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May 12, 2026
The Melodious Warbler in Full Song
Bill wide open, a melodious warbler pours out its song from a young Atlas cedar. A summer visitor that fills the Algerian woodlands with sound from April onward.
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April 3, 2026
Sardinian Warbler in the Scrub
Black hood, fire-red eye-ring — a male Sardinian warbler peers down from an olive twig. One of the most characteristic birds of the Algerian maquis.
February 18, 2026
Yelkouan Shearwater Over the Sea
Stiff-winged and low, a Yelkouan shearwater shears the swell off the Algerian coast. A true Mediterranean seabird, photographed from a small boat at first light.
January 7, 2026
Firecrest, the Smallest Jewel
One of North Africa's tiniest birds, a common firecrest carries a feather to its nest. Barely nine grams of fire-crowned energy among the Atlas conifers.
November 22, 2025
Black Redstart on Bare Ground
Sooty grey with a burning rust-red tail, a black redstart pauses on broken earth. A hardy bird equally at home on mountain crags and Algerian rooftops.
October 5, 2025
A Great Tit in the Atlas Woods
A young great tit works through the canopy of an Atlas oak. Familiar across Algeria, yet always worth the patience for a clean frame in dappled forest light.