The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment has identified four sites in Dubai as home to migratory birds: Al Marmoom Reserve, Ras Al Khor Wildlife Park, Mushrif Park and Dubai Desert.
There are 30 important migratory and endemic sites in the UAE, covering an area of 420,325 hectares, including 19 in Abu Dhabi, the most important of which are Abu Dhabi Island, Abu Sayyaf, Al Wathba, Jernin and two locations. In Sharjah are the Crimean Island of Kalba, Sir Buonair Island, a site in Ajman is the Zawra Reserve, and two sites in Umm Al Quwain, Khor Al Baydaa, and Siniya, and a location in Ras Al Khaimah, Khor Al Jazira, and a site in Fujairah, Wadi Al Waraiah.
The National Ecotourism Project, launched by the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, was part of the Ministry's strategy to achieve sustainability in the UAE's ecosystem.
The Ministry pointed out that during the winter season, there are more than 20,000 waterfowl in Ras Al Khor, belonging to 67 species in the reserve. More than 3,000 large flamingos have been counted and more than 1% of the sandpipers migrate through the fall and spring, she said.
The Fujairah Valley in Fujairah is home to 81 bird species, 20 mammal species, at least nine species of reptiles and amphibians, and 467 species of invertebrates.
She pointed out that the Al Wathba Reserve in Abu Dhabi is one of the most important sites in the UAE, because of the presence of migratory birds, where it was recorded about 260 species of birds that rely on the lake and wet areas around for rest, nutrition or breeding, pointing out that the most important birds in large numbers are flamingos (Flamingo), which breeds in this reserve.