Please note that I have endeavoured to put the photos by the species and if there is a photo of that species, I have put (P) by its name in the list and the R for right side and L for left. And remember that you can click on the photos to enlarge them - it's all a question of space!
Hi all,
Gilly & I had a wonderful trip to Morocco. Weather for the first couple of days was drizzle with low cloud & high winds, but after that it was full sun & warm. Had no problems with rebellion but did see the banks windows and ATM machines smashed once we returned to Marrakech. There was an attempted mugging on us in Marrakech, but it failed as Gilly grabbed the young man round the throat and gave him a lesson in Anglo-saxon!
On the bird front we saw 114 species. 3 lifers and one renamed lifer. We took over 350 photos. A lot of bad bird ones but some crackers which I'll attach. Again failed to see an Alpine Accentor at the Oukaimeden ski resort and failed to see a Houbara Bustard, the reason possibly being that some Saudi Arabians had been there the week before and removed 14 of the birds to be taken back to their country for sporting purposes......but I did see some tracks and some poo, but that doesn't count!! Below I'll give you our daily bird log in a bird race scenario with our daily travelling locations. The lifers will be in BLOCK capitals.
DAY 1 - MARRAKECH
White Stork, House Sparrow, Collared Dove, Blackcap, Pallid Swift, Little Swift, Blackbird
DAY 2 - MARRAKECH & OUKAIMEDEN SKI RESORT
Spotless Starling, Cattle Egret, White Wagtail, Hoopoe, Chaffinch, Common Bulbul, Stonechat, Magpie, Grey Wagtail, Kestrel, Wood Pigeon, Alpine Chough, Red-billed Chough, Black Redstart, Horned Lark, Raven, Crimson-winged Finch (PL), Rock Sparrow, Black Wheatear, Dipper (PR), Blue Tit, Robin, Chiffchaff, House Bunting, Sardinian Warbler
DAY 3 - MARRAKECH to OUARZAZATEGoldfinch, Long-legged Buzzard 
(PL), Barn Swallow, House Martin, Barbary Partridge, Sand Martin, Crag Martin, Green Sandpiper, White-crowned Wheatear (PR), Southern Grey Shrike, Thekla Lark, Spectacled Warbler, Ortolan Bunting, Desert Lark, Grey Heron, 
Trumpeter Finch (PL), Cormorant, Common Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Black-headed Gull, Honey Buzzard, Black Kite, Little Egret, Great Crested Grebe, Coot, Spoonbill, Yellow Wagtail, Bar-tailed Godwit, Mallard, Little Ringed Plover, Shoveler, Snipe, Ruddy Shelduck, Marsh Harrier, Blue Rock Thrush
(PL), Barn Swallow, House Martin, Barbary Partridge, Sand Martin, Crag Martin, Green Sandpiper, White-crowned Wheatear (PR), Southern Grey Shrike, Thekla Lark, Spectacled Warbler, Ortolan Bunting, Desert Lark, Grey Heron, 
Trumpeter Finch (PL), Cormorant, Common Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Black-headed Gull, Honey Buzzard, Black Kite, Little Egret, Great Crested Grebe, Coot, Spoonbill, Yellow Wagtail, Bar-tailed Godwit, Mallard, Little Ringed Plover, Shoveler, Snipe, Ruddy Shelduck, Marsh Harrier, Blue Rock Thrush
DAY 4 - OURZAZATE TOERFOUD
Short-toed Eagle, Black-bellied Sandgrouse, Ring Ouzel, Red-rumped Wheatear (PR), Hoopoe Lark (PL), Temminck's Lark, Lanner Falcon (PR),
Lesser Short-toed Lark, Serin, Rock Dove,
Crested Lark, Moussier's Redstart, Brown-necked Raven (PL)
DAY 5 - South of ERFOUDTRISTRAM'S WARBLER, Willow Warbler, FULVOUS BABBLER
(PL),
Short-toed Lark, Desert Sparrow, Crowned Sandgrouse (PR), Redstart, MAHGREB ( Mourning) WHEATEARDAY 6 - South of ERFOUD
SCRUB WARBLER , Greater Flamingo, Black Stork, Little Grebe, Marbled Duck, Meadow Pipit, Sedge Warbler, Bluethroat
DAY 8 - OUARZAZATE to IMLILSparrowhawk, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Short-toed Treecreeper
DAY 9 - IMLIL & SurroundsLevaillant's Green Woodpecker, Crossbill, Greenfinch, Red-rumped Swallow
DAY 10 - IMLIL to MARRAKECH
Wren
DAY 11 - MARRAKECH & OUKAIMEDEN
Peregrine FalconEnjoy!
Best Regards,
Dave & Gilly
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