Seagulls are the migrating wild birds that come to the UAE shores every winter from Siberia and Mediterranean regions.

Coming from the chilly frozen regions they live by the warmer waters of the Arabian Gulf and end up attracting scores of residents and visitors

According to UAE Interact, a website supported by the UAE National Media Council, there are 140 types of migrating birds that have been accounted for in the UAE, but the number has dwindled.

Chairman of Adco Astronomy Club and member of Abu Dhabi Astronomy Heritage Club Mohammad Thayib Assalami, who is also an avid bird watcher, told UAE Interact the major reasons behind this decline. He said "the drifting massive ice blocks in the North Pole that change the earth's magnetic field can be one of the reasons", as some birds fly by the earth's magnetic field.

He added: "There are other regional issues such as efforts of countries to check the spread of bird flu which are transmitted by the migratory birds. Some countries have taken drastic measures to check the migration."

Courtesy : Gulf News
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