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  1. Jos Stratford

    Birding in Dubai

    I have not been there since the winter before last, so there is a chance something has changed, but no permit was required in advance - I travelled independently and just turned up and used the hides when they opened, as did many other people during the day (birders and the general public with...
  2. Jos Stratford

    Birding in Dubai

    Maybe I just got lucky. The one in a post above was photographed in south Oman, but this one was just before Khasab town, as described in my earlier reply. As said this bay was full of Socotra Cormorants, some way out in the bay, but many fairly near the shore. Relatively few actually on shore...
  3. Jos Stratford

    Birding in Dubai

    Can't help you on most, as my experience really is just a few days in December, but the website quoted at the beginning should be helpful. However, to address a few: Socotra Cormorant - I think not too hard, certainly were numerous in the Musandam (Oman) enclave, which is only 100 km or so...
  4. Jos Stratford

    Birding in Dubai

    Collins certainly is good enough, and in some respects the best, but there is also a fairly new Birds of the Middle East by Porter, Christensen, etc, which obviously deals in more detail with the birds of the area. In the Dreamland area, and certainly further north from there, you might/should...
  5. Jos Stratford

    Birding in Dubai

    Not really necessary, the hides at Ra's al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary are equipped with Leica scopes for birder use (!) and at the Pivot Fields, so long as you stay to the established tracks around the field edges, you can take your car in and slowly drive round - the birds are close. A scope could...
  6. Jos Stratford

    Birding in Dubai

    At the end of a trip to Oman, I have just spent a few days in the Dubai area, so first I'll recommend the website by Tommy Pedersen, it really covers everything http://www.tommypedersen.com/UAE-sites.htm The best site in Dubai is the the Pivot Fields, really super - had 52 White-tailed Plovers...
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