ZOOTHERA BIRDING BLOG

We headed to the waderfest that is Barr Al Hickman Area 4 at 5.30am which entailed driving across the potentially wet desert (also known as ...

After returning to the hotel in the early hours we had a later start than usual and left shortly after 9am on the drive south to Mahout, loc...

Bit of an odd day as we left Barka shortly after 7am and drove back towards Muscat where we called in to the Al Ansab Wetlands hopefully to ...

We returned to the same wadi as last night, but needed some sleep so didn’t leave until 8am! What?! Still we scored all of our target birds ...

Well, Oman is getting popular and now firmly established on the world birding circuit. There’s already a few companies and other birders ahe...

This was a spare day due to flight issues and an ideal time to rest, so of course we crammed in some last minute birding despite heavy rain ...

This was the last official day of the tour and our  Hazel Grouse  obsession saw some of the group heading back up into the hills in one of t...

This morning we drove into Ulaan Baatar, stopping beside the Tuul River, where we quickly notched up a very close and inquisitive  White-cro...

Up and out at 5am, walking alongside the reedbed just down from our camp, seeing several  Oriental Reed Warblers and  Paddyfield Warblers , ...