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Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is an Arab emirate in Southwest Asia, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the larger Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south; otherwise the Persian Gulf surrounds the state. An oil rich nation, Qatar has the highest GDP per capita in the world according to the CIA World Factbook.

The Qatari peninsula juts 100 miles (161 km) north into the Persian Gulf from Saudi Arabia and is slightly smaller than the state of Connecticut, USA. Much of the country consists of a low, barren plain, covered with sand. To the southeast lies the spectacular Khor al Adaid (Inland Sea), an area of rolling sand dunes surrounding an inlet of the Gulf. The highest point in Qatar is Qurayn Abu al Bawl at 103 metres (340 ft)[9] in the Jebel Dukhan to the west, a range of low limestone outcrops running north-south from Zikrit through Umm Bab to the southern border. The Jebel Dukhan area also contains Qatar�s main onshore oil deposits, while the natural gas fields lie offshore, to the northwest of the peninsula.

There are mild winters and very hot, humid summers.

top sites

Khor Al Udeid

It has been agreed that no construction is to take place in Khor Al Udeid. As a result, the area attracts wildlife, particularly migratory birds in abundance.

contributor

Wikipedia
(GNU Free Documentation License)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar

numbers

Number of bird species: 255

useful reading

A Birdwatcher's Guide to Qatar

by Oldfield Colour & b/w illustrations, maps, 111pp 1994 Paperback

useful information

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clubs

BirdLife

http://www.birdlife.org/worldwide/national/qatar/index.html
Most of Qatar, with its flat desert and scanty vegetation, supports only a sparse and restricted avifauna. Of 255 species recorded in the country, about 23 breed, 78 are winter visitors and 104 are more-or-less regular migrants; the rest are vagrant or are rarely recorded...

Friends of the Environment Centre

http://myqatar.org/
In Arabic only

Qatar Bird Club

http://www.qnhg.org/qbc
...the page on the Natural History Group that deals with the Qatar Bird Club. It gives notices of meetings and lists the newsletters published...

Qatar Natural History Group (QNHG)

http://www.qnhg.org
The Qatar Natural History Group (QNHG) was founded in November 1978 to 'bring together people with an interest in the natural history of Qatar and the Gulf', and the inaugural meeting was held in the grounds of the National Museum. This past year we celebrated the Group's 30th anniversary...

trip reports

Travelling Birder
http://www.travellingbirder.com
The Travellingbirder.com birding trip report search engine guides you to 7,000+ birding trip reports on the Internet. You can search for trip reports from a specific country and time of year. Not all these reports are in English. So, if you can�t find the trip report you want on this Fatbirder page� give them a try!

2003 [April] - Michael C Jennings

http://www.osme.org/osmetrip/qatar1.html
ABA Survey

tour operators

Birding Pal

http://www.birdingpal.org/Qatar.htm
Local birders willing to show visiting birders around their area...

mailing lists

Qatar Birding

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/qatarbirding/
To post to list:qatarbirding@yahoogroups.com
List contact:qatarbirding-owner@yahoogroups.com
To subscribe to list:qatarbirding-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Qatarbirding is a discussion group related to wild birds in the State of Qatar, their observation, study, and conservation. Qatarbirding is not intended for discussions about captive birds, falconry, or the hunting of birds...

Qatar Biodiversity

http://www.cbd.int/doc/world/qa/qa-nr-01-en.pdf
The government has placed increased emphasis on the conservation of biologicalresources. The marine and terrestrial eco-systems of Qatar includes several importantspecies of flora and fauna of bio-diversity value, a few of which are believed to bethreatened and endangered...

Qatar Wildlife

http://www.arabianwildlife.com/archive/vol2.2/quat.htm
...Away from Doha, the main sites of interest are, moving from north to south, through the peninsula, Al Ruwais and Ras Rakan at the northerly tip of the country where stronger tidal currents bring rich fish life and a productive reef system. The coastline from here around to the magnificent fort at Zubara, has a number of small abandoned villages and is a quiet coastal region where one can find an interesting combination of shorebirds and, in spring and autumn, passage migrants...

The Greening of Qatar - Benefits for Wildlife

http://www.arabianwildlife.com/archive/vol2.1/quat.htm
Some species that have previously been reported as scarce are now present in large, and seemingly ever increasing, numbers. These are birds which have been resident in other parts of the Middle East and whose range has now extended to include Qatar. The white-cheeked bulbul is a case in point. Previously common in locations to the north and east of Qatar it is believed that a few birds that were deliberately introduced into Qatar successfully bred and established what was, at the time of the 1986 checklist, a very small breeding population in Doha. Today they are to be found twittering musically wherever there are bushes and trees and their breeding status is no longer questioned!

The greening of wide patches of Qatar

http://www.qataradventure.com/items.asp?cid=58&scid=171
The greening of wide patches of Qatar in recent years has created a welcoming environment for migratory birds and a permanent home for many other species. Irrigation systems have helped create large gardens and parks, games fields and golf courses, transforming what was once a hostile environment for many species of wildlife into safe havens...

artists

Photographer - Dileep Anthikad

http://dileepanthikad.zenfolio.com
Photography facilitated me to see the world around me from a different angle and portrays it in a natural and unique way...