Israel Ramsar wetland
Hula Valley
301 bird species recorded; the most from March to April and from October to November.
Grauesel · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
193 species in January.203 species in February.237 species in March.242 species in April.211 species in May.142 species in June.142 species in July.180 species in August.211 species in September.234 species in October.225 species in November.211 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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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
301 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).
- 301Speciesrecorded more than once
- 200Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 9ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 163,302Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 60 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 28Raptors
- 7Owls
- 39Waders
- 16Gulls & seabirds
- 21Ducks & geese
- 21Herons, ibises & grebes
- 4Storks & cranes
- 1Flamingos
- 123Songbirds
- 41Other 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 301 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors28 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Greater spotted eagleAquila clanga
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Short-toed eagleCircaetus gallicus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliacaVU
- Lesser spotted eagleAquila pomarina
- Booted eagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusNT
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Steppe eagleAquila nipalensis
- Lesser kestrelFalco naumanni
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusVU
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Egyptian vultureNeophron percnopterus
- Eurasian Black VultureAegypius monachusNT
- BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
Owls7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Northern Eagle OwlBubo bubo
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Waders39 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanniNT
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
- Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
- Great SnipeGallinago mediaNT
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Sociable PloverVanellus gregariusCR
- Greater Sand PloverCharadrius leschenaultii
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusVU
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Gulls & seabirds16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Armenian GullLarus armenicus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Common GullLarus canus
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
Ducks & geese21 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Marbled TealMarmaronetta angustirostrisNT
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- White-headed duckOxyura leucocephala
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
Herons, ibises & grebes21 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Microcarbo pygmaeusMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispusNT
- Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Little BitternIxobrychus minutus
- Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmeus
Storks & cranes4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common CraneGrus grus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Black storkCiconia nigra
- Demoiselle CraneAnthropoides virgo
Flamingos1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Songbirds123 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Graceful WarblerPrinia gracilis
- Yellow-vented BulbulPycnonotus xanthopygos
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Clamorous Reed WarblerAcrocephalus stentoreus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Palestine SunbirdCinnyris osea
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Spanish sparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorNT
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Siberian stonechatSaxicola maurus
- Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Dead Sea SparrowPasser moabiticus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Isabelline wheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- Ortolan buntingEmberiza hortulana
- Eastern Orphean WarblerSylvia crassirostris
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Eastern Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus orientalis
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Cretzschmar's BuntingEmberiza caesia
- Eurasian River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- Barred WarblerSylvia nisoria
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- Rufous-tailed Scrub RobinErythropygia galactotes
- Olive-tree WarblerHippolais olivetorum
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- Basra Reed-warblerAcrocephalus griseldis
- Indian SilverbillEuodice malabarica
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Calandra larkMelanocorypha calandra
- Sardinian WarblerSylvia melanocephala
- Hume’s leaf-warblerPhylloscopus humei
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Black-headed buntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Oriental SkylarkAlauda gulgula
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Red-breasted flycatcherFicedula parva
- Menetries's WarblerSylvia mystacea
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
- Rüppell's WarblerSylvia ruppeli
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Upcher's WarblerHippolais languida
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Yellow-breasted BuntingEmberiza aureolaCR
- Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoleta
- Desert wheatearOenanthe deserti
- Finsch's WheatearOenanthe finschii
Other birds41 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White-breasted KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- CootFulica atra
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Black FrancolinFrancolinus francolinus
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- European SwiftApus apus
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Great spotted cuckooClamator glandarius
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Porzana parvaPorzana parva
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukar
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Baillon's CrakePorzana pusilla
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Corncrake, corn crakeCrex crex
- Little BustardTetrax tetraxNT
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatria
- Arabian Green Bee-eaterMerops cyanophrys
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from March to April and from October to November.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan14°/4°90 mm
- Feb16°/5°77 mm
- Mar20°/7°38 mm
- Apr25°/10°21 mm
- May30°/14°6 mm
- Jun34°/16°1 mm
- Jul36°/18°0 mm
- Aug36°/18°0 mm
- Sep34°/17°2 mm
- Oct29°/15°13 mm
- Nov22°/10°45 mm
- Dec17°/6°77 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Hula Valley.
Valley
Hula Valley is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Israel.
301 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 163,302 open records.
The most recorded are the Graceful Warbler, the White-breasted Kingfisher and the Yellow-vented Bulbul.
80 species come for the summer, 107 for the winter and 13 only pass through.
9 are threatened worldwide, including European Turtle Dove, Eastern Imperial Eagle and Common Pochard.
The most species are recorded from March to April and from October to November.
Get there and watch
- חניון נחל קדש (תחתון)campsite · 4.3 km · 4 within 10 km
- מלון גליליוןplace to stay · 3.7 km · 24 within 10 km
- Yesud HaMa‘alanearest town · 5.0 km in a straight line
- Uri Michaeli Haifa International Airport (HFA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 62 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
- 1observation towers within 6 kmמצפור הפילבוקס
- 8marked trails within 4 kmמעלה ישע, שביל גולני and 6 more
- 1visitor centres within 6 km
- 13viewpoints within 5 kmמצפור עופות המים, מצפור העגורים, מצפור הפילבוקס and 10 more
- 2car parks within 3 km
- 4campsites within 10 kmחניון נחל קדש (תחתון), חניון נופש גשר להבות, חניון האלה and 1 more
- 24places to stay within 10 kmמלון גליליון, נופי גונן, אלומה בכפר and 21 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 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 Hula Valley.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas153 mountains within 25 kmmount Avital1,204 m · volcano · 16 kmMount Bental1,171 m · volcano · 17 km↗Mount Odem1,187 m · volcano · 17 kmHermonit Mountain1,211 m · volcano · 20 kmMount Keramim1,190 m · volcano · 20 kmHar Bnei Rasan1,072 m · volcano · 21 kmMeron1,208 m · 22 km↗Har Hozek1,158 m · volcano · 23 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 kmMe‘arat ‘Alma · 12 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 kmDvora Waterfall · 8.6 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.
Hula Valley
Israel
- 87Birdyas Score
- 301Species
- 200Migrants
- 9Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q955139) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 163,302 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, Lakeyas, Cavernyas, Cascadyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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