Day 1 :- Upon arrival at Hurghada Airport we will pick up the hire car and make our way to El Gouna, which is situated 20Km north of Hurghada. It is likely to be dark when we arrive at the hotel but we shall soon gather tol go through the week's itinerary and ensure everyone is comfortable with their rooms.and meal times.

Days 2, 3 & 4 :- We will regularly take a walk around the beaches and golf course which should produce Western Reef Heron, White eyed & Slender billed Gull, Crested & Caspian Terns, Redshank, Greenshank, Whimbrel, Laughing Dove, Brown necked Ravens, Hooded Crows, White Wagtails, Sardinian Warblers, Bluethroats, all of which can occur in impressive numbers. We may also encounter in this area Lesser Crested Terns, Long legged Buzzard, Isabelline, Pied & Black eared Wheatears, Blue cheeked & European Bee-eaters, Red throated & Water Pipits, Eastern Olivaceous & Lesser Whitethroats. Further afield we shall visit the Hurhada Water Treatment Plant on the edge of city - a little oasis on the edge of the desert where we hope to find Namaqua Dove, Spotted Sandgrouse, Barbary Falcon, Spur winged Plovers, Tawny Pipit, Sedge & Willow Warblers, the possibilities during peak migration are fantastic. If we are lucky we may encounter some raptor passage - previous trips at this time have produced Black Kite, Lanner Falcon, Pallid & Marsh Harrier. the surrounding area could also be productive with Pharoah Eagle Owl, Cream Coloured Courser, Desert Wheatear, Bar tailed & Hoopoe Larks being present.

Days 5 :- An early start will see us driving along the coast making several stops at potentially good habitats. Before long we will start encountering roadside White crowned Wheatears, Crowned Sandgrouse and Lanner Falcon. Before we reach our destination we shall stop at the coastal palm grove of Wadi Gimal where hoping the migrants will keep us occupied for a hour or so. We shall also have a good look out to sea as regular birds here include Brown Booby, Great Black headed, Sooty & White eyed Gulls, Lesser Crested Terns and even Red billed Tropicbird. In the afternoon we shall check into the excellent Red Sea Diving Safari Ecolodge at Wadi Lahami. This accommodation is adjacent to the Wadi Lahami Mangrove arguably the best place in the Western Palearctic to find Goliath Heron.

Days 6 & 7 :- These two days will spent targeting our main species of the week, which occur in the deep south of the country on the Sudanese border. During our search of the area we should encounter other species such as Striated, Purple & Grey Herons, Spoonbill, Common & Spotted Redshanks, Greenshank, Greater Sandplovers, Whimbrel, Curlew, Kentish & Grey Plover, Common & Wood Sandpipers, Slender billed & Black headed Gulls, Common & Pied Kingfishers, Desert Wheatear, Siberian Stonechat and hopefully African Collared Dove. One day will be spent concentrating on finding Lappet faced Vulture at the border town of Bir Shalatein, a no-where's-ville place surrounded by acacia scrub and more acacia scrub. It is an unforgetable experience in itself entering this realm, travelling through miles of practically featureless stone desert hopefully stopping for a roadside Crowned & Spotted Sandgrouse, Desert, Bar tailed and Hoopoe Larks. In Shalatein we go to the Camel Market where the vultures can congregate in large numbers to feed on any spare carcasses. Being so close to Sudan it is always looking out for other rare WP birds as in recent years species such as Black Bush Robin and Black crowned Finch Lark.

Day 8 :- Today we make our long journey back north to Hurghada going straight to the airport for our flight back to Britain but if time allows we shall stop en-route for any last species to be found.