A few landscape shots (from north to south) and some people pics.
The Al-Hajar Mountains in the North (above and below), desert mountains and the home of Omani Owl
Wadi Bani Habib (above) on the Sauq plateaux (below) in the Al-Hajar- the habitat of northern specialities such as Plain Leaf Warbler, Scrub Warbler and Arabian Babbler
The immense wetlands on Masirah Island and the Barr al Hikmen peninsula provide habitat for the largest concentrations of waders in Arabia
Going South we crossed seemingly endless barren gravel desert with a couple of resthouses ( Al Ghaftain above) and oasis ( Muntasar below) where migrants were concentrating
Fairly typical scenes on the long drive south through the gravel deserts
As we drove further south we crossed the edge of the Rub al Khali aka the 'Empty Quarter', the largest sand dune complex in Arabia which stretches into Saudi (photo by Paul Alfrey)
Our last dry desert lansdscapes (the northern foothills of the Dhofar Mountains)near the Yemen Border at Mudday before we crossed over the Dhofar mountains into the comparatively lush Salalah plain and south facing Dhofar slopes and wadis (below)
Wadi Darbat
The sink hole at the Yemen Serin site
Desert Owl habitat (above and below)
Verreaux's Eagle habitat
Oman scenes (above and below)
Group pic
Dave and Chris (above and below)
Stalking Great Knots
Gordon
Anand in a wadi
The food was mainly Indian (also had Lebanese one night, above) but we tried a few Omani dishes including my favourite Mutton Mandi
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