Monday 23 January 2012

NBI data on 2011 breeding season

Breeding activity of the NBI during 2011 in the Souss-Massa-Tamri area was very good,  following on from similar results in 2010. Breeding success (1.3 fledgling/nest) was the same as during the previous year.
The survival of chicks in the Souss-Massa National Park was 82%, which is much higher than in the unprotected area of Tamri, where it's only 43%. This may be due to differences in the quality of the feeding sites and perhaps also to disturbance in Tamri, although the final ratio of fledglings/nest is similar (1.4 in SMNP; 1.2 in Tamri).


Evolution of breeding pairs numbers in Souss-Massa-Tamri area
The breeding population remains stable and no new sites have been colonised. Nevertheless, the potential for expansion is very important. 


Group of adults and youngsters, July 2011
The total number of ibis, before and after the breeding season, based on regular counts, are shown in the graph below.

Evolution of pre and postnuptial numbers
The 2011 breeding repport  shows that 110 pairs were formed from the 251 individuals counted before breeding. Taking into account the 138 fledglings, we can see that a large number of additional birds were counted after the breeding season. This suggests that there are many more birds spread throughout the region,  which is where satellite tagging can play an important role, by helping to identify previously unknown sites that could be important for the conservation of northern bald ibis .

The breeding repport is available in French.

Sunday 22 January 2012

Aylal


 
On january 21st Aylal has been seen and photographied by Michel Terrier by Tamraght, close to Agadir, with six other individuals.


On Michel's blog we can see an assorment of pictures of Aylal with the other birds, not far from their observers.


.The group was composed of five adults and two young.



All the pictures by Michel Terrier.



Saturday 14 January 2012

Around the breeding quarters

After spending much of the past few months in the southern SMNP, over the past few weeks, Aylal started heading north, over the coastal strip between Agadir and Tamri. It is about the beginning of the breeding season and it is likely that the group of breeders at Tamri are frequenting the area around the colony.

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