http://www.uaebirding.com/sites/abu_dhabi/abudhabiisland.html
http://www.birdingpal.org/UAE.htm
Could give you a taste of what's close by - http://www.wansteadbirder.com/2015/01/uae-trip-report.html
Excellent - thanks Mark ! Looks like I should have added at least another day. Who would have guessed AD was a hotbed of migrant birds.