Rissani!

Rissani area gave us superb views of Maghreb Larks, White-crowned Wheatears, Lanners, Blue-cheeked Bee-eaters, Cream Coloured Courser, Fulvous Babbler, Red-rumped Swallows, Bonelli's Eagle and lots more. I found photography very difficult due to the intense heat haze and the effects of the heat on my camera.

 Maghreb Lark (Long-billed Crested Lark)

Lanner

 1st yr White-crowned Wheatear

Blue-cheeked Bee-eaters

Bathing on the wing

Juvenile Cream Coloured Courser

At lunch time Brahim invited us into his home in Rissani, where his sister provided us with an excellent Berber lunch. The afternoon was very hot, so myself and Chris once again availed ourselves of the hotel pool.

Our Hotel Pool

View from our rooms

In the mornings and evenings we visited the outfall from the hotel waste system. There was only a very small pool and a c20m overspill stream. This was more than enough to bring in the birds. 3 Red-throated Pipits, several Yellow Wagtails (mainly iberiae but also a cinereocaopilla), many Melodious Warblers and Olivacious Warblers, Reed Warblers, Subalpine Warbler, Pied and spotted Flycatchers, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, Southern Grey Shrike, Woodchat Shrike, Bee-eaters, White-crowned and Desert Wheatears let alone the overhead birds.

Red-throated Pipit

 Yellow Wagtail (iberiae)

Southern Grey shrike