Yesterday I went to the waste water site again. It is my "local" patch these days since the demise of F-Nord lake. The lake was pumped dry by overzealous city planners and a large fresh water magnet for birds was lost in a city in the semi-desert.
North Nouakchott waste water site does its best. Yesterday was a good day.
- No fewer than ten types of warbler were seen:
Western Bonelli's Warbler, Willow Warbler, Common Chiffchaff, Western Olivaceous Warbler, Melodious Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Eurasian Reed Warbler, Common Grasshopper Warbler, Western Orphean Warbler, Spectacled Warbler. All are migrants.
- Other migrants included roller, nightingale, rufous bush-robin and European turtle dove
- Three different sedge warbler were photographed near each other.
- A grasshopper warbler shown about 20 metres from where I saw one two weeks earlier
- One of the European reed warbler felt so secure it was asleep during daylight. This presumed after a long migratory flight.
melodious warbler 1
melodious warbler 2
back of European reed warbler
juvenile woodchat shrike
partially hidden spectacled warbler
crested lark
grasshopper warbler
spotted flycatcher
namaqua dove
sleepy reed warbler
now alert reed warbler
young yellow wagtail
European turtle dove
western orphean warbler 1
western orphean warbler 2
European pied flycatcher
first sedge warbler
second sedge warbler
third sedge warbler
glossy ibis
blue-cheeked bee-eater
little stint
kentish plover
Species at Waste Water site. 2nd September 2018
European Turtle Dove
Laughing Dove
Namaqua Dove
Black-winged Stilt
Spur-winged Lapwing
Kentish Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Whimbrel
Curlew Sandpiper
Dunlin
Little Stint
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Grey Heron (Grey)
Glossy Ibis
Eurasian Hoopoe
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
European Roller
Great Grey Shrike (Sahara)
Woodchat Shrike
Crested Lark
Sand Martin
Barn Swallow
Western Bonelli's Warbler
Willow Warbler
Common Chiffchaff
Western Olivaceous Warbler
Melodious Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Eurasian Reed Warbler
Common Grasshopper Warbler
Western Orphean Warbler
Spectacled Warbler
Spotted Flycatcher
Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin
Common Nightingale
European Pied Flycatcher
Common Redstart
Western Yellow Wagtail
House Sparrow
Sudan Golden Sparrow