After breakfast we headed north to the river Massa and the estuary near Inezgane. After looking inland at near the Royal Palace grounds we attempted to get further down the estuary to the mouth of the river but were told by the Gendarmerie that we had to keep our birding to the inland stretches and access wasn't permitted further down river.
We were a bit disappointed and had to satisfy ourselves with watching Greater Flamingos and Eurasian Spoonbills with many waders feeding on the banks and pools. We saw Ringed and Little Ringed Plover, Greenshank with Redshank and a couple of Little Stints. A Slender-billed Gull was swimming near to us and we photographed it before it too took off, nervous of the the police presence and a French couple who came together with a local Moroccan on a rather smelly and grumpy Camel. Zitting Cisticola's darted about displaying and Greenfinch and Chaffinch sang with Serin in the bushes and trees.

Slender-billed Gull Spoonbills

Driving through Agadir, we drove along the coast towards our target area for Bald-Ibis at Tamri. On our way there we were surprised to see hundreds of camper-vans parked in a huge group at the side of flat piece of headland about 15kms north of the city, all bearing number plates from all over northern Europe. On the way we stopped to watch two Long-legged Buzzards soar and glide above the mountain ridge. A large group of Brown-necked Ravens displayed nearby and landed on an electricity post and wires.

   Brown-necked Ravens 

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