Lebanon Ramsar wetland
Aammiq Wetland
191 bird species recorded; the most in April.
Pcleb · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
58 species in January.86 species in February.134 species in March.170 species in April.128 species in May.61 species in June.78 species in July.110 species in August.122 species in September.125 species in October.83 species in November.69 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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VU
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
191 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 191Speciesrecorded more than once
- 111Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 3ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 8,639Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 864 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 21Raptors
- 1Owls
- 15Waders
- 4Gulls & seabirds
- 8Ducks & geese
- 14Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 99Songbirds
- 26Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 191 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors21 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Short-toed eagleCircaetus gallicus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Lesser spotted eagleAquila pomarina
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Booted eagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Greater spotted eagleAquila clanga
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusNT
- Steppe eagleAquila nipalensis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusVU
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Egyptian vultureNeophron percnopterus
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
Waders15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- RedshankTringa totanus
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
Gulls & seabirds4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Ducks & geese8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Marbled TealMarmaronetta angustirostrisNT
Herons, ibises & grebes14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Black storkCiconia nigra
- Common CraneGrus grus
Songbirds99 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Calandra larkMelanocorypha calandra
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great titParus major
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Graceful WarblerPrinia gracilis
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Yellow-vented BulbulPycnonotus xanthopygos
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Western Rock NuthatchSitta neumayer
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorNT
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Isabelline wheatearOenanthe isabellina
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Ortolan buntingEmberiza hortulana
- Spanish sparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Black-headed buntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- Rock SparrowPetronia petronia
- Eastern Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus orientalis
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Syrian SerinSerinus syriacusVU
- Eastern Orphean WarblerSylvia crassirostris
- Shore LarkEremophila alpestris
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Sombre TitPoecile lugubris
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Finsch's WheatearOenanthe finschii
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Upcher's WarblerHippolais languida
- Rüppell's WarblerSylvia ruppeli
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Cretzschmar's BuntingEmberiza caesia
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Lesser Short-toed LarkCalandrella rufescens
- Cinereous BuntingEmberiza cineraceaNT
- Mourning WheatearOenanthe lugens
Other birds26 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- CootFulica atra
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- White-breasted KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- Porzana parvaPorzana parva
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- European SwiftApus apus
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Great spotted cuckooClamator glandarius
- Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukar
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Corncrake, corn crakeCrex crex
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in April.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan11°/3°99 mm
- Feb13°/3°80 mm
- Mar16°/6°39 mm
- Apr20°/8°23 mm
- May26°/12°7 mm
- Jun30°/15°1 mm
- Jul32°/18°0 mm
- Aug32°/18°0 mm
- Sep30°/16°3 mm
- Oct25°/13°18 mm
- Nov19°/8°50 mm
- Dec14°/4°83 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Aammiq Wetland.
Wetland in Lebanon
Aammiq Wetland is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Lebanon, 864 m above the sea.
191 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 8,639 open records.
The most recorded are the Hooded Crow, the Eurasian Blackbird and the Coot.
65 species come for the summer, 32 for the winter and 14 only pass through.
3 are threatened worldwide, including European Turtle Dove, Syrian Serin and Red-footed Falcon.
The most species are recorded in April.
Get there and watch
- Cedars Ground Campsitecampsite · 5.9 km · 4 within 10 km
- Al Zoghbyplace to stay · 8.3 km · 11 within 10 km
- Joubb Jannînenearest town · 12 km in a straight line
- Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport (BEY)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 30 km in a straight lineCar hire at BEY airport (Beirut)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 5car parks within 3 km
- 2restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 4campsites within 10 kmCedars Ground Campsite, مرتفعات الشوف, Wanderlust Riverside and 1 more
- 11places to stay within 10 kmAl Zoghby, فندق الباروك بالاس, hendy's building and 8 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Aammiq Wetland.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas152 mountains within 25 kmBarouk1,943 m · 10 km↗Tell Chalma · 10 kmTell Derzenoun · 12 kmTell Ouazzi · 14 kmRouaisset en Natour · 16 kmMreijat · 17 kmAach ed Djâjé1,304 m · 19 kmJabal Terbol · 20 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Aammiq Wetland
Lebanon
- 71Birdyas Score
- 191Species
- 111Migrants
- 3Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q4661504) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 8,639 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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