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    Fouad Itani
    Jan 29, 2019

    Wadi Masafi 26-1-2019

    in UAE bird sightings

    A nice three hours walk in Wadi Masafi produced this list:


    Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 8

    Laughing Dove 4

    Eurasian Hoopoe 2

    Green Bee-eater 2

    Great Gray Shrike 1

    Brown-necked Raven 2

    Desert Lark 3

    Rock Martin 1

    White-spectacled Bulbul 8

    White-eared Bulbul 4

    Scrub Warbler 2

    Plain Leaf Warbler 1

    Common Chiffchaff 1

    Lesser Whitethroat 2

    Black Redstart 3

    Hume's Wheatear 4

    Red-tailed Wheatear 2

    Striolated Bunting 8

    House Sparrow 100

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    Tommy Pedersen
    Jan 29, 2019

    Congrats on the cutie

    Fouad Itani
    Jan 29, 2019

    Thank you Tommy :)

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    Tim Lloyd
    Feb 04, 2019

    Hi Fouad, nice photo. I was thinking of going to Masafi Wadi, and I was wondering if you had any tips. I guess the best bet is to park at the mosque (bottom of photo below) and then walk up the big wadi. Where did you see the little scrubbies?



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    Fouad Itani
    Feb 04, 2019

    Thank you Tim, well the first thing to do is to try to be there early (6:50 am), park at 25.344570N,56.171250E and cross the street and strat walking the wadi, you’ll encounter the wheatears, s.buntings, bulbuls and d.larks everywhere, look into the acacia trees for warblers, and this location is where I found the scrub warblers.



    Best of luck! 

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    Tim Lloyd
    Feb 04, 2019

    @Fouad Itani excellent thanks!

    stewartk1970
    Feb 26, 2019

    Hi guys, I've always entered in a different place, here's the coordinates ( 25.361516, 56.163416 ), you'll see the track goes in to the wadi, you can drive in if you dare, then park up and go for a walk, i've only ever entered the wadi on the other side once (this is where the eBird hotspot is located) and can't remember the way in, I was with Mike Barth that day and we drove in pretty far. If taking the road to the right, there is a speed camera and on your right you'll see a kinda farm, the trees around this are usually rife with Spectacled Bulbul.

    Fouad Itani
    Mar 06, 2019

    Great Stewart, I'll try it in my next visit.


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    Vipin Sharma
    Feb 26, 2019

    Fouad , loved the Streaked scrub warbler , congrats buddy.


    Fouad Itani
    Mar 06, 2019

    Thank you Vipin :)

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