In the morning we go out to sea in the hope of seeing petrels and other seabirds, but our hope is in vain: we only see a few phalaropes. In the harbour we do see two new species for me: Abdim's storks and an Arabian cormorant.
The afternoon program is to scour water spots, including a very smelly water purification plant. The guard takes pictures of everyone, who now can be found with their name on the Web. I think that's bad, it wasn't worth it.
After that we go to a spot near the container port. I'm too tired to enjoy it anymore and stay in the car. Mudflats are ideal for bird counters, and they also find a species that I would have liked to see.
