“The magic you are looking for, is in the work you’re avoiding”

Rare, Vulnerable and endangered photos

for Birds, Mammals, Reptiles and more

  • Wildlife Photography Lebanon

    Rare mating documentary - Lebanon

    Black-winged Kite mating, very rare to get photographed mating in lebanon and building their nest.

  • Wildlife Photography Lebanon

    Needs Protection - Lebanon

    Rock Hyrax, they live between rocks on the clifts, in a hard to get terrain, one from each four trips to photograph them is successful.

  • Wildlife Photography Lebanon

    Hard to get - Lebanon

    Great Spotted Cuckoo, three times saw it on three different occasions, after I was waiting it landed in the spot I want for exactly 3 seconds before it took of, 3 seconds were more than enough to get my shoot.

  • Wildlife Photography Lebanon

    Hard to get - Lebanon

    Tawny Owl in flight at night, weeks of trail and error to finally get it.

  • Hard to get - Lebanon

    European Badger, they have poor eye sight and strong smell detection, get ready for siting still unnoticed.

  • Wildlife Photography Lebanon

    Hard to get - Lebanon

    White-throated Kingfisher full body closeup. months of trying, never sat on the spot I want and never close enough until this happens for few whole minutes.

  • Ammiq Wetlands

    Hard to get - Lebanon

    Little Bittern, one second three shots.

  • Birds of lebanon

    Hard to get - Lebanon

    Barn Owl in flight attack mode at night. 40 hours of waiting to get the perfect shoot. I have used all the tricks in the book to get it done.

  • Rare birds lebanon

    Rare - Lebanon

    Three-banded Plover migrant from Africa, first encounter in Lebanon. almost got robbed for this photo.

  • Birds Of lebanon

    Hard to get - Lebanon

    Long-eared Owl landing at night, waiting for the Barn Owl, instead this beauty shows up, could not be happier.

  • Rare birds lebanon

    Nearly Threatend - Lebanon

    Ferruginous Duck, taking photos for this one without knowing how endangered it is.

  • Rare birds lebanon

    Rare to see - Lebanon

    Pied Kingfisher, very few numbers in Lebanon, first encounter for me and spent ten minutes with it getting as much photos as possible, luckily for me the spot was perfect and the distance was acceptable. with this photo I have completed my lebanon only three kingfishers.

  • Rare snake lebanon

    Rare - Lebanon

    Diadem Snake fist record was on June-2021, this one is the number six record 25-Feb-2024.

  • Herping Lebanon

    Rare to see- Lebanon

    One of the least distributed amphibians of Lebanon. The Syrian Spadefoot - toad (Pelobates syriacus).

  • Rare Lizard lebanon

    Vulnerable - Lebanon

    Gunther’s Cylindrical Skink (Chalcides guentheri)

  • Lebanese Thin-toed Gecko

    Endangered - Lebanon

    Lebanese Thin-toed Gecko is endangered specie in Lebanon and under the threat of losing its natural habitat limited to be present in a very specific points. (2024-Mar-13)

  • Lebanon Mountain Viper (Montivipera bornmuelleri)

    Endangered - Lebanon

    Lebanon Mountain Viper (Montivipera bornmuelleri), endangered and very hard to come by one.

  • Schokari Sand Racer (Psammophis schokari)

    Rare to See - Lebanon

    Schokari Sand Racer (Psammophis schokari), small, fast, and very rarely to encounter one.

  • Wildlife lebanon

    Elusive - Lebanon

    I must have hundreds and thousands of photos from the Lebanese wilderness and many, many encounters before I got the chance to catch this one (Stone Marten) on camera.

  • wildlife lebanon

    Hard to get - Lebanon

    (Least Weasel) Although it is very common, it is very hard to find one. A great tip about a nest pushed us to drive 8 hours round trip, wait 2 hours, resulted in ten minutes photography chance it. It was worth every minute of this crazy hard trip.

  • wildlife lebanon

    Rare to See - Lebanon

    In Lebanon, the Citrine Wagtail is a scarce passage migrant. Birdwatchers and wildlife photographers in Lebanon consider sightings of the Citrine Wagtail to be notable events due to its rarity in the country.

Some of these photos took me weeks, even months, to capture,

while others were taken during a very brief and rare encounter.