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Site description (2017 baseline):
Site location and context
Extensive inter-tidal mudflats near Abu Dhabi city that is under private ownership and has restricted entry.
This site has regularly recorded Great Knot and it also has significant numbers of waterbirds like Lesser Sand Plover, Greater Sand Plover, Slender-billed Gull, Kentish Plover, Bar-tailed Godwit, Redshank, Western reef Egret, Eurasian Curlew and Eurasian Oystercatcher.
Inter-tidal mudflats with low island which has small houses for accommodation.
Fact-sheet compiled by Shahid Bashir Khan, Dr Salim Javed, Shakeel Ahmed (EAD).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ba Al Ghaylam (United Arab Emirates). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ba-al-ghaylam-iba-united-arab-emirates on 22/11/2024.
