9.5. Casablanca-Lissabon-Helsinki, home sweet home again


Hotellimme oli jo kolmas Ibis -ketjun edustaja matkan varrella, joten laatu oli taattua ja kunnon yöunien jälkeen heräsimme pirteinä. Retkiaikaa olisi ollut muutama tunti, mutta Casablanca on yli kolmen miljoonan asukkaan suurkaupunki, joten retkikohteiden löytäminen ei olisi tapahtunut tuossa tuokiossa! 

Jouni ja Ibis
Panostimme siis rauhalliseen aamiaiseen ja vähitellen siirryimme kohti lentokenttää. Vuokra-auton tankkaus sujui hyvin ja auton palautus samoin, joten kentälle jäi kohtalaisesti luppoaikaa ostoksille. Tapasimme myös Karin ja Mikan, jotka olivat retkeilleet rannikolla ja Keski-Marokossa muutaman päivän. Lintupuolelta on vähän kerrottavaa, mainittavimmat havainnot Jounin yksin näkemä 13 hanhikorppikotkan muuttoparvi, sekä muutama lentokenttärakennuksessa pesivä pikkukiitäjä.

White Airwaysin lento Casablancasta Lissaboniin oli ajoissa ja vaihtoaikaa kolme tuntia. Air Portugalin lakosta huolimatta pääsimme ajoissa matkaan ja koleaan Helsinkiin saavuimme aikataulun mukaisesti aamuvarhaisella. Tunti ja kolme varttia auton ratissa ja viimein seitsemältä olin kotona.

Time to hit the road, Jack
Ajoa tänään noin 15km, uusia retkenpinnoja yksi = 177.

Our triplist from Morocco counts 173 species. Four species seen in Portugal only adds our triplist to 177 species.


Lifers for me were: Small Buttonquail, Lesser Crested Tern, Pin-tailed Sandgrouse, Pharaoh Eagle Owl, Egyptian Nightjar, Dupont's Lark, Maghreb Lark, Seebohm's Wheatear, Saharan Olivaceous Warbler, Western Olivaceous Warbler, Atlas Pied Flycatcher, Iberian Pied Flycatcher, Black-crowned Tchagra, Crester Myna, African Crimson-winged Finch. And plenty of other good birds, in good company - my honest thanks to Jari, Jouni, Kalle and Seppo!


English name 1.5. 2.5. 3.5. 4.5. 5.5. 6.5. 7.5. 8.5. 9.5.

ANATIDAE








1 Ruddy Shelduck


15




2 Gadwall


25




3 Mallard x x x 1




4 Northern Shoveler


2




5 Common Pochard


4




6 Ferruginous Duck


8





Black Scoter 1








PHASIANIDAE








7 Double-spurred Francolin

12





8 Common Quail
5 5






PODICIPEDIDAE








9 Little Grebe

4 100




10 Great Crested Grebe


10




11 Black-necked Grebe


2000





PHALACROCORACIDAE








12 Great Cormorant
5
1





ARDEIDAE








13 Squacco Heron
1






14 Cattle Egret
x x x x 5
300 x
15 Little Egret
5
6




16 Grey Heron


2




17 Purple Heron
1







CICONIIDAE








18 White Stork
x
x x
x x

THRESKIORNITHIDAE








19 Glossy Ibis
1 2





20 Eurasian Spoonbill
120







PHOENICOPTERIDAE








21 Greater Flamingo
1







ACCIPITRIDAE








22 European Honey Buzzard


1
1


23 Black-shouldered Kite
1 3





24 Black Kite
1 5 20 5 1


25 Egyptian Vulture

1





26 Eurasian Griffon Vulture







13
27 Short-toed Eagle





1

28 Western Marsh Harrier

4

1


29 Montagu's Harrier

4





30 Long-legged Buzzard


1


3
31 Booted Eagle

1



4
32 Bonelli's Eagle






1

FALCONIDAE








33 Lesser Kestrel


4




34 Common Kestrel

x x 10 5 x x
35 Eurasian Hobby
1
1




36 Lanner/Pergrine/Barbary Falcon






1

TURNICIDAE








37 Small Buttonquail
1







RALLIDAE








38 Common Moorhen


1




39 Eurasian Coot
x x 40 3



40 Red-Knobbed Coot


500





HAEMATOPODIDAE








41 Eurasian Oystercatcher
1







RECURVIROSTRIDAE








42 Black-winged Stilt
1
14





BURHINIDAE








43 Stone-Curlew

10






GLAREOLIDAE








44 Cream-coloured Courser


5 5 8 2

45 Collared Pratincole
2







CHARADRIIDAE








46 Little Ringed Plover





2

47 Common Ringed Plover
60






48 Kentish Plover 1 1






49 Grey Plover
18







SCOLOPACIDAE









Sanderling 18







50 Dunlin 1 5






51 Whimbrel
7






52 Common Sandpiper
25
1




53 Ruddy Turnstone 12 1







LARIDAE








54 Black-headed Gull
1






55 Audouin's Gull
2






56 Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 4






57 Yellow-legged Gull x x x






STERNIDAE








58 Gull-billed Tern
2






59 Caspian Tern
2






60 Lesser Crested Tern
1






61 Sandwich Tern
25






62 Little Tern
10







PTEROCLIDIDAE








63 Spotted Sandgrouse




10


64 Pin-tailed Sandgrouse




55 200


COLUMBIDAE








65 Rock Dove
x
x x x x x
66 Stock Dove


1




67 Common Woodpigeon
10
x


10
68 Eurasian Collared Dove
x
x x x x x
69 European Turtle Dove
x
x x x x x
70 Laughing Dove



