Birds of the Red Sea

Lagoon north of Casa Cook Hotel

Image of Lagoon north of Casa Cook Hotel birding site

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Popular tidal lagoon for shorebirds and passing migratory birds. Best visited around low tide when the crabs and the muddy shoreline is exposed.

Kentish Plovers breeding on the beaches here.

Popular with Eurasian Curlew, Dunlin, Greater Sand Plovers, Redshank, Greenshank, Western Reef Egrets, White Eyed Gulls, Caspian Terns, Whimbrel, and many more depending on the time of year.

eBird Hotspot: https://ebird.org/hotspot/L13527204

Species recorded
17
Visitors
1

What you might see

  • Caspian Tern

    Almost always seen here

    Last seen 2 years ago

  • Kentish Plover

    Almost always seen here

    Last seen 2 years ago

  • Greater Sand Plover

    Almost always seen here

    Last seen 2 years ago

  • Eurasian Curlew

    Almost always seen here

    Last seen 2 years ago

  • Common Redshank

    Almost always seen here

    Last seen 2 years ago

  • Slender-billed Gull

    Almost always seen here

    Last seen 2 years ago

  • Common Greenshank

    Almost always seen here

    Last seen 2 years ago

  • Common Ringed Plover

    Almost always seen here

    Last seen 2 years ago

  • Dunlin

    Seen on the majority of visits

    Last seen 2 years ago

  • Eurasian Whimbrel

    A regular visitor to this spot

    Last seen 2 years ago

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