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Heatherlea: Tour of Morocco
- Morocco has specialities and near-endemics only found in the south of the Western Palearctic, and could have been designed for birding! In late March the beautiful landscape explodes into bloom, helping birds such as Nightingale, warblers and buntings on northward migration, adding an extra dimension to our tour. A mouth-watering hitlist of species.
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Camel crossing the Moroccan
Desert
Photo: Lutz Lücker
Bird Photos from Morocco
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Boletas Birdwatching Centre:
- Boletas Birdwatching
Centre, offers you two tours in Morocco visiting the
most important habitats of this attractive country
: Our 11-day from the Atlas mountains through the magic
Sahara desert to the Atlantic coast. Our 10-day tour
combining birdwatching in the Atlas mountains and Atlantic
coast with visits to three cultural cities, Marrakesh,
Essaouira and Ouarzazate. Our deep knowledge of the best
birding areas gives you the opportunity to see
most of the Moroccan bird specialties such as Bald
Ibis, Desert Eagle Owl, Levaillant's Woodpecker,
Desert Sparrow, Crimson-winged Finch or Hubara
Bustard
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Morocco 1st November 2014 – 8th November 2014 - a report in .pdf format (2Mb) - Tom Barker 
Morocco January 15th - 22nd 2013
- This illustrates that even without trying very hard a visit to Morocco in winter is a rewarding experience for the northern birder. It is an underwatched country, and the thing that struck me most was just how many things we saw that aren't 'supposed' to be there in winter....John Knight reports.
Morocco, April 28th-May 6th 2012
- A male Tristram’s Warbler was showing very well on the Tizi Pass and a juvenile Dupont’s Lark was observed on the Zaida Plains. In the evening, we arrived in Azrou. A small colony of Lesser Kestrels was present at the mosque in front of our hotel...Peter Collaerts reports.
Morocco, 19th-26th March 2012
- We awoke the next morning to the sound of a Common Bulbul warbling outside our window, and from the balcony added House Bunting, Blackbird, White Stork, and a flight of Cattle Egrets...Ray Thorneycroft reports.
Morocco Trip: April 8th 2012-April 15th 2012
- A flock of Pallid Swifts and a White Stork flew overhead as we exited the plane and a House Bunting sang from the airport building....Ken Musgrove reports.
Morocco – High Atlas to the Sahara Desert 28th March – 2nd April 2011 a report in .pdf format (0.35Mb) by Mick Bell
Morocco and the Western Sahara 3-14th July 2010 a report in .pdf format (0.5Mb) by Richard Bonser
Morocco November 2006
- Then came an even more breathtaking mountain
circuit to Tafronte which gave us our first looks at more desert
birds - Trumpeter Finch, Thick-billed and Hoopoe Larks, White-crowned
Black Wheatear, and Desert Lark - and also Red-billed Chough
and Barbary Falcon....Steve Rooke reports for Sunbird
Southern Morocco 1 - 4 May 2010
- Dawn saw me back at the Tagdilt Track, this time starting on the old track, and I quickly found a superb Thick-billed Lark alongside the car on the plateau area beyond the main wadi. A Hoopoe Lark was seen in flight a little further along..Gruff Dodd reports.
Moroccan Spice 23rd February - 5th March 2010
- Another warm sunny day for ‘Operation Bald Ibis’, as we headed north to Tamri in search of one of the rarest birds in the Western Palaearctic..Chris Hall reports.
Southern Morocco 6-23rd Feb 2009 - Detailed report in pdf format (2Mb) - Sander Bot
Morocco, Agadir and surrounds 5th to 19th November 2008
- A wonderful fortnight enjoying the sights and sounds of Morocco with the highlight being 80 Bald Ibis feeding not 10 yards from the car...Alan Miller reports.
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Ifrane area, Middle Atlas - Morocco May 10 to 23, 2008-06-28
- The avifauna of the region of Ifrane looks like that of the center of France. Most of the species are the same but are represented to it by different subspecies, sometimes even very different (Chaffinch, Wheatear, Jay). Some species are different : North African Tit Parus (teneriffae) ultramarinus, Atlas Flycatcher Ficedula (hypoleuca) speculigera, Levaillant’s Woodpecker Picus vaillantii and Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus or Crested Coot Fulica cristata...Georges Olioso reports
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MOROCCO From Atlas Mountains to the Sahara
Desert: March 21st to 31st 2007
- Next up is another lovely bird – a
perfect male Moussier’s Redstart really close to us! This
is a key find, and although Peter R misses out due to being in
the minibus, there is no need to worry; it is common and as Josele
promised, we get good views many times...Kevin
Shaw reports for a Boletas/Heathlea tour
D.I.Y. Birding Morocco 3rd December to 10th December 2007
- On our arrival at Oued Sous we were greeted by a few more lifers, namely the beautiful Moussier’s Redstart and Sardinian Warbler accompanied by the plentiful European Stonechat...Brian & Isabel Eady report.
