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species 1.

Egyptian Goose

Count 3

Oscar Campbell

species 2.

Gray Francolin

Count 16

Oscar Campbell

species 3.

Greater Flamingo

Count 102

Oscar Campbell

species 4.

Rock Pigeon

Count 50

Oscar Campbell

species 5.

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Count 150

Oscar Campbell

species 6.

Eurasian Oystercatcher

Count 19

Oscar Campbell

species 7.

Black-bellied Plover

Count 107

Oscar Campbell

species 8.

Common Ringed Plover

Count 30

Oscar Campbell

species 9.

Red-wattled Lapwing

Count 12

Oscar Campbell

species 10.

Tibetan Sand-Plover

Count 1150

Oscar Campbell

species 11.

Greater Sand-Plover

Count 45

Oscar Campbell

species 12.

Kentish Plover

Count 210

Oscar Campbell

species 13.

Whimbrel

Count 17

Oscar Campbell

species 14.

Eurasian Curlew

Count 13

Oscar Campbell

species 15.

Bar-tailed Godwit

Count 475

Oscar Campbell

species 16.

Terek Sandpiper

Count 15

Oscar Campbell

species 17.

Common Sandpiper

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 18.

Common Redshank

Count 240

Oscar Campbell

species 19.

Common Greenshank

Count 24

Oscar Campbell

species 20.

Ruddy Turnstone

Count 38

Oscar Campbell

species 21.

Great Knot

Count 24

Oscar Campbell

species 22.

Curlew Sandpiper

Count 30

Oscar Campbell

species 23.

Dunlin

Count 342

Oscar Campbell

species 24.

Little Stint

Count 280

Oscar Campbell

species 25.

Crab-Plover

Count 20

Oscar Campbell

species 26.

Slender-billed Gull

Count 100

Oscar Campbell

species 27.

Black-headed Gull

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 28.

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Count 15

Oscar Campbell

species 29.

Little Tern

Count 4

Oscar Campbell

species 30.

Gull-billed Tern

Count 17

Oscar Campbell

species 31.

Caspian Tern

Count 5

Oscar Campbell

species 32.

Lesser Crested Tern

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 33.

Great Cormorant

Count 500

Oscar Campbell

species 34.

Socotra Cormorant

Count 3

Oscar Campbell

species 35.

Western Reef-Heron

Count 15

Oscar Campbell

species 36.

Gray Heron

Count 3

Oscar Campbell

species 37.

Osprey

Count 5

Oscar Campbell

species 38.

Western Marsh Harrier

Count 2

Oscar Campbell

species 39.

Shikra

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 40.

Eurasian Hoopoe

Count 3

Oscar Campbell

species 41.

Arabian Green Bee-eater

Count 4

Oscar Campbell

species 42.

Indian Roller

Count 1

Simon Lloyd

species 43.

Eurasian Kestrel

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 44.

Great Gray Shrike

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 45.

House Crow

Count 85

Oscar Campbell

species 46.

Crested Lark

Count 5

Oscar Campbell

species 47.

Delicate Prinia

Count 6

Oscar Campbell

species 48.

Clamorous Reed Warbler

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 49.

Red-vented Bulbul

Count 1

Simon Lloyd

species 50.

White-eared Bulbul

Count 50

Oscar Campbell

species 51.

Plain Leaf Warbler

Count 4

Oscar Campbell

species 52.

Common Chiffchaff

Count 6

Oscar Campbell

species 53.

Lesser Whitethroat

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 54.

Common Myna

Count 40

Oscar Campbell

species 55.

Black Redstart

Count 1

Simon Lloyd

species 56.

Purple Sunbird

Count 3

Oscar Campbell

species 57.

House Sparrow

Count 50

Oscar Campbell

species 58.

White Wagtail

Count 4

Oscar Campbell

species 59.

Laughing Dove

Count 25

Oscar Campbell

species 60.

Sanderling

Count 3

Oscar Campbell

species 61.

Desert Wheatear

Count 2

Oscar Campbell

species 62.

Black-winged Stilt

Count 3

Oscar Campbell

species 63.

Eurasian Scops-Owl

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 64.

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 65.

Masked Shrike

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 66.

Barn Swallow

Count 1

Desmond Lobo

species 67.

Asian Desert Warbler

Count 1

Desmond Lobo

species 68.

Spotted Flycatcher

Count 3

Oscar Campbell

species 69.

Isabelline Wheatear

Count 2

Desmond Lobo

species 70.

Pied Wheatear

Count 3

Oscar Campbell

species 71.

Saunders's Tern

Count 2

Oscar Campbell

species 72.

Greater Short-toed Lark

Count 4

Oscar Campbell

species 73.

Menetries's Warbler

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 74.

Red-breasted Flycatcher

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 75.

Tawny Pipit

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 76.

Mallard

Count 1

Peter Hellyer

species 77.

Pallas's Gull

Count 3

Oscar Campbell

species 78.

Sandwich Tern

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 79.

Greater Spotted Eagle

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 80.

Isabelline Shrike

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 81.

Broad-billed Sandpiper

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 82.

Great Egret

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 83.

Red-tailed Shrike

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 84.

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 85.

White-cheeked Tern

Count 12

Peter Hellyer

species 86.

European Turtle-Dove

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 87.

Common Cuckoo

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 88.

Striated Heron

Count 6

Oscar Campbell

species 89.

Bank Swallow

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 90.

