Well, i've finally taken the plunge and committed to building a new Oman Birding website. My love for this country has come to the point where it's time to put something back into the birding community and it's turning into a much bigger job than I realised!! I have so much information on birding in Oman stored in my brain that putting it into words on a website has been quite a challenge!!! Still, i've made a start and published the website on 1st January 2025, despite much more work needed and it will be ongoing for many months - and that's in-between my 'day job' of course...
But it's been a fun exercise over the Christmas & New Year holidays and one i'm looking to improve on. I'm hoping other birders will contribute with better photos than mine and even write some better site info, write articles on the rare birds they have found in Oman, or anything else relevant to Oman birding. Already my two Dutch birding friends Eduard Opperman and Eduard Sangster have provided some amazing photos for me to include - much better than mine! And Joachim Bertrands, David Astins & Ray O'Reilly will be doing the same....
There has already been a huge amount of information gathered by Jens Eriksen & Dave Sergeant in the superb Birdwatching Guide to Oman. It's a little dated but still has much to offer anyone considering a visit to Oman. You can get a PDF copy for EUR 15 by emailing Jens at: hjoman@gmail.com Jens is the Chairman of the Oman Birds Record Committee (OBRC) and has let me post the latest (Nov 24) Oman Birdlist.
It is my aim to do justice to the work previously carried out by the two authors, and have up-to-date site information readily available to everyone with GPS co-ordinates etc. But there are many sites i've never been to, but will hopefully begin to rectify that with a couple visits over the next few months....
There are many others who have a lot of experience of birding in Oman and I want to get as many contributors as possible to make this website as authoritative & helpful as possible.
So, if you wish to contribute anything to the website please email us at: birders@oman-birding.com
You can find the website here: www.oman-birding.com
And if you didn't know...
OMAN ROCKS!