4 7 5


CUCULIDAE








71 Common Cuckoo
7







STRIGIDAE








72 European Scops Owl
20
1




73 Pharaoh Eagle Owl


1
2


74 Little Owl




4 1

75 Marsh Owl
1







CAPRIMULGIDAE








76 European Nightjar

15





77 Red-necked Nightjar

1





78 Egyptian Nightjar




1



APODIDAE








79 Common Swift

30



x x
80 Pallid Swift

2




x
81 Alpine Swift

500





82 Little Swift
3




4 3

MEROPIDAE








83 European Bee-eater
1 2
2


1

CORACIIDAE








84 European Roller


8





UPUPIDAE








85 Eurasian Hoopoe 1
1 1


1 1

PICIDAE








86 Levaillant's Green Woodpecker

3



1
87 Great Spotted Woodpecker

1 2





ALAUDIDAE








88 Desert Lark





1

89 Greater Hoopoe Lark




6


90 Dupont's Lark


2 3



91 Thick-billed Lark



1
2

92 Calandra Lark


7




93 Greater Short-toed Lark


x x
x

94 Lesser Short-toed Lark


x x



95 Crested Lark x x x



10

Maghreb Lark




6


96 Thekla Lark


2 1



97 Wood Lark

2 1


3
98 Eurasian Skylark


1




99 Atlas Horned Lark






20
100 Temminck's Lark


1 1
20


HIRUNDINIDAE








101 Sand Martin
5






102 Eurasian Crag Martin





5 10
103 Barn Swallow x x x 20
1 x x
104 Red-rumped Swallow






6
105 Common House Martin
x
1 4
x x

MOTACILLIDAE








106 Tree Pipit
1 5





107 Yellow Wagtail
15

3



108 Grey Wagtail

1





109 Moroccan White Wagtail



1




PYCNONOTIDAE








110 Common Bulbul
5 15 1 3 4 4 4 5

TROGLODYTIDAE








111 Winter Wren


5


2

TURDIDAE








112 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin




4


113 European Robin


2


2
114 Common Nightingale
25

2
25 10
115 Black Redstart 2 2




5
116 Common Redstart


1
1


117 Moussier's Redstart


3

5 10
118 Whinchat
1 1

2


119 Common Stonechat


6




120 Seebohmi's Wheatear


6 1
10

121 Western Black-eared Wheatear


3




122 Desert Wheatear



3
3

123 Red-rumped Wheatear



2
2

124 White-crowned Wheatear



4 20 10

125 Black Wheatear



3



126 Blue Rock Thrush






5
127 Common Blackbird x x x x


x
128 Mistle Thrush


20


10

SYLVIIDAE









Cetti's Warbler 1







129 Zitting Cisticola x x x




1
130 European Reed Warbler
1






131 Saharan Olivaceous Warbler




1 2

132 Western Olivaceous Warbler



3 5 x x
133 Icterine Warbler




1


134 Melodious Warbler


2




135 Blackcap


3 1



136 African Desert Warbler




4


137 Spectacled Warbler


2




138 Tristram's Warbler






5
139 Sardinian Warbler x x x


x x
140 Wood Warbler




1


141 Firecrest


5





MUSCICAPIDAE








142 Spotted Flycatcher

1



1
143 Atlas Pied Flycatcher


15




144 Pied Flycatcher


3

1


TIMALIIDAE








145 Fulvous Babbler


4





PARIDAE








146 Coal Tit


1


2
147 African Blue Tit

3 40

x x
148 Great Tit

5 20 1
x x

SITTIDAE








149 Eurasian Nuthatch


4





CERTHIIDAE








150 Short-toed Treecreeper


20





ORIOLIDAE








151 Eurasian Golden Oriole
1
2


2

LANIIDAE








152 Black-crowned Tchagra

4





153 Southern Grey Shrike



1



154 Woodchat Shrike

20 1 2

1

CORVIDAE








155 Eurasian Jay


3




156 Moroccan Magpie

2





157 Alpine Chough






30
158 Red-billed Chough






150
159 Western Jackdaw
2 5 x





Carrion Crow 1







160 Common Raven
1
x 70 10
25

STURNIDAE








161 Spotless Starling
x x x x

x

Crested Myna 10








PASSERIDAE








162 House Sparrow x x x x x x x x x
163 Desert Sparrow




3


164 Rock Sparrow


2


20

FRINGILLIDAE








165 Common Chaffinch
x x x x
x x
166 European Serin x x x x x
x x
167 European Greenfinch

4





168 European Goldfinch


5


5
169 Common Linnet
12 2 3


5
170 African Crimson-winged Finch






4
171 Hawfinch


3





EMBERIZIDAE








172 House Bunting





10 5
173 Corn Bunting x x x x 1
2 3


21 51 24 46 9 11 5 9 1


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