Morocco, 10-25 March 2016 Photo Gallery by Rick & José van der Weijde at pbase.com

Morocco, 10-25 March 2016

After a succesfull trip to Costa Rica together last year, we teamed up again with our friends Erik and Jonne Kleyheeg
for a quest (for Rick his second after a trip in 2005) in search for some desert species in Southern Morocco.
We started our 2 weeks journey in Marrakech, visited the High and Middle Atlas, before we drove to the Tafilalt
and find some true desert species near Rissani and the Erg Chebbi. From there we travelled to
the coast near Agadir (Souss Massa National Park), visiting the Gorges du Todra and Dades along the route,
and back to Marrakech again. We stayed in Morocco from 10 to 25 March, 2016.

Again a succesfull trip, seeing all the major targets for a visit to Southern Morocco (except for
Desert Sparrow, as we did not enter the sand dunes of the Erg Chebbi), with some highlights like African Desert Warbler,
Pharoah Eagle Owl, Egyptian Nightjar and of course Northern Bald Ibis. In total we managed to see 209 species of birds,
13 species of mammal and 17 species of reptile and amphibian.

Click here to see the photo's of Erik and Jonne Kleyheeg.

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Paolo Peggi (aka Bracciodiferro)		04-Dec-2016 13:21
Beautiful captures! V Paolo

Paul van Giersbergen		23-Sep-2016 07:42
Moet een mooie reis geweest zijn. De foto's zijn in ieder geval prachtig.

Hennie & Lies Lammers		02-Aug-2016 12:18
Mooie plaatjes, lijkt een mooie trip te zijn geweest

Paul Cools		30-Jul-2016 11:58
Erg mooie serie!

joseantonio		29-Apr-2016 19:33
wonderful series nicely presented.

