3 April 2016 – A new trip report is available
A new trip report is available. ‘Au total, 110 espèces d’oiseaux ont été observées, faisant partie de l’avifaune décrite pour cette région dans The birds of Morocco. A noter toutefois un... Read More
31 March 2016 – Poaching on Dama Gazelle
La multiplication d’actes de braconnage porte préjudice aux chances de survie des gazelles damas qui ont été lâchées de la réserve de Safia. Les membres de l’Association Nature Initiative (A... Read More
30 March 2016 – Records from Adrar Souttouf and Tirs
20 mars : aires de Grand-duc ascalaphe (Bubo ascalaphus, Pharaoh Eagle-owl) et d’Aigle royal (Aquila chrysaetos, Golden Eagle) à Laglate. L’ascalaphe etait accompagné de chauves souris... Read More
30 March 2016 – Records near Dakhla
A Mijk le 29 mars, une Effraie des clochers (Tyto alba, Common Barn-owl) entrée dans une serre ; une quinzaine de Hérons pourprés (Ardea purpurea, Purple Heron) au niveau de la roselière, nombre ... Read More
28 March 2016 – The colour of Little Owl in the Atlantic Sahara
Thirteen subspecies of Little Owl are recognized (Holt et al. 2016) including two in Morocco (Thévenot et al. 2003): n. glaux (Savigny, 1809) n. saharae (O. Kleinschmidt, 1909) but saharae is sometim... Read More
28 March 2016 – Another pale Little Owl near Dakhla
Another pale Little Owl photographed near Dakhla, approximately half way between the tarmac road and the ponds of Imlili, 16 February 2016 (Javier Elorriaga and Yeray Seminario / Birding The Strait)... Read More
28 March 2016 – More Golden Nightjars
Two other records of Golden Nightjar in Adrar Soutouff (A. Qninba & A.N.I.): One heard at Zawyate Antajjate (c. 21°58’N 15°11’W) on c. 23 March and another one heard at Oued Archane ... Read More
28 March 2016 – The Little Owl at Gleib Jediane / Tachktant
The Little Owl of Gleib Jediane / Tachktant has reared three young, and not only two as thought previously (Franck Chevalier) La Chevêche d’Athéna de Gleib Jediane / Tachktant a élevé troi... Read More