We had a late breakfast before going to look for an Eurasian Wryneck that Steve & Andy had found earlier, but for most of us it was just a voice in the distance. However, a Common Whitethroat was a trip tick and we saw a few more Cirl Buntings before heading off towards Bastia. At Etang de Biguglia we spent a little time scanning the area and enjoyed seeing 8 European Honey Buzzards flying high overhead and heading north, plus we had Zitting Cisticola and a singing Sedge Warbler. Driving around this huge complex to get to the airport we passed a small beach where an Audouin’s Gull was found and was the last new bird for our visit to Corsica. The rest of the afternoon and evening was spent flying to Marseille and then on to Casablanca, where we reached our hotel shortly before 11pm.
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After a late breakfast we left the hotel with our guide, Hassan and headed south-west towards the buttonquail site. We spent the morning looking for Small Buttonquail, hearing one call distantly but all too briefly. We did pick up many Spotless Starlings, Great Grey Shrike, a bunch of common shorebirds on some lagoons, but a group of Audouin’s Gulls were very nice, and a posing Little Owl was also cool. After lunch in the nearby village we drove to our next hotel in El Jadida for a rest as it was really hot and bird activity was low.
In the early evening we returned to Sidi Abed and had another buttonquail calling, this time much closer but in a wheat field with no chance of seeing it. How frustrating! We did have an Eurasian Golden Oriole flying over, along with another group of Audouin’s Gulls, but not a lot else.
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