During early April and over a period of 10 days our group of seven wing-spanners toured the wonderful
countryside of Morocco, visiting the high Atlas Mountains, the stony plains of the ‘Hammada’, the southeast
region of Tafilalt, (the area closest to the Sahara), the lush Sous valley, the coastal estuary of the Oued Sous
and the Souss Massa national park near Agadir. During our attempt to see the wonderful array of bird species
that Morocco has to offer we witnessed bright sunshine, thunderstorms and a sandstorm of epic proportions.
Our birding-time was cut by about 40% during the three day desert storm but despite the weather we
managed to see a total of 180 species including some rather special birds such as Bald Ibis, Desert Sparrow,
Crimson-winged Finch, Black-crowned Tchagra, Pharoah Eagle Owl, Desert Warbler, Tristram’s
Warbler, Brown-necked Raven, Houbara Bustard, Egyptian Nightjar, Mousierre’s Redstart, Fulvous
Babbler, Plain Martin, Little Swift, Marbled Duck and Hoopoe Lark to name but a few.
We had a fabulous early spring Tour of two of the top destinations in Spain. Producing a bird list approaching 190 species we saw all of the 'most-wanted' species associated with these two superb birding areas. Spanish ...
View ReportThis was a private Tour booked by 5 American birders who wanted an extension into Spain after joining me in Morocco for 10 days during March. This mini-break went so well, we saw so many great species of birds and Orchids, that I have in...
View ReportThis was far from the best migration year, we had a diificult time finding common migrant birds let alone rare or uncommon species. The weather wasn't too bad except for a very stormy afternoon and evening in midweek. We mananged to ...
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