Beautiful Birds of Abu Dhabi | 25 Species | Nature of the Middle East

One morning, one precious morning birding on Saadiyat Island.
I was visiting New York University Abu Dhabi and got a few hours to explore a green sliver of land with saltwater lakes at Saadiyat Beach Golf Club. February 13, 2017.
The location attracts an enormous variety of species of local breeders and migrants, from Black-winged Stilt to Desert Wheatear.
The following 25 species were filmed:
0:09 Black-winged Stilt juvenile (Himantopus himantopus) الكرسوع أبومغازل
0:54 Black-winged Stilt adult
1:21 Striated Heron (Butorides striata brevipes)
1:32 Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucis) طيطوى الرمل الشائعة
1:44 Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos) السمنة المغردة
2:06 Common Pochard (Athya ferina) البط كستنائي الرأس
2:08 Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) البُركة
2:12 Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis schistacea, aka Indian Reef Heron
Pair of them. The gray bird in front is a dark morph.
2:31 Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloripus) دجاجة الماء
2:34 and 2:50 Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) أبوقردان
3:02 Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra) الغراء Glimpsed in lower right corner
3:03 Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) الغطاس الصغير
Adult diving for fish and feeding two juveniles.
4:04 Great Cormorant (Phalocrocorax carbo) الغاق الكبير
4:24 Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
4:33 Great White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) الإوز الأغر
Two birds way in the back, walking left on the grass
4:36 Common Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridobundus) النورس أسود الرأس
in breeding plumage and surface feeding with winter plumage birds.
4:37 Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus) passing glimpse of a bird on the grass behind the gull.
4:52 Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) كروان الغيط الصغير
5:00 Yellow-throated Sparrow (Petronia xanthocollis) taking off from left side
5:00 House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) in the back of the tree
5:00 Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
5:21 White-eared Bulbul (singing) Pycnonotus leucotis, Singing at 5:24
5:32 Indian Silverbill (Euodice malabarica). There’s also a separate videos on these birds.
6:17 Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti)
6:35 Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto ) الفاختة Singing at start of video
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[@violina48]

Very beautiful birds and sounds, Clive! Lovely to watch!

[@CliveBramham]

Thanks :-) The compilation video has been a long time coming...4 years since the trip. Nice to have it out now though.

[@titicatfollies6615]

Thank you so much for the beauty and enjoyment you give in these pictures! It helps one to breathe!

[@CliveBramham]

I know what you mean. Breathing is good 😊

[@StoilDIvanov]

Good to see the Heron morphs.

[@trd830]

This is so beautiful I could watch it over and over! It's so relaxing it bring peace to your mind.

[@CliveBramham]

That is so good

[@riasunokaze]

Beautiful. Thanks for sharing. See you soon. I'm uploading a sparrow playing in the snow.

[@WanderingSoleTV]

Lovely. I am starting to make a compilation of birds from my part of the world!

[@CliveBramham]

Look forward to seeing it!

[@randyreal5871]

👍😎

[@Наблюдениептицы]

Thanks for your videos! Do you use separate devices to record sound?

[@CliveBramham]

My pleasure! I have an external directional mic for the audio. A SONY mic that docks into a shoe mount on the camera. Filming alone and on the move, it would be hard to combine with independent (handheld) audio recording.

[@Sarahh22695]

Where is this place in Abu dhabi

[@CliveBramham]

Saadiyat Beach Golf Club sand dunes and saltwater lakes.