Well, the new site is up and running and i've tried to upload as much information as possible but there's still plenty of work to do. But for now it's looking ok! I think? So take a look at it and see what you think.... I would still like other contributors to add some more depth to the site, with relevant articles on Oman birds, identification etc and i'm hoping that will come in time.
See: www.oman-birding.com
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| Lesser Noddy © Eduard Opperman |
To spice things up a little we are offering a 10-day summer seabirds trip (28th July to 6th August), visiting Masirah Island for Lesser Noddy & Saunders's Tern, as well as doing some land-based seawatching from the very south of the island. Oh and we should also see a few Crab-Plovers as well.
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| The one and only.... Crab-Plover |
Then, we will spend the next 6 nights at a nice hotel in Mirbat doing more land-based seawatching from a headland, as well as going on 3 pelagics out into the Arabian Sea. As this is the peak seabird season we expect to see 1000's of birds passing not too far offshore, and amongst the numerous Persian & Flesh-footed Shearwaters and Jouanin's Petrels, other species present will include Wilson's Storm-Petrel, Sooty Shearwater, Masked & Brown Booby, Red-billed Tropicbird, Common Noddy, Sooty Shearwater, Arctic & Pomarine Skuas, and both Bridled & White-cheeked Terns.
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| Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel |
The potential for finding something rarer is huge and we can hope for a few of the following that have been recorded from this coastline over the past number of years: Matsudaira's, Swinhoe's, Black-bellied & White-faced Storm-Petrel, Wedge-tailed & Streaked Shearwaters, Sooty Tern, South Polar & Brown Skuas, and even Tahiti Petrel has been recorded twice. Who knows what else we could find? I really can't wait for this!
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| White-faced Storm-Petrel |
