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Qatar

Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis ŠNigel Blake http://www.nigelblake.co.uk

You will notice that there is no introduction to this section yet.

I would like to fill this gap with an introduction from a local birder [or someone who is a frequent visitor] for every on of the geographical pages. The many thousands of birders now regularly using these pages prefer to read something written by someone who can see the place from an insider's point of view. They know the best spots, not just the ones that first time overseas visitors usually visit or that are on the normal birding trip itineraries.

Each introduction carries the e-mail address of the contributor so that birders can get in touch with them if, for example, they are planning a trip [unless the contributor is unable to do this].

Please get in touch if you feel you can contribute an introduction to this page - you don't have to be an expert; I'm not!

top sites

Khor Al Udeid

It has been agreed that no construction is to take place in Khor Al Udeid. As a result, the area attracts wildlife, particularly migratory birds in abundance.

numbers

Number of bird species:255

useful reading

A Birdwatcher`s Guide to Qatar

by Oldfield Colour & b/w illustrations, maps, 111pp 1994 Paperback

useful information

Proact

Coordinator: none (why not apply?) see http://www.proact-campaigns.net/coordinators
Members: None yet!
Join us at http://www.proact-campaigns.net/team

clubs

BirdLife

http://www.birdlife.org/worldwide/national/qatar/index.html
Most of Qatar, with its flat desert and scanty vegetation, supports only a sparse and restricted avifauna. Of 255 species recorded in the country, about 23 breed, 78 are winter visitors and 104 are more-or-less regular migrants; the rest are vagrant or are rarely recorded...

Friends of the Environment Centre

http://myqatar.org/
In Arabic only

trip reports

Travelling Birder
http://www.travellingbirder.com
The Travellingbirder.com birding trip report search engine guides you to 7,000+ birding trip reports on the Internet. You can search for trip reports from a specific country and time of year. Not all these reports are in English. So, if you cant find the trip report you want on this Fatbirder page give them a try!

2003 [April] - Michael C Jennings

http://www.osme.org/osmetrip/qatar1.html
ABA Survey

tour operators

Birding Pal

http://birdingpal.org/Qatar.htm
Local birders willing to show visiting birders around their area...

Qatar Biodiversity

http://www.biodiv.org/doc/world/qa/qa-nr-01-en.pdf
The government has placed increased emphasis on the conservation of biologicalresources. The marine and terrestrial eco-systems of Qatar includes several importantspecies of flora and fauna of bio-diversity value, a few of which are believed to bethreatened and endangered...

Qatar Wildlife

http://www.arabianwildlife.com/archive/vol2.2/quat.htm
...Away from Doha, the main sites of interest are, moving from north to south, through the peninsula, Al Ruwais and Ras Rakan at the northerly tip of the country where stronger tidal currents bring rich fish life and a productive reef system. The coastline from here around to the magnificent fort at Zubara, has a number of small abandoned villages and is a quiet coastal region where one can find an interesting combination of shorebirds and, in spring and autumn, passage migrants...

The Greening of Qatar - Benefits for Wildlife

http://www.arabianwildlife.com/archive/vol2.1/quat.htm
Some species that have previously been reported as scarce are now present in large, and seemingly ever increasing, numbers. These are birds which have been resident in other parts of the Middle East and whose range has now extended to include Qatar. The white-cheeked bulbul is a case in point. Previously common in locations to the north and east of Qatar it is believed that a few birds that were deliberately introduced into Qatar successfully bred and established what was, at the time of the 1986 checklist, a very small breeding population in Doha. Today they are to be found twittering musically wherever there are bushes and trees and their breeding status is no longer questioned!