Not strictly UAE news admittedly, however I have to blog about this place. I have visited twice now whilst visiting my brother in South Australia. Flanking the Island is the Coorong National Park I have absolutely fallen in love with the place – it is one of the most beautiful wetlands I have ever visited. [...]
In recent weeks the spring migration has started in the UAE. So far an exceptional spring for Wheatears, with large numbers of Isabelline and Pied Wheatears moving through, certainly many more than in recent years. In with these species we have also recorded Northern Wheatear, Eastern Black-eared Wheatear and the occasional vittata sub-species of the [...]
A belated blog of my week long trip to Uganda in December. All started with my Emirates flight to Entebbe via Addis Ababa in Ethiopia which involved an hour on the Tarmac there. Arrived on time in Entebbe around 3pm in the afternoon, skys a little grey but no rain. I was met by my [...]
This is my first post in ‘Focusing on Wildlife’. I thought I’d post about some of the vagrants migrants seen in the UAE recently. I start on 23rd December with a trip to Zakher Lakes near Al Ain, the water levels here are increasing at an alarming rate. There used to be many reed beds [...]
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