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

  • Common Ringed Plover

  • Kentish Plover

  • Greater Sand Plover

  • Eurasian Whimbrel

  • Eurasian Curlew