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If you miss the first junction to Oued Massa you need to turn right at km 36.4 from the third roundabout, which is signposted to Massa. From there, drive first straight ahead and then in a northerly direction (right of Massa and the parking lot). If you go to Oued Massa during the day, a stop after 9.2 km from the third roundabout is rewarding as on the left side of the road several pairs of Little Swift breed in a garage by a petrol station. 05.04. Oued Massa, Guelmim After about 1½ h of not very relaxing sleep we started birding at 6 o’clock. We were all fascinated by our first male Moussier’s Redstart on the building next to the carpark. This species is quite common in Oued Massa and we saw 5 m, 2 f. The distinctive sounds of Common Bulbul were all around as well as the very abundant European Serin and the quite common Linnets of race mediterranea. To our surprise, Laughing Dove was very common with many birds to be seen and heard. The first main target bird was Black-crowned Tchagra, which was found in the bushes on the right of the path to the mouth of Oued Massa about 500 m from the parking lot. This fascinating species is found more easily when you know its song. Black-crowned Tchagra, Oued Massa, 05.04.2010 After about 2.5 km we reached a wall, from where we observed the water birds of Oued Massa as well as migrating passerines including one Iberian Chiffchaff. We were joined by the warden, who wanted us to take a guide for the critically endangered Northern Bald Ibis, which has its stronghold in Morocco (2008: 480 birds, 2010: 600 birds in 2 colonies). With the warden’s help we twice saw a bird flying very far away on the southern side of the Oued Massa. Although we knew that we would be able to see the bird in Tamri, we decided to pay 500 Moroccon Dirham (MD, ~ 45 €) for the four of us to see this charismatic species. This saved time and gave some satisfaction to the locals who work on protecting Bald Ibis. Although this represented a large sum for Morocco, it only amounted to 11 € per person for incredibly close views of the most important bird of the trip. We returned to the carpark with our French-, German- and English-speaking guide Lahsen Ahuilat ben M’bark (Sidi R’bat, 2
flamingo_290@hotmail.com, phone 00213 648108016) and drove to the second bridge over Oued Massa. Here we obtained fairly distant views of a Brown-throated (Sand) Martin (Plain Martin) of race mauretanica, a species that in the WP is restricted to Morocco. We then drove directly to the nearby site for Northern Bald Ibis to obtain incredible views of a flock of 32 birds in flight as well as feeding on the ground. The birds seemed oblivious of our car and we parked about 30 m from the flock. Northern Bald Ibis, Oued Massa, 05.04.2010 After a rally through sandy tracks, where the Paris-Dakar rally used to pass through, we returned to the carpark of Oued Massa to say goodbye to our guide and to pass the warden some dirhams and a few pieces of our huge Easter chocolate supply as a thank-you for calling the guide. Directly from the car park we observed a group of about 20 spoonbills when I noticed a strange-looking small white heron, which turned out to be a white morph Western Reef Heron. Afterwards we drove back along the Oued Massa, stopping just after the first village. Next to the only palm trees by the road were two breeding holes of Brownthroated Martin and we saw one bird there. We returned to the airport, stopping only for Little Swift, to pick up Seppi’s suitcase and drove directly to Guelmin (Agadir airport – Guelmin 184 km), which took us 3:50 hours. In particular the beautiful landscape of the Anti Atlas mountains is worth mentioning, although some slow lorries delayed our journey. We slept in the Hotel Bahich, which is often mentioned in birdwatching reports. It is best found by driving straight through the town until the first roundabout with traffic lights. Turn right and after about 40 m you will find the hotel on the right. The price was 180 DH for a double room without breakfast. 06.04. Oued Sayed, Oued Bouhila, Sandy Plains, Khnifiss lagoon, Tarfaya We left Guelmin at 6:00 a.m. to start birding at 6:30 at Oued Sayed. We took the dirt track to the right just after the bridge and followed the track, which runs parallel to the river, until we reached some buildings on the left. We played the tape for Fulvous Babbler and within seconds we were joined by a bird, which perched on a fence just 4 m from us! We saw at least four birds in the area. 3
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