On 7/02/2011 2:55 PM, David Billinghurst wrote:
On 7/02/2011 12:31 PM, Michael Hunter wrote:
Hi All.
We will be in Dubai-Abu Dhabi for a few days in May, Does anyone know
of any birding sites within an hour or so by car, or in the city limits
themselves?
Cheers
I did some birding around Dubai while on work trips in the late
1990s. This is a long time ago, given the rate of development around
Dubai. Might be worth searching for current information on
* Saffa Park on the southern side of town
* The inland end of Dubai Creek (Khor Dubai) has flamingos and
other waders
* Mushrif National Park - around 10 km past the airport
* Jebel Ali hotel grounds
I also had a look through the mangroves along Khor Kalba, near Fujeira
on the Gulf of Oman side of the UAE. Came within a whisker of bogging
my hire car to the axles in mangrove mud while distracted by movement
in the bushes ;-(
I used The Birds of the United Arab Emirates, by Colin Richardson,
published in 1990 (so quite dated).
The site http://www.uaebirding.com/birdingsites.html looks interesting
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