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Today 10 red throated pipits on the lawn thoroughly enjoying the spray. 1 Spotted Flycatcher then on the airport perimeter fence 20 Black Crowned Sparrow Larks

Jim

They were further back up the Creek towards Garhoud bridge between where the Abbras moor and the Burger stand. Late afternoon by the time I get there - no bigger than the ones in the photo but must...

Desmond
Many thanks - gives me something to look for
Regards

Jim

Well we estimated 2,000 but that was from a distance - guess your count is from the photos - such dedication! Nothing seen recently at or around DWC but as the Chestnut Bellied have just bred reckon...

After yesterdays unsettled weather it was nice to see a few birds - nothing rare, but for a desert site nice to see

ATC Garden
5 or 6 Chiffchaffs
1 very solid billed Warbler - would guess an...

Khalifa
Think you are referring to the one's who feed on the tip at Al Qusais - think they roost in Sharjah lagoon, but when the sea is rough they can be on any roundabout. A few years ago during...

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A friend got into his car at DWC staff car park - he noticed something flapping by the passenger window, so he wound down the window to investigate. He was about to pull what he thought was...

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Wonder if anyone can tell me what these are - huge shoal in the creek - all jumping and about 20cm to 30cm long?

Jim

Hi Mark
If you go from JAFZA towards emirates road, with the DM tip on your right the DWC HQ buildings are straight over the emirates road roundabout. In front of them are the lawns with the pipits....

Many thanks Tommy, Mark and Dr Reza - I didn't see it and was reported by my guys as a large bird with the photos - will attach another one - my thought was the neck was too long for a Cattle Egret....

At DWC ATCT garden - think this is an Intermediate White Egret - gape doesn't go back far enough for a Great White Egret.

For Tommy also a song thrush and 2 pied wagtails been hanging around...

Dr Khan,
There are no pools within DWC - I have also done a thorough search in the desert to the north and south - nothing there. My thought when you mentioned Bab Al Shams was that they were...

Dubai World Central - new airport inland from Jebel Ali
Regards

Jim

Thanks Dr Khan,
Has cleared up a little mystery as they have been flying across the 30 - east end - approach to DWC between about 0830 and 0900 each morning for the last 10 days or so, but we have...

Clive
Hacking back birds of prey into the wild is not difficult IF you have the time, space and location - would love to do that with an Eagle Owl here. I know in UK and Europe there are plenty of...

sorry e mail should be ncwd@zagil.net

Clive
You might try contacting the Saudi Wildlife Commission - web site is www.ncwd.gov.sa/ or e mail mcwd@zagil.net they are based in Riyadh. Hard as it sounds totally agree with you, buying live...

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Tommy,

Don't know if this is the same bird - seems darker in front of the eye, but also from the mangrove hide on 04/04/2012. Gape seems to go back behind the eye about the same distance...

Tower Garden very quiet - 2 White Wagtails have over wintered, one Woodchat Shrike on 15th March, one Daurian stayed the first 2 weeks in March, a Whitethroat has been around for the last 2 weeks,...

Many thanks Andrew - will try to be there early before the Russians
Jim

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Creekside Park 04/04/2012

Jim

Andrew,

What time were you there? I did a quick walk through around 1300 and drew a complete blank, except the usuals and hordes of Russians.

Rgds

Jim

Tony,

Welcome - if in Dubai Captain's Cabin has Zeiss and others and Grand Stores Nikon etc - both are Deira side and remember to ask for "Best price" - they are old fashioned enough to give a...

Dave - good luck to both you and the Falcon - would guess an eyass - first year - Peregrine Saker cross, but willing to be corrected by the experts. Don't know about Al Ain, but both Dubai and Abu...

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It is not an Eagle Owl - I think it is a North American Horned Owl - and it is a trained bird - when its feet come forward it has Aylmeries - similar to jessies on...