In early March I was lucky enough to lead a group to Southern Morocco starting and finishing in Marrakesh. The holiday lasted 12 days from the mountains of the High Atlas to the plains of Boulmaine du Dades and then the dunes of Erfoud and Merzouga for 3 nights. Finally we travelled back west to the Atlantic town of Agadir (with nights en-route) for our last 2 nights. It was a fantastic trip and many thanks must go to Mohamed our excellent Berber who kept us entertained of his wonderful stories of the mountains where he lives. During our trip we managed to find 190 species of bird including some mouth-watering specialities such as Northern Bald Ibis, Black Stork, Marbled & Ferruginous Duck, Black Shouldered Kite, Golden, Bonelli's Eagles, Long legged Buzzard, Lanner Falcon, Barbary Partridge, Cream Coloured Courser, Audouin's Gull, Caspian Tern, Spotted, Crowned & Black bellied Sandgrouse, Laughing Dove, Pharoah Eagle Owl, Egyptian Nightjar, Little Swift, Levaillant's Woodpecker, Bar tailed, Desert, Hoopoe, Thick billed, Temminck's and Shore Larks, Plain Martin, Moroccan Wagtail, Common Bulbul, Western Olivaceous, African Desert, Spectacled Warblers, Iberian Chiffchaff, Moussier's Redstart, Black eared, White Crowned, Black, Desert, Red rumped & Mourning Wheatears, Fulvous Babbler, Black crowned Tchagra, Desert Sparrow, Yellow billed Chough, Trumpeter Finch and House Bunting. All of these plus some amazing scenery and other wildlife, please feel free to read the full trip report in due course.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Southern Morocco
In early March I was lucky enough to lead a group to Southern Morocco starting and finishing in Marrakesh. The holiday lasted 12 days from the mountains of the High Atlas to the plains of Boulmaine du Dades and then the dunes of Erfoud and Merzouga for 3 nights. Finally we travelled back west to the Atlantic town of Agadir (with nights en-route) for our last 2 nights. It was a fantastic trip and many thanks must go to Mohamed our excellent Berber who kept us entertained of his wonderful stories of the mountains where he lives. During our trip we managed to find 190 species of bird including some mouth-watering specialities such as Northern Bald Ibis, Black Stork, Marbled & Ferruginous Duck, Black Shouldered Kite, Golden, Bonelli's Eagles, Long legged Buzzard, Lanner Falcon, Barbary Partridge, Cream Coloured Courser, Audouin's Gull, Caspian Tern, Spotted, Crowned & Black bellied Sandgrouse, Laughing Dove, Pharoah Eagle Owl, Egyptian Nightjar, Little Swift, Levaillant's Woodpecker, Bar tailed, Desert, Hoopoe, Thick billed, Temminck's and Shore Larks, Plain Martin, Moroccan Wagtail, Common Bulbul, Western Olivaceous, African Desert, Spectacled Warblers, Iberian Chiffchaff, Moussier's Redstart, Black eared, White Crowned, Black, Desert, Red rumped & Mourning Wheatears, Fulvous Babbler, Black crowned Tchagra, Desert Sparrow, Yellow billed Chough, Trumpeter Finch and House Bunting. All of these plus some amazing scenery and other wildlife, please feel free to read the full trip report in due course.
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