Morocco field guide recommendation? (1 Viewer)

rafiki

Brian Davies

• Aug 7, 2009

• #1

We will be touring Morocco next April. Any recommendations for a field guide please?

 

Jos Stratford

Eastern Exile

Staff member

• Aug 7, 2009

• #2

Standard European guide, eg Collins, does the job just fine.

 

Richard Klim

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• Aug 7, 2009

• #3

Mullarney et al (Collins Bird Guide).

It covers North Africa south to 30degN, and only omits a couple of species restricted to the extreme south or Western Sahara, eg Kelp Gull, Cricket Warbler. And if you're not travelling until next April, then wait for the 2nd Edition to be published.

Richard

 

rafiki

Brian Davies

• Aug 8, 2009

• #4

Thanks both. We are OK then because, of course, we have Collins. As to monographs we have been pointed elsewhere to the Gosney 'Finding birds in ....' for N and S Morocco. Has anyone any views on these?

 

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Steve Lister

Senior Birder, ex County Recorder, Garden Moths.

• Aug 8, 2009

• #5

The second edition of the Patrick Bergier book is much more comprehensive, and generally more up to date, than Dave's booklets.

Steve

 

rafiki

Brian Davies

• Aug 10, 2009

• #6

Thank you Steve. I'll take a look.

 

dalat

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• Feb 3, 2013

• #7

Steve Lister said:

The second edition of the Patrick Bergier book is much more comprehensive, and generally more up to date, than Dave's booklets.
Steve

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Hi,
I see that there are now updated version of the Dave Gosney booklets: 2009 for the Deserts part, 2011 for the Coast and Mountains.
Is the (as I understenad more comprehensive) book from Bergier 2003 still better one?
Thanks, Florian

 

dbradnum

Well-known member

• Feb 3, 2013

• #8

The Gosney guide to the Deserts is certainly useful. It's a much smaller book than Bergier, so necessarily has less sites - but it's a bit more up-to-date, being recently published.

 

dalat

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• Feb 4, 2013

• #9

Ok, thanks! I am planning a mixed tourist-birding trip with my wife, so info on the main sites will probably enough and I'll go for the Gosney booklets.

What about those DVDs, what is on them, are they worth to buy?

Florian

 

Last edited: Feb 4, 2013