So i'm back in Egypt. Don't ask!
Our group flew to Cairo from Manchester, London & Copenhagen and with a short connection to Aswan. All of our flights were delayed into Cairo and fortunately the Aswan flight was also delayed. Our superb guide Ismael from Aswan Birdwatching was at the airport to meet us and we drove about half an hour into downtown Aswan before getting on the ferry across the Nile to our guesthouse on the west bank. I finally made it to bed at 4am….. just as the call to prayer started. Oh lordy!
The following morning we had breakfast at 7.30am during which we saw a few goodies including our first Nile Valley Sunbirds. We spent the entire day on a boat cruising along the Nile River notching up some rare Western Palearctic species. More sunbirds, many Purple Swamphens, Senegal Thick-knees, African Green Bee-eaters, and many Pale Crag Martins. The numbers of Purple Herons, Gull-billed & Whiskered Terns, various hirundines and Blue-cheeked Bee-eaters passing overhead was truly phenomenal, as was the huge lunch.
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| Ferruginous Duck |
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| Little Bittern |
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| Little Heron |
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| Nile Valley Sunbird |
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| Pied Kingfisher |
We looked for the wintering Black Scrub Robin without any luck and enjoyed much the same species on the return journey upriver to our guest house. I have to say the views of 40+ Purple Herons and a few Little Bitterns today was exceptional. So not a bad start....
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| Purple Heron |
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| Purple/Western/African Swamphen |
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| Rufous Bushchat |
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| Senegal Thick-knee |
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| Spur-winged Lapwing |
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| Another Swamphen... |
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