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Eight viewing decks over a lake and salt flats with 200-plus species recorded, including pink-backed pelicans, flamingos and marbled ducks.
The boardwalk puts you a few metres from herons fishing in the mangroves, and a ranger-led walk tells you what you are looking at.
Viewing platforms along the 3.5 km shaded path look straight over the Mangrove National Park mudflats, where waders feed at low tide.
More than 60 species turn up along the mangrove edge, including greater flamingos and western reef herons, 15 minutes from downtown.
The palm canopy and running falaj water draw garden birds that never visit the desert outside, and the shade lets you birdwatch in comfort.