Willow Warbler

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 91.

Ortolan Bunting

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 92.

Caspian Gull

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 93.

Eastern Orphean Warbler

Count 1

Simon Lloyd

species 94.

Pallid Swift

Count 3

Oscar Campbell

species 95.

Oriental Honey-buzzard

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 96.

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Count 1

Peter Hellyer

species 97.

Eurasian Nightjar

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 98.

Red-backed Shrike

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 99.

Rosy Starling

Count 3

Simon Lloyd

species 100.

Asian Koel

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 101.

Woodchat Shrike

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 102.

Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 103.

White-throated Robin

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 104.

Northern Wheatear

Count 3

Oscar Campbell

species 105.

Tree Pipit

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 106.

Song Thrush

Count 2

Oscar Campbell

species 107.

Little Egret

Count 1

Peter Hellyer

species 108.

Cream-colored Courser

Count 4

Oscar Campbell

species 109.

Western Cattle Egret

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 110.

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Count 1

Desmond Lobo

species 111.

Greater Hoopoe-Lark

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 112.

Bluethroat

Count 1

Desmond Lobo

species 113.

Blue Rock-Thrush

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 114.

Long-billed Pipit

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 115.

Eared Grebe

Count 15

Oscar Campbell

species 116.

Marsh Sandpiper

Count 2

Peter Hellyer

species 117.

Common Redstart

Count 2

Peter Hellyer

species 118.

Black-tailed Godwit

Count 1

Peter Hellyer

species 119.

Black-throated Thrush

Count 2

Peter Hellyer

species 120.

European Bee-eater

Count 3

Peter Hellyer

species 121.

Great Reed Warbler

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 122.

Hume's Warbler

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 123.

Short-eared Owl

Count 1

Peter Hellyer

species 124.

Peregrine Falcon

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 125.

Common Quail

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 126.

Eurasian Hobby

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 127.

Barred Warbler

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 128.

Lesser Gray Shrike

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 129.

Marsh Warbler

Count 4

Oscar Campbell

species 130.

Eurasian Blackcap

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 131.

Greater Whitethroat

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 132.

Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 133.

Whinchat

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 134.

Western Yellow Wagtail

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 135.

Red-necked Spurfowl

Count 2

Andrew Ward

species 136.

Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

species 137.

Montagu's Harrier

Count 1

Peter Hellyer

species 138.

Long-legged Buzzard

Count 1

Peter Hellyer

species 139.

Spanish Sparrow

Count 1

Peter Hellyer

species 140.

Purple Heron

Count 1

Peter Hellyer

species 141.

Pallid Harrier

Count 1

Peter Hellyer

species 142.

Common Nightingale

Count 1

UAE Database Data

species 143.

Persian Wheatear

Count 3

UAE Database Data

Exotic: Escapee

Canada Goose

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

Emu

Count 2

Peter Hellyer

Muscovy Duck

Count 3

Peter Hellyer

Chukar

Count 1

David Darrell-Lambert

Swan Goose

Count 6

UAE Database Data

Arabian Partridge

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

Helmeted Guineafowl

Count 2

Peter Hellyer

Indian Peafowl

Count 6

Peter Hellyer

Mute Swan

Count 2

Peter Hellyer

Common Ostrich

Count 2

UAE Database Data

Yellow-necked Spurfowl

Count 3

Peter Hellyer

White-bellied Bustard

Count 1

Peter Hellyer

Black Francolin

Count 1

Peter Hellyer

Ring-necked Pheasant

Count 1

Peter Hellyer

Hybrids

Red-vented x White-eared Bulbul (hybrid)

Count 1

David Darrell-Lambert

Additional taxa

shorebird sp.

Count 1500

Oscar Campbell

European/Oriental Honey-buzzard

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

Accipiter sp.

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

small plover sp.

Count 50

Peter Hellyer

peep sp.

Count 75

Peter Hellyer

sand-plover sp.

Count 5

Oscar Campbell

Common/Black Redstart

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

Calidris sp.

Count 50

Peter Hellyer

tern sp.

Count 4

Oscar Campbell

wheatear sp.

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

Larus sp.

Count 5

Oscar Campbell

Little/Saunders's Tern

Count 25

Oscar Campbell

Common/Pallid Swift

Count 10

Oscar Campbell

Phylloscopus sp.

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

falcon sp.

Count 1

Oscar Campbell

dabbling duck sp.

Count 4

Peter Hellyer

plover sp.

Count 300

Peter Hellyer

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Observer	Date	Species
Ted Burkett	21 Jan 2024	59
Simon Lloyd	21 Jan 2024	60
Oscar Campbell	21 Jan 2024	57
Oscar Campbell	28 Nov 2023	54
Ted Burkett	15 Oct 2023	58
Simon Lloyd	15 Oct 2023	58
Desmond Lobo	15 Oct 2023	58
Oscar Campbell	15 Oct 2023	52
Ted Burkett	11 Mar 2023	55
Desmond Lobo	11 Mar 2023	56

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Top eBirders sorted by number of observed species
Rank	eBirder	Total
1	Oscar Campbell	129
2	Peter Hellyer	125
3	Simon Lloyd	112
4	Desmond Lobo	99
5	Andrew Ward	95
6	Ted Burkett	91
7	Mark Smiles	90
8	Paul Jaquith	68
9	Umberto Gallo-Orsi	62
10	David Darrell-Lambert	61