Southern Morocco 12-21st
March 2007
- The target bird here was Crimson-winged Finch and trip reports
suggested that these were not always guaranteed if the conditions
weren’t right. We drove about 100m past the ski lift to
where the snow came down to the edge of the track. Within a few
minutes of arriving we had 5 birds close-up feeding along the
snowline at the edge of the track...Ray Thornycroft reports
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A family holiday
to Marrakech 20th to 27th January
2007
Every
building you seem to visit has a House Bunting and
a Common Bulbul, so you really cannot fail seeing
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Morocco - Agadir
and Bald Ibis 3rd to 17th November
2006
- A fortnight in the sun enjoying
the sights and sounds of Agadir including a hire car for
three days to search for Bald Ibis...Alan
Miller reports.
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Morocco
Mar - 2006,
188 Bird
Species recorded
- It didn’t take long to reach
our first planned stop and no sooner had we left the vehicles
than a pair of Levaillant’s Woodpeckers showed
nearby.. Everyone had superb views
of this very special bird, and shortly after a Long-legged
Buzzard was seen flying over the hills above us.....Nick
Bray reports
for Birdseekers
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Morocco 2nd
- 10th April 2005
- After gaining inspiration from several trip
reports backed with a long harboured ambition to visit, we decided
to journey to Morocco....the simple aim of this trip was to see
as much as we could in a little over a week and really aim to
locate and appreciate several ‘target’ species that
can be found in this extremely diverse country...Richard
Bonser reports.
South
Morocco 12th - 25th March 2005
- We visited
several parts of the Sous-Valley in Morocco by bike, and visited
the Tagdilt track area by car. There are many birding reports about
these areas, therefore only the highlights are described....Jord
Prangsma reports
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Southern
Morocco 11 to 18 February 2005
- When we stopped the car a big colourful
bird flew up: our first Black-crowned Tchagra. The bird
had caught a small lizard and started to eat it just a few
metres from us. When he was finished he climbed in a tree,
looked around a bit and started to sing!...Marnix
Jonker reports
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Ouarzazate,
Morocco Spring 2005
- This report from Helen Graham
may be of interest to those bird watchers who wish to combine
some relaxation in a lovely hotel and great birds on the doorstep.
Southern Morocco
22 – 29 December 2004
- Our aim was to reach Auberge Kasbah Said
today, so we moved on. White-tailed Wheatear and Red-rumped Wheatear
were numerous along the road. A short stop 8 km west of Touroug
produced 8 Fulvous Chatterers and a Hoopoe Lark on the south side
of the road. In the village of Touroug we saw our first Common
Bulbuls...Bart Bos reports
Southern Morocco
November 2004
- The area was being ploughed by local farmers
at the time of the visit and I quickly picked up 14 Cream-coloured
Coursers, 6 Hoopoe Lark, Lanner Falcon, 2 Black-bellied Sandgrouse,
c50 Greater Short-toed Larks and up to 1000 Lesser Short-toed
Larks....Shaun Robson reports
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Morocco 9th-18th
April, 2004
- Since we had less than 10 days for
a 3400 km trip, we spent a lot of time driving and observing,
very little on photography. Weather was mostly dry, just
a few drops at night in Merzouga and rain in Zeida on the
evening/night of the 15th. We managed approx.160 species..Lutz
Lücker reports.
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Taroudant, Morocco
4/4/2004 - 11/04/2004
- Taroudant is in the centre of the Sous Valley
between the High Atlas and Anti Atlas. Definitely worth visiting
in Spring.The surrounding countryside is alive with birds and
easily accessed from the town...M. A. Graham reports
Morocco 25th
January to 1st February 2004
- We got up early as there was a lot of singing
outside from the mosques. And still dark outside we sat ourselves
down for a small breakfast at the hotel. When light appeared the
songs of Common Bulbuls could be heard....Justin Jansen
reports
South Morocco 7-13
July
- This one week-trip was quite exhausting as
we drove 2300 kms. Also, the aim was not to see a maximum of species
but the southern « specialities »...Olivier Fontaine
reports.
Morocco October
2003
- We went for birdwatching in Morocco in
1995, so we had some target species that we missed the previous
trip, and most of the "possible" species that we expected to see,
we could see them. We saw 182 species...Arnau Bonan
reports
Pre 2003 reports....Here
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