Sunday, 10 November 2019

Morocco

How nice it is to get away from the UK as it plunges toward winter.....75-80 degrees during the day though the cool of the evenings and early mornings made sure a jumper was needed.

A delightful destination.  Our second visit to Morocco, this time to Marrakech and the Atlas Mountains.

Highly recommend the place to anyone who hasn't been...its great for birding and I would love to go back some time for a pure birding trip, but its a grand destination full of friendly people....so....in no particular order and my small bird list at the end....

White Crowned Wheatear

Chough

Ait Ben Hadu….its been in loads of films....

The vastness of the desert and Atlas....

Monkeys fingers

Cattle Egret sitting in a roof

Stork nest...in an obvious place

An oasis

At the Kasbah

Some amazing places to stay

Morning sunrise

In the Atlas

On the way back...

Bahir Palace has probably had these birds nesting
on and around it since even before it....

Spices anyone

Lantern...



Spotless Starlings

House Bunting

And finally.....my bird list....(I was only a few miles away from the Tagdilt Track, one of the best places in Morocco to go bird watching, but as it was a family  holiday there wasn't too much time for birding...so I will have to return.....

Cattle Egret....whilst standing at the airport car hire kiosk 20 flew over...
Kestrel.....fly by at the airport...
House Sparrow....everywhere...
Collared Dove
Maghreb Magpie
House Bunting...……...lifer....how did I not get this in Agadir a few years ago....
Feral Pigeon
Spotless Starling
Pied Wagtail
Black Wheatear
Chough
Crested Lark
White Stork
White Crowned Wheatear...…...lifer
Orphean Warbler
Barn Swallow
Grey Wagtail
Bulbul
Grey Heron
Cormorant
Barbary Partridge....lifer
Blackbird (mauritanicus)
Goldfinch
Serin
Spanish Sparrow
Cettis Warbler

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