Dubai: A brilliant new 2021 calendar featuring ‘Birds in the UAE’ is now out, featuring both the rare and the common, the resident and the visiting species in vivid colour, with key insights and must-have information on these majestic winged creatures.
Curated by locally-based birdlife experts, the calendar, published by Gulf News, showcases 14 birds that can be spotted in the Emirates – in razor-sharp photographs capturing the birds’ sunlit colourful bodies set against the soft blur of the background.
Intriguing facts
Apart from scientific information about the birds, such as their type, habitat and other essential facts, the calendar also reveals the best places and times to spot the birds and little-known trivia. Did you know, for example, that if you get too close to the Red-wattled Lapwing, one of the easiest birds to identify across the UAE, it sounds like it’s repeatedly saying, “Did he do it”, as it flies around you?