Day 7 - March 24TH
- café Yasmina to Taliouine
Our
last morning at Yasmina and the Erg Chebbi dunes started just as the previous
two days had with an early start on the terrace. The wind had gone completely
it was a beautiful morning with a little chill in the air. We watched the
ringing of several species of birds, in fact the ringers were extremely busy as
many birds were caught in their nets. We saw in the hand: Subalpine &
Willow Warblers, Bonelli’s Warbler, Common Nightingale, Woodchat Shrike and two
new species for our trip list: Reed Warbler and Melodious Warbler.
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| a couple of desert scenes that we were leaving behind us |
We
were on the road by 8am after we had consumed a lovely breakfast at Café
Yasmina, our plan was to reach Agdz by 1pm. Birds of note seen along the way were
:- Brown-necked Raven, White-crowned
Wheatear (20+), Hoopoe Lark, Booted Eagle, Black Kite, Corn Bunting, Little
Egret and several other species.
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| A common road side scene |
We
bought lunch in Agdz and sat to eat it just 5km west of the town. Laughing Dove
was heard by a few of the group, we also saw Black-eared Wheatear, Woodchat
Shrike and European Bee-eater.
We arrived at Taliouine at
4:30pm, our accommodation was at the Toubkal Auberge on the edge of town, the
auberge overlooked an area of woodland, cultivated land and the Oued Zagmouzen
(which was virtually dry). Before dinner we took a walk down towards the river
and despite windy conditions we saw quite a number of common woodland species.
There were many Laughing Doves, Hoopoe, European Bee-eaters, African
Chaffinches, Subalpine Warblers, Woodchat Shrikes, Common Bubuls and several
other species.
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| you often see overturned vehicles at the side of the road - I wonder why? |
At 6:30pm the light began
to fade so we called it day and went back to our rooms to get ready for dinner.
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