We start in the garden at the hotel. Everything in the hotel was neglected, and the grounds around it too. Maybe there were plans in the past, but not much more than a petrol station and restaurants came. All the better for the birds that appreciate the vegetation. For me, that produces beautiful photos of the Silktail.
On the way to the coast we pass irrigated agricultural areas. As soon as water is added, you can also grow all kinds of crops in the desert. We see new species that live on the border between desert and water: flightless birds, wheatears, a number of species of larks and a pallid harrier. The guide had found on the web that the rare sociable lapwing had been sitting on a farm for a few weeks. And with his sharp eyes and scope he found them. Eventually we were able to get close to them. There were also sandgrouse but we could not get close to them.
At the end of the day we arrive at the coast. The water birds were easy to approach here because they are used to people. Our beach hotel is finally a real hotel again, I was ready for that.
