Lagoon North of Casa Cook Hotel

El Gouna, Red Sea Coast > Egypt

Just North of the Casa Cook Hotel is a lagoon popular with shorebirds as the tide is falling.

Added* by Georgina Cole
Most recent update 15 November 2021

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Description

Shallow lagoon. As the tide drops hundreds of crabs appear attracting many species of shorebirds and migratory birds including gulls, terns, herons, Common Redshank and more.

Details

Access

Easy to reach from El Gouna by Tok Tok, car and bicycle.

Terrain and Habitat

Beach

Conditions

Flat

Circular trail

Is a telescope useful?

Can be useful

Good birding season

All year round

Best time to visit

Winter , Summer , Spring migration , Spring , Autumn , Autumn migration

Route

Wide path

Difficulty walking trail

Easy

Accessible by

Foot , Bicycle

Birdwatching hide / platform

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Top 5 birds

1. Kentish Plover
(Charadrius alexandrinus)

2. Common Ringed Plover
(Charadrius hiaticula)

3. Eurasian Curlew
(Numenius arquata)

4. Common Redshank
(Tringa totanus)

5. Caspian Tern
(Hydroprogne caspia)

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