Dubai info

[Iain Campbell <>]

Hi Ian,

Thanks for this. I am working on the habitats of the world series for Princeton, now to continent.volumes.  The Africa and  North America volumes are in layout, the manuscripts for Europe and Australia are being submitted in July, so I am now playing around  getting photos for the Asia book. I figured that with two days should get some decent habitat shots around the country.

Cheers,

Iain

On Thu, Mar 21, 2024, 8:24 PM Ian Reid <> wrote:

Dear Iain,

I am not a bird guide, but as of six months ago I live half of my time in Abu Dhabi, just down the road from Dubai.  Since I work full time I am unlikely to be able to come out with you, but I am happy to provide some info on sites and targets, such as I have got to know them in the time I've been there. Many years ago (in 2013) I did a 36 hour stopover in Dubai and saw some great stuff.  I wrote a report:

https://cs.adelaide.edu.au/~ianr/Birding/Reports/UAEreport_2013.pdf

Some of the key sites, notaly the "Dubai Pivots" no longer exist. 

If you need a guide, I know that Gary Burns guides out of Dubai.  I don't know Gary personally, but if you can't find his details on the web I could make an effort to connect you with him.

Tommy Pedersen, keen birder and Emirates pilot set up a very good site: 

https://www.uaebirding.com/

He has now retired from flying and left UAE, but remains connected to the UAE birding scene (eg he is enbird reviewer).  For UAE in general, ebird is a very good resource because there are many in the local scene who use it avidly.  If you have specific targets, red hotspots can be your friend.  Unfortunately many of the records will be from private sites for which the chosen few, and very occasional one or two others, can get access.  I think that Gary has been been able to negotiate access to some sites that are otherwise no access. 

Best wishes, Ian  

On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 2:40 PM Iain Campbell <m("gmail.com","private.iain");" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">> wrote:

Hi Everyone,

I will pass through Dubai in late May and am looking for a bird guide to take me out and photograph desert habitats.

Insights anyone?

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