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Sir Bani Yas is a large island immediately off Jebel Dhanna.
Directions and access:
Several hotels on the island, contact them for access.
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Birding strategy:
By bike or foot around the hotel. Or by scheduled excursions from the hotels.
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Birds:
More than 210 species (excluding escapes) have been recorded here.
Rarities and notable records have included;
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Red-billed Tropicbird
- Indian Pond Heron
- Crested Honey Buzzard
- Golden Eagle
- Hen Harrier
- Macqueen's Bustard (probably from the released stock)
- Corn Crake
- Eurasian Stone-curlew
- Crab Plover
- Spur-winged Lapwing (2010)
- European Golden PLover
- Caspian Plover
- Eurasian Dotterel
- Broad-billed Sandpiper
- Pallas's Gull
- Caspian Gull
- Pomarine and Arctic Skua
- Namaqua Dove
- Egyptian Nightjar
- Pied Kingfisher
- Sooty Falcon
- Masked Shrike
- Grey Hypocolius (might be regular here)
- Greater Hoopoe-lark
- Desert Lark
- Black-crowned Sparrow-lark
- Lesser Short-toed Lark
- Eurasian Crag Martin
- Great Reed Warbler
- Icterine Warbler (1989)
- European Robin
- Hooded Wheatear
- Variable Wheatear
- Spanish Sparrow
- Pale Rockfinch
- Little Bunting (1989)