Wednesday 22 May
In the News: Nature health check finds UK wildlife to be in trouble
تعد السواحل والجزر الإماراتية ذات أهمية عالمية للطيور الزائرة، وخاصة تلك الطيور الساحلية المهاجرة لمسافات بعيدة. وتتميز سواحل الإمارات العربية المتحدة بالتنوع الشديد، بدءاً من الشواطئ الصخرية الموجودة في خليج عمان إلى الجزر الرملية في الخليج العربي.
وتتكاثر مستعمرات كبيرة من الطيور البحرية ذات أنواع مختلفة في العديد من جزر الإمارات البحرية، وتشارك هذه الموائل المهمة مع مجموعات الأنواع الأخرى.
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Information on Aeluropus littoralis is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Aeluropus lagopoides is a creeping perennial grass with grey-green, lance-shaped leaves, which grow along the stem in two opposite rows. The…
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Information on Alhagi graecorum is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Information on Anastatica hierochuntica is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Information on the annual seablite (Suaeda maritima) is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Information on Apium graveolens is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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A common sight on trees and bushes in summer months, the Arabian cicada (Platypleura arabica) is also well known throughout its range for…
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Information on Arthrocnemum macrostachyum is being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Information on the Asian dwarf honey bee is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
Information on the Asian spiderflower (Cleome viscosa) is being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Information on Asparagus stipularis is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Information on Atractylis carduus is being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Information on Atriplex leucoclada is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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A majestic seabird with large, elongated wings and a streamlined body, Audubon’s shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri) is superbly adapted for…
The Baluch ground gecko (Bunopus tuberculatus) is a small, ground-dwelling gecko with rather short, straight toes, a long tail, and…
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The bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) is a distinctive wading bird with conspicuous blue-grey legs and a long, dark, slightly upturned…
A small and graceful dragonfly, the black pennant (Selysiothermis nigra) is distinguished by its large, fragile-looking wings and…
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A small, graceful tern species, the black tern is unmistakable during the breeding season, when it displays the distinctive dark plumage for…
A small lark which resembles a finch (Fringillidae species) in appearance, the black-crowned sparrow-lark is easily recognised by the male’s…
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Information on the black-necked grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) is being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
A globally widespread wading bird, the black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) is characterised by its extremely long, red legs, white…
Information on the blue panicgrass (Panicum antidotale) is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Information on the bog yellowcress (Rorippa palustris) is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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With its sharply contrasting plumage, the widespread Brahminy kite is an unmistakeable bird of prey. While its head, neck, throat, upper…
The specific name of the bridled tern, anathetus, is derived from the Greek for senseless or stupid, a reference to the ease with which…
Meaning “white stomach”, the Latin name of the brown booby is a reference to its striking white lower breast and belly, which are sharply…
A medium-sized, chocolate brown seabird, the brown noddy (Anous stolidus) has a distinctive white-grey forehead that extends over the top of…
Information on the Canada spikesedge (Eleocharis geniculata) is being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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A widespread and abundant species, the Cape hare is a typical hare in appearance, with long, slender limbs, large hind feet, a short tail…
Information on the caper bush (Capparis spinosa) is being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Previously listed as a subspecies of the herring gull (Larus argentatus), the Caspian gull (Larus cachinnans) is now considered to be a…
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The largest of all terns, the Caspian tern (Sterna caspia) is a majestic seabird recognised by its stout, blood red, black tipped bill, and…
Information on Centaurea pseudosinaica is being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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The wagtails are some of the best-recognised and most familiar of birds, so named for their conspicuous habit of wagging the long tail while…
Information on Cleome brachycarpa is being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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The characteristic heart-shaped silhouette of the clubnose guitarfish (Glaucostegus thouin) is the result of a somewhat bizarre feature of…
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The common name of this bird arises from the distinctive band of black plumage that runs around the throat, from eye to eye, giving the…
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Information on Commicarpus helenae is being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Information on the common purslane (Portulaca oleracea) is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Information on the common redshank is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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The crab plover is remarkable for being the only representative of the Dromadidae family, which means that in evolutionary terms this…
Information on Cressa cretica is being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Information on the crimson speckled footman is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Information on Crotalaria medicaginea is being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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The curlew sandpiper is a medium-sized shorebird that has very distinctive breeding plumage and an extraordinary down-curved bill. Typically…
Information on Cynodon dactylon is being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Information on the death’s-head hawkmoth is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Information on Cistanche tubulosa is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Information on the Devil's thorn (Emex spinosa) is being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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