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Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba melba	Last view at the Atlas	Barbary Ground Squirrel Atlantoxerus getulus	Spanish Festoon Zerynthia rumina ornatior	Spanish Festoon Zerynthia rumina ornatior
House Bunting Emberiza sahari sahari	Common Blackbird Turdus merula mauritanicus	Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri	Levaillant's Woodpecker Picus vaillantii	Levaillant's Woodpecker Picus vaillantii
Just a random Atlas road	Erik & Jonne	Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura riggenbachi	House Bunting Emberiza sahari sahari	Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus	Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri	Ancient terraces in Atlas	Large Psammodromus Psammodromus algirus nollii	Barbary Sheep Ammotragus lervia lervia
Barbary Sheep Ammotragus lervia lervia	Rough High Atlas	Rough High Atlas	Anti-Atlas Day Gecko Quedenfeldtia moerens	Wall Brown Lasiommata megera vividissima
Anti-Atlas Day Gecko Quedenfeldtia moerens	Rick @ Work	Back in the Atlas Mountains	Common Tiger Blue Tarucus theophrastus	From Argan Steppe to the High Atlas Mountains
Grasshopper spec. Sphingonotus spec.	Thekla Lark Galerida theklae ruficolor	Thekla Lark Galerida theklae ruficolor	From Argan Steppe to the High Atlas Mountains	Long-Tailed Blue Lampides boeticus
From Argan Steppe to the High Atlas Mountains	Dry river bed	Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli	Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli	Rick @ Work
Crested Lark Galerida cristata riggenbachi	Crested Lark Galerida cristata riggenbachi	European Greenfinch Chloris chloris voousi	European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur ssp.	Eurasian Stone-Curlew Burhinus oedicnemus saharae
Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor	European Red-Rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula	European Red-Rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula	European Red-Rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula	European Red-Rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
Acanthodactylus margaritae	Maghreb Magpie Pica mauritanica	Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis phoenicophila	Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri	Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri
Little Owl Athene noctua ssp.	Crested Lark Galerida cristata riggenbachi	Crested Lark Galerida cristata riggenbachi	Crested Lark Galerida cristata riggenbachi	Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae ruficolor
Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae ruficolor	Ashy-Headed Wagtail Motacilla flava cinereocapilla	Little Owl Athene noctua saharae	Little Owl Athene noctua saharae	House Bunting Emberiza sahari sahari
Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri	Dorcas Gazelle Gazella dorcas massaesyla	Eurasian Stone-Curlew Burhinus oedicnemus saharae	Mediterranean Spur-Tighed Tortoise Testudo graeca soussensis	Mediterranean Spur-Tighed Tortoise Testudo graeca soussensis
Mediterranean Spur-Tighed Tortoise Testudo graeca soussensis	José @ Work	Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis cisticola	Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis cisticola	Maghreb Magpie Pica mauritanica
Maghreb Magpie Pica mauritanica	Maghreb Magpie Pica mauritanica	Maghreb Magpie Pica mauritanica	Maghreb Magpie Pica mauritanica	Maghreb Magpie Pica mauritanica
Maghreb Magpie Pica mauritanica	Maghreb Magpie Pica mauritanica	Maghreb Magpie Pica mauritanica	Entrance to La Pergola	Secret Garden of La Pergola
Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba melba	Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba melba	Pallid Swift Apus pallidus brehmorum	Pallid Swift Apus pallidus brehmorum	Pallid Swift Apus pallidus brehmorum
Pallid Swift Apus pallidus brehmorum	Pallid Swift Apus pallidus brehmorum	Pallid Swift Apus pallidus brehmorum	Moroccan Clouds	Dunes north of Tamri
Dunes north of Tamri	Western Black-Eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica hispanica	Western Black-Eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica hispanica	Moroccan Wagtail Motacilla alba subpersonata	Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita
Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita	Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita	Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita	Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita	Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae ruficolor
Eurasian Stone-Curlew Burhinus oedicnemus saharae	Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii	Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita	Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita	Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita
Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita	Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita	Tamri River Estuary	Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita	Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita
Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita	Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita	Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita	Cap Rhir	Yellow-Legged Gull Larus michahellis michahellis
Yellow-Legged Gull Larus michahellis michahellis	Atlantic coast of South-Morocco	Yellow-Legged Gull Larus michahellis michahellis	Yellow-Legged Gull Larus michahellis michahellis	Acanthodactylus margaritae
Lotus spec.	Reichardia tingitana	Erik en José counting Gannets	Jonne, Erik & José couting Gannets	Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae ssp.
Lunch at Hotel d'Or	Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator ssp.	Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator ssp.	Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator ssp.	Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator ssp.
Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata conspicillata	Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis	Some primitive houses in the rocky wall	Gorge D'Aoulouz	Erik @ Work
Gorge D'Aoulouz	Maghreb Wheatear habitat	Erik @ Work	Maghreb Wheatear Oenanthe halophila	Maghreb Wheatear Oenanthe halophila
Maghreb Wheatear Oenanthe halophila	Maghreb Wheatear Oenanthe halophila	African Blue Tit Cyanistes teneriffae ultramarinus	José enjoying the view after a nice walk	Dry river bed in the Atlas Mountains
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea cinerea	Our Moroccan travel party at a coffee break	Dadès Valley	Dadès Valley	Sunset @ Tagdilt
Cream-Colored Courser Cursorius cursor cursor	Cream-Colored Courser Cursorius cursor cursor	Cream-Colored Courser Cursorius cursor cursor	Sahara Frog Pelophylax saharicus	Little Gardens
Little Gardens	Little Gardens	The new road to Tagdilt	Eagle-Owl habitat	Pharaoh Eagle-Owl Bubo ascalaphus
Pharaoh Eagle-Owl Bubo ascalaphus	Pharaoh Eagle-Owl Bubo ascalaphus	Dadès Valley	Tagdilt Track	Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti homochroa
Morocco	Just us, surrounded by sheep	Tagdilt Track	Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti homochroa	Temminck's Lark Eremophila bilopha
Temminck's Lark Eremophila bilopha	North African Gerbil Gerbillus campestris cinnamomeus	North African Gerbil Gerbillus campestris cinnamomeus	Moroccan Jird Meriones grandis	Moroccan Jird Meriones grandis
Moroccan Jird Meriones grandis	Red-Rumped Wheatear Oenanthe moesta	Red-Rumped Wheatear Oenanthe moesta	Red-Rumped Wheatear Oenanthe moesta	Red-Rumped Wheatear Oenanthe moesta
José birding the Trash of the Tagdilt Track	Fat Sand Rat Psammomys obesus obesus	Fat Sand Rat Psammomys obesus obesus	Fat Sand Rat Psammomys obesus obesus	Fat Sand Rat Psammomys obesus obesus
Fat Sand Rat Psammomys obesus obesus	Fat Sand Rat Psammomys obesus obesus	Fat Sand Rat Psammomys obesus obesus	Little Owl Athene noctua glaux	Little Owl Athene noctua glaux
Birders at Sundown	Rick in Morocco	Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura riggenbachi	Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura riggenbachi	Road through the Gorges de Todra