We took the night train to Luxor (highly recommended by the way, lots of fun, quite comfortable and the food was decent), arriving at our hotel on the Nile (Iberotel) before 8:00am. I immediately abandoned the family and had myself dropped off at the well known. Crocodile Island (see following blog entries for details).
The hotel grounds weren't particularly birdy, with the exception of a group of at least 7
Senegal Thick-knees which appeared each evening on the bank of the river just upstream from the hotel. Apart from this the birds were as expected. Lots of various species of heron flying back and forth (including
Striated Heron), as well as numbers of
Glossy Ibis, decent numbers of
Pied Kingfishers, and my only
Turtle Dove of the trip.
Senegal Thick-knee. Appeared on the riverbank just before sunset each evening, returning just after sunrise. Noisy, but difficult to approach.
Pied Kingfisher. Ubiquitous on the main river.
Black Kite. Small numbers pretty much everywhere.
Spur-winged Plover. Always near water, and quite easy to approach. They were highly alert, and ready to dive-bomb intruders, so presumably nests were nearby.
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