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 the needle bush (Acacia farnesiana) is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Information on Acropora yongei 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 Aeluropus littoralis is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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A woody-stemmed plant, the purslane-leaved aizoon (Aizoon canariense) has characteristic zig-zagging branches which radiate from the centre…
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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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A medium-sized, chocolate brown seabird, the brown noddy (Anous stolidus) has a distinctive white-grey forehead that extends over the top of…
The water pipit is a rather short and stocky bird. Males and females tend to look similar with greyish-brown upperparts and pale cream…
Information on the Asian dwarf honey bee is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
Information on Apium graveolens is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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The pallid swift is a small, highly aerial bird with a forked tail and crescent-shaped wings. Its name comes from the Latin word ‘apous’…
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A medium-sized eagle, the greater spotted eagle only has white spots as a juvenile, when they extend in bands across the upperwing. By…
Named after its piercing ‘squawk’ call, the squacco heron is a small, chunky bird with a short, thick bill, warm buff-brown back and snowy…
Information on Arthrocnemum macrostachyum 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 Astragalus schimperi 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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Fin whales are the fastest of all cetaceans, reaching speeds of 37 kilometres per hour and known to completely clear the water. This whale…
The smallest butterfly in the USA, the tiny western pygmy blue (Brephidium exile) is notoriously difficult to find, but is certainly worth…
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Buellia subalbula is a species of lichen with a distinctive white, cracked thallus (the main lichen body) which often appears slightly…
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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 curlew sandpiper is a medium-sized shorebird that has very distinctive breeding plumage and an extraordinary down-curved bill. Typically…
Breeding and non-breeding adults of the red-necked stint (Calidris ruficollis) are clearly identified by a number of characteristics. The…
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Information on Temmnick's stint is being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
The great knot (Calidris tenuirostris) is a long distance migratory shorebird, with a rather plump body and a stout, straight bill. For most…
Information on Caloplaca citrina is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Information on the caper bush (Capparis spinosa) is being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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The great egret is a large heron which, as an adult, has entirely white plumage with contrasting black feet and long, black legs. Colour is…
Information on Centaurea pseudosinaica is being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Information on the threadfin butterflyfish (Chaetodon auriga) is being researched and wriiten and will appear here shortly…
Named for the numerous black and white eyespots, or ‘ocelli’, on its back, the ocellated skink (Chalcides ocellatus) is a typical skink in…
Information on the Kentish plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
Information on the little ringed plover is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
Although it has a relatively dull appearance for most of the year, the greater sand plover’s plumage changes during the breeding season. At…
The lesser sand plover is a small wading shorebird with greyish-brown upperparts, a white abdomen and throat, and a black forehead. During…
Information on the nettleleaf goosefoot (Chenopodium murale) is being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Information on the Indian cupid is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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A more slender bird than many other tern species, this fork-tailed, marsh-dwelling bird has two distinct plumages. In breeding or summer…
The white-winged tern (also known as the white-winged black tern) undergoes fascinating aesthetic alterations in its plumage, ranging from…
A small, graceful tern species, the black tern is unmistakable during the breeding season, when it displays the distinctive dark plumage for…
Information on swollen fingergrass (Chloris barbata) is being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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The northern harrier is a slender, medium-sized hawk, with a long tail, wings and legs, a characteristic white rump, and a distinctive…
Information on Cistanche tubulosa is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Information on Cleome brachycarpa is being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Information on the Asian spiderflower (Cleome viscosa) is being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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The small salmon arab (Colotis calais) is a small orange butterfly found throughout arid regions of Africa and Arabia. The upper sides of…
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