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
Valley of the river Toudgha	Valley of the river Toudgha	Cream-Colored Courser Cursorius cursor cursor	Cream-Colored Courser Cursorius cursor cursor	Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti homochroa
Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti homochroa	Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti homochroa	Libyan Jird Meriones libycus mariae	Libyan Jird Meriones libycus mariae	Surrounding a few Jirds
José waiting for the right moment	Libyan Jird Meriones libycus mariae	Libyan Jird Meriones libycus mariae	Jonne @ Work	Atlas Wheatear Oenanthe seebohmi
Atlas Wheatear Oenanthe seebohmi	Atlas Wheatear Oenanthe seebohmi	Black-Eared Wheatear spec. Oenanthe hispanica/melanoleuca	Fulvous Babbler Argya fulva maroccana	Fulvous Babbler Argya fulva maroccana
Sahara Frog Pelophylax saharicus	Blue-Cheeked Bee-Eater Merops persicus chrysocercus	Blue-Cheeked Bee-Eater Merops persicus chrysocercus	Desert road south of Goulmima	Moroccan Wagtail Motacilla alba subpersonata
Some guys had another sort of rental	Some guys had another sort of rental	Streetlife	African Green Toad Bufotes boulengeri	African Green Toad Bufotes boulengeri
Desert sunset	Desert sunset	Desert sunset	Desert sunset	Erik & Jonne in search for Eagle-Owls
Fulvous Babbler Argya fulva maroccana	Igrane Oasis	Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator ssp.	Maghreb Lark Galerida macrorhyncha macrorhyncha	Maghreb Lark Galerida macrorhyncha macrorhyncha
Maghreb Lark Galerida macrorhyncha macrorhyncha	Maghreb Lark Galerida macrorhyncha macrorhyncha	Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator ssp.	José birding the desert	Brown-Necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes alaudipes	Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes alaudipes	African Desert Warbler Curruca deserti	Greater Short-Toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla ssp.	The entrance of Tifina
Our rental car in front of our Berber Tent for the night	House Cricket Acheta domesticus	Thistle Mantis Blepharopsis mendica mendica	Thistle Mantis Blepharopsis mendica mendica	Desert sunset
The lonesome birder	Deceptive skies	White-Crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga leucopyga	White-Crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga leucopyga	Rick @ Work
José the nomad	Maghreb Lark Galerida macrorhyncha macrorhyncha	Maghreb Lark Galerida macrorhyncha macrorhyncha	Oued Ziz	Barrage Al-Hassan Addakhil
Signs of better times	Blue-Shined Grasshopper Sphingonotus rubescens rubescens	Small-Spotted Lizard Mesalina guttulata	Small-Spotted Lizard Mesalina guttulata	White-Crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga leucopyga
White Stork Ciconia ciconia ciconia	North African Ocellated Lizard Timon tangitanus	North African Ocellated Lizard Timon tangitanus	Roadside scenery	Our accomodation for a night
The cosy city centre of Zaida	Red-Knobbed Coot Fulica cristata	Red-Knobbed Coot Fulica cristata	Red-Knobbed Coot Fulica cristata	Red-Knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
Red-Knobbed Coot Fulica cristata	Red-Knobbed Coot Fulica cristata	Red-Knobbed Coot Fulica cristata	Red-Knobbed Coot Fulica cristata	Red-Knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
Red-Knobbed Coot Fulica cristata	Red-Knobbed Coot Fulica cristata	Barbary Macaque Macaca sylvanus	Jonne & Erik @ Work	Barbary Macaque Macaca sylvanus
Barbary Macaque Macaca sylvanus	Barbary Macaque Macaca sylvanus	Barbary Macaque Macaca sylvanus	Barbary Macaque Macaca sylvanus	Barbary Macaque Macaca sylvanus
The Cedar Forest of Azrou	Low winter sun in the Atlas	Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea hispaniensis	Erik not @ Work	The Cedar Forest of Azrou
Atlas Chaffinch Fringilla spodiogenys africana	Atlas Chaffinch Fringilla spodiogenys africana	Atlas Chaffinch Fringilla spodiogenys africana	Snow in the Middle Atlas	Stony valleys in the lower slopes of the Middle Atlas
Erik @ Work	Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae ruficolor	Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae ruficolor	Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae ruficolor	Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae ruficolor
Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae ruficolor	Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae ruficolor	Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae ruficolor	Oum Errabiâ	Spanish Pond Turtle Mauremys leprosa leprosa
Spanish Pond Turtle Mauremys leprosa leprosa	Our lunch spot on our route to Azrou	Old Bridge over the Kikat River	High Atlas Mountains	Northern Raven Corvus corax tingitanus
Northern Raven Corvus corax tingitanus	Northern Raven Corvus corax tingitanus	Berber shepherd in the Atlas	Erik @ Work	Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris atlas
Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris atlas	Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris atlas	Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris atlas	Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris atlas	The alpine meadows of Oukaïmeden
Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia barbara	Clouded Yellow Colias croceus	Barbary Ground Squirrel Atlantoxeros getulus	Barbary Ground Squirrel Atlantoxeros getulus	High Atlas Mountains
Mountain village of Oukaïmeden	High Atlas Mountains	José @ Work	Erik, José & Jonne counting migratory Black Kites	Just us, in the High Atlas
Just us, in the High Atlas	High Atlas Mountains	High Atlas Mountains	Stunning views from the radar station	Stunning views from the radar station
Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris collaris	Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris collaris	Stunning views from the radar station	José @ Work	Stunning views from the radar station
Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris collaris	José @ Work	Red-Billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax barbarus	Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura riggenbachi	Rick @ Work
Atlas Day Gecko Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus	High Atlas Mountains	José posing	Rick posing	Alpine and Red-Billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus graculus and Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax barbarus
African Crimson-Winged Finch Rhodopechys sanguineus alienus	African Crimson-Winged Finch Rhodopechys sanguineus alienus	African Crimson-Winged Finch Rhodopechys sanguineus alienus	African Crimson-Winged Finch Rhodopechys sanguineus alienus	African Crimson-Winged Finch Rhodopechys sanguineus alienus
African Crimson-Winged Finch Rhodopechys sanguineus alienus	African Crimson-Winged Finch Rhodopechys sanguineus alienus	African Crimson-Winged Finch Rhodopechys sanguineus alienus	African Crimson-Winged Finch Rhodopechys sanguineus alienus	African Crimson-Winged Finch Rhodopechys sanguineus alienus
African Crimson-Winged Finch Rhodopechys sanguineus alienus	African Crimson-Winged Finch Rhodopechys sanguineus alienus	African Crimson-Winged Finch Rhodopechys sanguineus alienus	African Crimson-Winged Finch Rhodopechys sanguineus alienus	Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus graculus
Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus graculus	Red-Billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax barbarus	Red-Billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax barbarus	Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus graculus	Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus graculus
Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus graculus	Red-Billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax barbarus	Red-Billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax barbarus	African Crimson-Winged Finch Rhodopechys sanguineus alienus	African Crimson-Winged Finch Rhodopechys sanguineus alienus
African Crimson-Winged Finch Rhodopechys sanguineus alienus	Winter in the Atlas	Lac d'Oukaïmeden	Lac d'Oukaïmeden	Coal Tit Periparus ater atlas
Pine Forest in the High Atlas	Great Tit Parus major excelsus	Berber shepherd in the Atlas	José @ Work	High Atlas Mountains
Mistle Thrush Turdus viscicorus deichleri	Beautiful mountain colours	Old mountain village	José and Erik on the first stop in the Atlas Mountains