Sitting atop the cliffs outside of Tarifa today, we happily wiled away the final daylight hours of 2017 pretty much as we began, gazing out over the narrow stretch of water that separates Europe from Africa, at the epicentre of the East Atlantic Flyway! We were there in the hope of grabbing an extra coupleContinue reading “What a year!”
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Star-studded Birding in Morocco; Can We Pap a Pode..?
Birding in north-western Morocco has been bringing us a wealth of avian ‘A’-listers, and now we were headed for the beautiful little gem of Oualidia in search of the ultimate reclusive star bird, the Andalusian Hemipode. Thought extinct, the small population that breeds here was rediscovered in the 2000s. On the neighbouring farmland, in 2007,Continue reading “Star-studded Birding in Morocco; Can We Pap a Pode..?”
Star-studded Birding in Morocco; Finding the Cream of the Coursers
Avian ‘A’-listers abound in north western Morocco, and we were on a mission to meet – and hopefully pap – them with wildlife photographer and artist Tony Mills. Having bathed with dreamy Eleonora’s Falcons in Essaouira, our ‘Choc & Pode’ tour took us north along the coast road to the heath and farmland around Safi.Continue reading “Star-studded Birding in Morocco; Finding the Cream of the Coursers”
Star-studded Birding in Morocco; Up Close With Eleonora’s Falcons
The House Buntings flitting around our feet were helping to build our excitement as we eagerly awaited wildlife photographer Tony Mills at Marrakech airport. For the next week we’d be taking Tony – a glutton for punishment now on his third trip with us – on a whirlwind tour of north-western Morocco, Inshallah, studded withContinue reading “Star-studded Birding in Morocco; Up Close With Eleonora’s Falcons”