1. Huw Roberts 2. Oscar Campbell 3. Simon Lloyd 4. Dave Darrell-Lambert 5. Razan 6. Aditi Mukherjee 7. Frank Rietkerk 8. Nikos Mavris 9. 10.

1. Huw Roberts 2. Oscar Campbell 3. Simon Lloyd 4. Ted Burkett 5. Dave Darrell-Lambert 6. Razan 7. Paul Kinnock 8. Joel Ranjithkumar 9. Aditi Mukherjee 10. Nikos Mavris

Thanks for the tip Luigi. Will visit it. Nice photos by the way!

Correction on my last post - I meant far west access. Desmond, to reach that access you normally get the dirt road to the right at 24.229212, 54.272224 (this is where the barriers are placed - don't try to pass through the mudflats unless you want a real off-road adventure :) ). The middle access is the normal access to Hameem beach, taking the obvious route starting after the last roundabout and to the left at 24.223026, 54.415115. There are barriers there as well but you can drive around these - more barriers at the beach where there is also an earth barrier all along the beach up to the fenced property. For the east access through ICAD you leave road at 24.275245, 54.432170 and after reaching the shore you can drive along up to Hameem beach (partially blocked). Hopefully, the access will be reinstated soon...

That Far East access was also closed several times I tried. A couple of times there were big 4x4 left stuck in the mud trying to bypass the barricades but a couple of times I had luckily found one of the barricades pulled away. Anyway, there is routine police and municipality patrol on the beach, especially during the weekend, so I am not sure if it worth the effort. Last Saturday I reached to Khor Qirqishan via ICAD quite late to avoid the patrol, but they met me on their way back... At least I got 20min of the beach to myself, but couldn’t reach the Hameem part where mist of the birds are...

Hi Luigi. I don’t know about a construction project at Hameem, but police and municipality had barricaded the access to the beach, due to the high numbers of fishermen and kite surfers going there, especially in the weekend. It was much easier to access last month, especially weekdays...

Perhaps Oscar and Desmond can clarify if this is the same location as the ebird hotspot "Abu Dhabi Officers' Club" since Oscar keeps reporting high numbers there lately?

Perhaps 1st year white-cheeked tern? (the first two).

Hi Ted. It is a Northern pintail. I have seen a few of them on the spot back in March, but not recently. They were staying far over the canal though.