Tony Walsh – author & tours through Arabia
Oman’s location at the crossroads of Europe, Asia and Africa give it a unique mix of flora and fauna – including Africa’s Baobab Tree and Europe’s White Storks
Steve Backshall is on another Expedition
‘Oman Desert Canyon’ is his destination with the aim “to go places where people have never been before” – but did they?
His first place to visit was Continue reading “Expedition – Oman Desert Canyon by Steve Backshall“
Oman is a destination for migratory birds during Spring and Autumn, in addition to resident birds in Oman. Some pass through, others like White Storks and Steppe Eagles overwinter in Oman using it as a food larder and return to breeding grounds to the north. But there are some that come to Oman and breed, and included in these is the Sooty Falcon in Oman, Falco concolor.
The Sooty Falcon is a medium-sized falcon with, as its name suggests, a colour that is a shade of grey, perhaps Continue reading “Sooty Falcon in Oman – Film”
With its long coastline Oman has numerous coast creeks and bays which are important resources for sea life and birds.
Birdlife has Continue reading “Oman’s Ramsar Sites”
With so many migrating birds in Oman over the holidays ,
the eighth day Continue reading “12 Days of Christmas in Oman Day Eight”
Myrrh (Commiphora myrrha), part of the trinity of gifts,
was an ingredient used Continue reading “12 Days of Christmas in Oman Day Four”
One of the original Christmas Gifts and primarily from Oman, Frankincense is a ‘must have’ to bring back home after your visit into the country.
Frankincense (Boswellia sacra) is both Continue reading “12 Days of Christmas in Oman Day Three”
The Royal Geographical Society held a couple of events mid-week; the Shackleton photography exhibition and talks about Leopards in Oman and the Sultanate’s Aflaj (the plural of Falaj) organised by Nigel Winser.
With a large crowd , including several Continue reading “Aflaj and Leopards in Oman”
There are many Fantastic Beaches in Oman which offers Beach Lovers soft-white sand, warm seas and perhaps best of all, many will be deserted until you arrive.
In the far north of the Sultanate the small town of Bukha Continue reading “7 Fantastic Beaches in Oman”
Its New Year and a fitting place to finish the 12 days in Oman to watch the SunRise
over the confluence of the Sea of Oman and Continue reading “12 Days of Christmas in Oman Day Twelve”
a lecture given by Andrew Wilson
Andrew Wilson, a researcher at ESO Whale and Dolphin Research Group with his company Five Oceans, gave a very informative presentation about Oman’s Humpback Whale population. This is probably the world’s only sedentary population of Humpback Whales, as over the last 70,000 years it separated from the rest of the Indian Ocean population and settled in Oman’s waters. The seasonal sea temperature changes caused by the summer Monsoon and rich marine food supplies (Sardines & Euphasids) enables both breeding and feeding within the same body of water.
Andrew explained Continue reading “Oman’s Humpback Whale”
Within the slopes and valleys of the southern mountains of Oman are an extraordinary variety of flora. The plants in Dhofar inhabit an environment that can change from wet cloud soaked biome to bone-dry desert in the period of a few days or meters. Grass dominates the mountain upper plateau while the sea-facing slopes are have Anogeissus dhofarica as their dominant plant.
Though many plants catch a visitors interest, four are Continue reading “Oman’s famed plants in Dhofar”
It was good to take a day at sea and travel up from Khasab to Kumzar in Musandam and see Socotra Cormorants in Oman.
Scattered all along the coast Continue reading “The Black Birds – Socotra Cormorants in Oman”
Oman’s Environmental Society organised a very informative presentation by Maia Sarrouf Willson and Omar Al-Sheikhly.
The topic was Continue reading “ESO Presentation and Field Trip on Oman’s Egyptian Vultures”
We had an enjoyable morning with Waheed Al Fazari (Oman’s Expert on Sooty Falcons ) , and Dr. Mike McGrady who with Waheed updates this blog http://sootyfalcon.blogspot.com/ ,
Dr. Reginald Victor and others on the monthly survey of Egyptian Vulture numbers in a Muscat site.
Continue reading “Egyptian Vulture Survey in Oman”
Each 8th January is Oman Environment Day. One of the things that affects the environment is plastic especially as for so many people they dump it without any thought.
The result is Continue reading “Oman Environment Day”
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