Larache marsh - a great site for waterbirds including Purple Swamphen and Moustached Warbler - and Little Swifts breeding nearby

Merdja Zerga - no more slender-billed Curlews but still great for Marsh Owl

The Merdjas - how to find merdjas Khaloufa, Barga and Oulad Sgher

Lac de Sidi Bourhaba - close-up views of Red-knobbed Coot and Marbled Duck and a chance of Marsh Owl and White-headed Duck too

Sidi Yahya - hints on how to find Double-spurred Francolin at the only known site in the Western Palearctic

Oualidia to Sidi Moussa - exactly how to find the best wetlands along this stretch of coast including hotspots for waders, crakes, Red-knobbed Coot and Marbled Duck

Zemamra lakes - four lakes that can all be terrific for passage or wintering waders and waterfowl

Essaouira and Wadi Ksob - famous for Eleonora’s Falcon but with Brown-throated Sand Martin, Black-crowned Tchagra and Western Reef Egret too

Tamri estuary and Cap Rhir - the best site in the world for Bald Ibis but also an estuary and seawatch point where anything could turn up

Oued Sous - a terrific wetland close to Agadir including details of exactly where to look for Red-necked Nightjars

Oued Massa - a wetland where waterbirds have become more difficult to find but cranes, ibis and Marbled Duck still occur and there’s a breeding site for Brown-throated Sand Martin

High Atlas mountains - where to look for species such as Tristram’s Warbler, Levaillant’s Woodpecker and Bonelli’s Eagle

Oukaimeden - where to look for Crimson-winged Finch and Alpine Accentor, even in spring when the Seebohm’s Wheatears have arrived

Middle Atlas mountains - exactly where to look for the endemic Atlas Flycatcher plus Seebohm’s Wheatear, Ruddy Shelduck, Levaillant’s Woodpecker etc

Dayet Aoua - a delightful site with breeding Red-knobbed Coot including exactly where to look for Levaillant’s Woodpecker, Atlas Flycatcher and Roller

The following sites are all included in my book Finding Birds in Morocco:coast and mountains and many are also covered in my DVD of the same title.

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Click on any of the sites below to find photos as well as updates provided by myself or other readers. If you have further information to add to these pages, please email me at dave@easybirder.co.uk