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30 photographs. The best I’ve ever taken.

Years in the field, thousands of frames, and these are the ones that stayed with me. Birds, mammals and reptiles from Lebanon and the UAE.

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Egyptian Vulture, UAE — No. 01
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusUAESpecies page →

Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Lebanon — No. 02
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLebanonSpecies page →

Barn Owl, Lebanon — No. 03
Barn Owl
Tyto albaLebanonSpecies page →

Black-winged Kite, Lebanon — No. 04
Black-winged Kite
Elanus caeruleusLebanonSpecies page →

Eurasian Kestrels, Lebanon — No. 05
Eurasian Kestrels
Falco tinnunculusLebanonRead the story →

Persian Squirrel, Lebanon — No. 06
Persian Squirrel
Sciurus anomalusLebanonSpecies page →

Tawny Owl, Lebanon — No. 07
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLebanonSpecies page →

Long-eared Owl, Lebanon — No. 08
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLebanonSpecies page →

Palestine Sunbird, Lebanon — No. 09
Palestine Sunbird
Cinnyris oseaLebanonSpecies page →

Bluethroat, Lebanon — No. 10
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLebanonSpecies page →

Black Drongo, UAE — No. 11
Black Drongo
Dicrurus macrocercusUAESpecies page →

White-throated Kingfisher, Lebanon — No. 12
White-throated Kingfisher
Halcyon smyrnensisLebanonSpecies page →

Pied Kingfisher, Lebanon — No. 13
Pied Kingfisher
Ceryle rudisLebanonSpecies page →

Three-banded Plover, Lebanon — No. 14
Three-banded Plover
Charadrius tricollarisLebanonSpecies page →

European Badger, Lebanon — No. 15
European Badger
Meles melesLebanonSpecies page →

Eurasian Oystercatcher, UAE — No. 16
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusUAESpecies page →

Red Fox, Lebanon — No. 17
Red Fox
Vulpes vulpesLebanonSpecies page →

Nubian Ibex, Lebanon — No. 18
Nubian Ibex
Capra nubianaLebanonSpecies page →

Lebanon Mountain Viper, Lebanon — No. 19
Lebanon Mountain Viper
Montivipera bornmuelleriLebanonSpecies page →

Stone Marten, Lebanon — No. 20
Stone Marten
Martes fouinaLebanonSpecies page →

White-crowned Wheatear, UAE — No. 21
White-crowned Wheatear
Oenanthe leucopygaUAESpecies page →

Arabian Green Bee-eater, UAE — No. 22
Arabian Green Bee-eater
Merops cyanophrysUAESpecies page →

Long-eared Owl, Lebanon — No. 23
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLebanonSpecies page →

Chukar, UAE — No. 24
Chukar
Alectoris chukarUAESpecies page →

Western Marsh Harrier, Lebanon — No. 25
Western Marsh Harrier
Circus aeruginosusLebanonSpecies page →

Osprey, UAE — No. 26
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusUAESpecies page →

Sand Partridge, UAE — No. 27
Sand Partridge
Ammoperdix heyiUAESpecies page →

Namaqua Dove, UAE — No. 28
Namaqua Dove
Oena capensisUAESpecies page →

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, UAE — No. 29
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Merops persicusUAESpecies page →

Pied Wheatear, UAE — No. 30
Pied Wheatear
Oenanthe pleschankaUAESpecies page →

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