Sandy Fowler - Rough Sheller's Guide

Sandy Fowler - A Rough Sheller's Guide to the Northern Emirates

Dr. Sandy Fowler was a long time resident of Dubai and member of the Dubai Natural History Group. His contribution to the collection, identification, cataloguing and recording of sea shells in the Emirates was recognized at the Inter-Emirates Weekend of 2005 with the presentation of the Bish Brown Award.

Besides his outstanding collection of shells and his records database, Sandy has provided all interested shellers with an outstanding resource, his Rough Sheller's Guide to the Northern Emirates. This 50 page work is now available for download here in Adobe Acrobat format. This book will tell you where to look for shells, the types of shells you might find and is profusely illustrated with beachscapes and shells. This book along with Seashells of Eastern Arabia by Bosch, Dance, Moolenbeek and Oliver, will help many beachcombers in UAE and Northern Oman better appreciate what they are finding.

Rough Sheller's Guide PDF (3,506 kb)
Rough Sheller's Guide PDF Zipped (3,281 kb)
Rough Sheller's Guide waypoints (GPX format) (4 kb)