Day 2.
We awoke before dawn, got washed and organised and were at the settlements on the river Sous just as the sun rose.
Local villagers were using rafts and ropes to pull themselves from one bank to the other. It was quite cold and we planed to cook breakfast ourselves once we'd seen the dawn activity through. 

On the riverside trees and scrub on the rocky, steep sided slopes of the track to the sea, we watched Moussier's Redstart, Black Redstart, Stonechat, Serin, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Spanish Sparrow, Blackbird, Yellow and White wagtails all searching for food. Collared Doves flew around the village and House Buntings perched on the gables and roof tops of some of the outlying houses.
Plain Martin, Pallid Swift and Barn Swallows flew up and down the river feeding with some House Martin passing through traveling north.
Little Grebe dived and surfaced between hoards of Common Coot who didn't seem the least bit interested in us at all, and a Little Bittern roosted in some riverside bushes. Squacco Heron flew down river and further upstream we saw Cattle and Little Egret flying up river.

Moroccan Cormorant with Pochard.

The Moroccan race of Cormorant were much in evidence and it looked altogether a bulkier, stronger bird.
There were also plenty of Moorhen to be seen and as we walked towards the mouth of the river Sous, we saw Pintail, Pochard, Teal, Mallard, Shoveller and Gadwall.

After scanning the area and seeing Greater Flamingo, Eurasian Spoonbills and Grey Heron, we had breakfast on the higher stony track that leads to another of the Atlantic beaches. The sun was already high in the sky and the temperature had risen quickly to 25oC! As we relaxed and ate we watched Short-toed Lark, Skylark and Thekla Lark flit in the stony arable hillsides.

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