The rarely seen birds of Egypt

Ahmed Waheed started bird-watching when he was seven years old. He would travel with his father, who was the manager of the Zaranik Protectorate in North Sinai. The protectorate covers 250 square kilometers, and lies just 30 kilometers west of the town of Arish, along the Mediterranean Coast in northeastern Egypt. In the autumn, the Zaranik Protectorate is one of the main passages for birds from both Europe and Asia as they travel south to Africa. In earlier seasons, 270 different species of birds have been sighted flying through Zaranik. For Ahmed, it is an amazing thing that birds weighing no more than 50 grams can fly every year from Canada to South Africa. Now Ahmed is starting an online magazine called Egypt Geographic. The magazine will be devoted to nature conservation and raise environmental awareness in Egypt.