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ABBA SURVEY 31: RED SEA ISLANDS - JULY 2002

See Phoenix 19 for a detailed report of the birds of  the Yemen Red Sea islands and the Bir Ali islands on the south coast of Yemen.    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Broken lava surface of Zubair island

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 













 

 

 

Connected island

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 












 

 

 

White-eyed Gull nest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 










 

 

 

 

 

Camp site Zubair island

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 












 

 

 

 

Brown booby nest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 











 

 

 

 

 

Sooty Gull nest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









 

 

Looking to NNE from north of Saba island,  Low, Saddle, Rugged, Table peak and Haycock islands

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 












 

 


Quoin island

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 










 

 

 

Bridled Terns over Kadaman island

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 












 

 

Sooty Gulls at shark offal, Hataban island

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 











 

 


Fishermen's camp Kutamah island

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 













Kutamah island had a more varied vegetation than all others in the group north of Kamaran

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 










 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The survey team at Saleef, Back L-R:  Rafiq al Jahoub, Ahmed Saeed Suleiman, MCJ, Maeen Lutf Aswati, David Stanton, army crew (2),  Front:  Omar Al Saghier, Nadim Mohhammad Abdullah Talib.

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