On our way to the UK we had a stop-over in Dubai for a couple of days, and we took the opportunity to go our birding with a local guide from UAE Birding. We had an excellent day out, getting over 70 species and adding some new ones to our lifelist. This included the Cream-coloured Courser shown above. They don’t have many endemics, but it is easy to find a wide range of species quite close to the city.
NZ Birding 