The morning was spent at the Oued Sous Estuary which is adjacent to the Royal Palace grounds. It is not the most picturesque of locations and a peg on the nose is required in parts but the birds love it!
There was a good mix of shorebirds with a ringed Kentish Plover which I managed some distant digi scope shots of. Beyond that there were a good scattering of regular species many of which gave close views.
The tide was on the turn at first light which gave some good photo opportunities before the sun came up and blasted heat shimmer across the estuary.
I noted an interesting feeding technique where the Cormorant flock would herd a shoul of fish into the bay to start a feeding frenzy amongst the species that made it there in time. The flock of spoonbill were particularly active filtering the small fish and aquatic insects swaying their spoon bill from side to side!
Redshank were numerous some sporting their smart breeding plumage as they roamed the edges of the mudflats.
A handful of Greenshank were also scattered along the shoreline with Ruddy Turnstone feeding away in the foreground.
Turtle Dove were purring away from tree tops and from within the palace grounds.
Full ebird list Oued Sous
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