15 March 2017 – Morocco launches its National Wetlands Strategy 2015-2024
Morocco Wetland Strategy and Action Plan 2015-2024 was launched in Tangier on 7 February. Some of the highlights of the action plan are: The inclusion of 30 new Moroccan wetlands in the List of Wetlan... Read More
15 March 2017 – First records of the House Bunting at Dakhla
First record of a House Bunting (Bruant du Sahara, Emberiza sahari) at Dakhla : a bird singing downtown (see map) on 4 March (Jean Chevallier). The closest record is at Tarfaya, 550 km to the North. ... Read More
13 March 2017 – Reintroduced northern bald ibises from Spain reach Morocco
In southern Spain, 257 northern bald ibises birds were released during 2004-2011 in the context of a project evaluating the efficacy of different controlled release methods. In 2008 reproduction in th... Read More
13 March 2017 – Mute Swans at Dakhla?
Franck Chevalier reports 2 Mute Swans (Cygnus olor, Cygne tuberculé) at Duna Blanca, end of the Bay of Dakhla, seen last Saturday 11 March by the oyster farmer Gérard Pourtoy (‘il n’a pas pr... Read More
11 March 2017 – New paper in Go-South Bulletin
A new paper is available in Go-South Bulletin: Rihane, A. & El Hamoumi, R. 2017. Reproduction de la Spatule blanche Platalea leucorodia au barrage de l’Oued El Maleh (Mohammedia). Go-South Bull... Read More
10 March 2017 – Records at Aguelmame Affenourir
Après son assèchement en novembre dernier, l’Aguelmame Affenourir (Moyen Atlas) est de nouveau en eau. Voici la liste des oiseaux obervés le 5 mars par Mhamed Khaffou et Lahcen Ouhlal : S... Read More
8 March 2017 – The Cricket Warbler found in the Negjyr
Le Prinia à front écailleux (Spiloptila clamans – Cricket Warbler) est actuellement connu surtout de la route d’Aousserd sur une distance d’environ 75 km de long, du km 80 au km 4 de cette loc... Read More
8 March 2017 – Another Pallid Harrier
In addition to the bird found at Barrage Mansour Eddahbi on the 26th of February 2017 (presumably the same bird also seen on the 3rd of March 2017 though no photos were obtained of the second sighting... Read More