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Red Dwarf Honey Bee (Apis florea)Observer
shamsalmarzPlace
Missing LocationDescription
this is a dwarf honey bee, its size is around 1 cm long.
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White Arab (Colotis phisadia)Observer
shamsalmarzPlace
Missing LocationDescription
this is a blue spotted arab which is a common butterfly found in al wathba and can be seen all year round. the wings are absolutely 20 cms and the colors of the wings have blue, light pink and black.
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Sedges (Family Cyperaceae)Observer
shamsalmarzPlace
Missing LocationDescription
this is a sedge and it can be found in sandy areas, its the only sedge found in al wathba reserve there arent many. the steams grow about 50 cm high. they’re found in front of the flamingos hide.
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Crested Larks (Genus Galerida)Observer
shamsalmarzPlace
Missing LocationDescription
this is a crested lark taken by camera in the al wathba reserve, the bird was standing on top of the branch and it looks like it’s around 17 cm.
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Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)Observer
shamsalmarzPlace
Missing LocationDescription
this is a flamingo found in the al wathba field reserve. the flamingo is pink and is about 1.5 m. it was found in the pond walking.
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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
shamsalmarzDescription
This bush is very big and has very long steams that spreads around. It looks like it’s about 200 cm, inside the bush it looks very brown and in the outside it’s more colorful and has some green and orange
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Red Thumb (Cynomorium coccineum)Observer
shamsalmarzDescription
This was found in al wathba, it’s usually found in places with sand. It is known as the red thumb, it is red and i noticed that they are always grouped together and not really far away from each other. This is about 10 cm.
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Toothbrush Tree (Salvadora persica)Observer
shamsalmarzDescription
This looks like a huge bush that spreads out. The color of the bush is green, it also looks like it has yellow flowers maybe. The root bark of the tree is has the same color of the sand, and the inner surfaces are an even lighter shade of brown. This bush could be about 200 cm.
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Harms (Genus Tetraena)Observer
shamsalmarzDescription
This was found in al wathba, it looks like its a yellow-green shrub. It has succulent leaves and it’s steam spreads out. It’s about 60 cm high.
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Christ's Thorn Jujube (Ziziphus spina-christi)Observer
shamsalmarzDescription
I usually find this type of deep rooted tree around the United Arab Emirates. It looks like it could be around 800 cm tall, it has small green leaves however there are some tiny flowers in the trees. I also saw that it has small yellow fruits.
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Heliotropes (Genus Heliotropium)Observer
shamsalmarzDescription
This bush was found in al wathba, it doesn’t look like a normal leafs, it looks spikey and thick. the colors of this bush is green and purple.
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Desert Hyacinth (Cistanche tubulosa)Observer
shamsalmarzDescription
I found this weird looking flower at al wathba and it looks like it’s about 12 centimeters tall. The colors of the flower is yellow, pink and purple. Flowers were found on all sides of the stalk.
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Scarabs (Family Scarabaeidae)Observer
shamsalmarzDescription
I found this creature at the schools field, laying down on the grass and it wasn’t moving. It looks like it’s about 3 centimeters.
