the middle of the sea or it’s out in the vast dessert, you’re likely to spot some of our rare species of birds.
Some are endemic to the region, like the White Eye Gull ,Swift Tern and the Brown Bobby.
Birds of pray play and important roll in the delicate echo system and on Small Giftun Island, Big Giftun Island and the Tawila Island we have one of the world’s highest density of nesting pairs of Ospreys .How cool isn't that! It's not rare at all to see Ospreys hunting around dive sites. Imagine how cool it would be to have an Osprey catch a fish in front of your ey
es during a dive!
es during a dive!On average, about half a million birds of prey like Lesser Spotted Eagles, Honey Buzzards and Levant Sparrow hawks plus 250,000 White Storks and 70,000 White Pelicans passed during fall. About a million birds of prey like Honey Buzzards, Steppe Buzzards, Steppe Eagles and Black Kites plus 450,000 White Storks passed during spring. Peak numbers are higher; over a million birds of prey and half a million White Storks. Can you imagine the sight when a never ending flock of huge birds cover the sky from horizon to horizon? It's magical.
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