Fujairah’s Flora and Fauna
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Fujairah’s Fauna: The Little Green Bee-eaters
This is an abundant and fairly tame bird, familiar throughout its range. It is a bird which breeds in open…
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Fujairah’s Flora and Fauna: Arabian Toads
Arabian toads (Sclerophrys arabica) can be spotted swimming mating or simply looking out of water bodies in Wadi Wurayah. The Arabian…
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Fujairah’s Flora and Fauna: Aerva javanica
Botanical Description Perennial soft-wooded bush, up to 100cm, stem erect and covered with fine hairs. Leaves alternate, greyish-green in colour,…
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Fujairah Flora and Fauna: The Common Sandpiper
The adult is 18–20 cm (7.1–7.9 in) long with a 32–35 cm (13–14 in) wingspan. It has greyish-brown upperparts, white underparts, short dark-yellowish legs…
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Fujairah Flora and Fauna: Eurasian Scops Owl
The Common Scops Owl is a nocturnal bird, most active from after sunset to midnight. Roosts by day in trees,…
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Fujairah Flora and Fauna: Purple Sunbird
The purple sunbird is a small bird in the sunbird family found mainly in South and Southeast Asia but extending…
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Flower of the day: Erucaria hispanica
Erucaria hispanica Erucaria hispanica is a species of annual herb in the family Brassicaceae. It has a self-supporting growth form. It…
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Fujairah’s Fauna and Flora: Arabian red fox
The Arabian red fox is similar in color to the common red fox. However, this fox is more adapted to desert life than its…
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