Dave Watts / Hermit ibis (Geronticus eremita) flock in flight, Morocco. Critically endangered.

Dave Watts / Hermit ibis (Geronticus eremita) colony, near Tamri, Morocco. Critically endangered.

Dave Watts / Addax (Addax nasomaculatus) rear view, captive in Rabat Zoo, Morocco. Critically endangered.

Dave Watts / Northern bald ibis (Geronticus eremita) feeding, Morocco, Critically endangered species.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Argan tree (Argania spinosa) fruits, cultivated plant, endemic to Morocco.

Markus Varesvuo / Pharaoh eagle owl (Bubo ascalaphus) on sand, Morocco, March.

Markus Varesvuo / African Blue tit (Cyanistes teneriffae) Morocco, February

Gavin Hellier / Timelapse from day to night with clouds forming, looking over Djemaa el-Fna market, Marrakech, Morocco, 2011.

Gavin Hellier / Timelapse from day to night looking over Djemaa el-Fna market, Marrakech, Morocco, 2011.

Daniel Heuclin / Sand Viper (Cerastes vipera) in shade of grass, Erg Chigaga, Morocco

Gavin Hellier / In the famous souks of Marrakech, Morocco, 2011. No release available.

Gavin Hellier / Road heading towards Atlas mountains and through the town of Quarzazate, Morocco, 2011. No release available.

Gavin Hellier / Elevated view over the Djemaa el-Fna at sunset, Marrakech, Morocco, 2011. No release available.

GRAHAM HATHERLEY / Fennec Fox (Fennecus zerda) portrait, sitting. Captive. Morocco, North Africa.

Ernie Janes / House sparrows (Passer domesticus) perched on building, Morocco, March

Ernie Janes / White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) in flight over city buildings. Marakesh, Morocco, March.

Ernie Janes / Erg Chebbi Dunes, Sahara Desert, Morocco, North Africa, March 2011.

Ernie Janes / A person looking out onto the Erg Chebbi Dunes. Sahara Desert, Morocco, North Africa, March 2011.

Ernie Janes / Erg Chebbi Dunes, Sahara Desert, Morocco, North Africa, March 2011.

Ernie Janes / Erg Chebbi Dunes, Sahara Desert, Morocco, North Africa, March 2011.

Ernie Janes / Dromedary Camel (Camelus dromedarius) in the Erg Chebbi Dunes. Sahara Desert, Morocco, North Africa, March 2011.

Ernie Janes / Dromedary Camel (Camelus dromedarius) on Erg Chebbi Dunes. Sahara Desert, Morocco, North Africa, March 2011.

Pete Oxford / Snake charmer's Egyptian cobra (Naja haje) and African puff-adder (Bitis arietans arietans) Djemaa el-Fna (the square), Marrakech, Morocco, June 2009

Pete Oxford / Berber tent in the Dunes of Erg Chebbi, near the village of Merzouga, Morocco, June 2009

Pete Oxford / Man with performing pet Barbary ape (Macaca sulvanus) Morocco, June 2009

Pete Oxford / Food stalls in the market at night with Koutoubia Mosque in the background, Djemaa el-Fna (the square), Marrakech, Morocco, June 2009

Kristel Richard / A grey Arab Barb stallion cantering in paddock at the National Stud of Meknes, Morocco, June 2010

Kristel Richard / Traditionally dressed Berber warriors, mounted on Barb and Arab Barb horses, galloping into battle firing their guns down during the Fantasia in Dar Es Salam, Morocco, June 2010

Kristel Richard / Three chestnut Quarter mares running in open field, Morocco, June 2010

Markus Varesvuo / Alpine choughs (Pyrrhocorax graculus) flying over snow covered mountain with tracks from snow boarders in the snow, Morocco, February 2009

Angelo Gandolfi / Fishing boats pulled up on beach, Souss-Massa National Park, Morocco. March 2007.

Angelo Gandolfi / Dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius) train crossing Merzouga dunes, Tafilalt, Sahara, Morocco, March 2007.

Angelo Gandolfi / Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) on back of Dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius), Morocco.

Angelo Gandolfi / Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) on back of Dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius), Morocco.

Angelo Gandolfi / Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) on head of Dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius), Morocco.

Angelo Gandolfi / Tourists walking past Barbary ape (Macaca sylvanus). Ifrane Nature Reserve, Middle Atlas Mountains, Morocco. March 2007.

Angelo Gandolfi / Barbary Ape (Macaca sylvanus) weaned baby (about six months old) trying to suckle. Male at right. Ifrane Nature Reserve, Middle Atlas Mountains, Morocco.

Angelo Gandolfi / Raven (Corvus corax). Atlas range, Morocco.

Laurent Geslin / White stork {Ciconia ciconia} pair at nest at night, Marrakech, Morocco, January

Bruno D'Amicis / White Spoonbills (Platalea leucorodia) beside Khniffis lagoon, Western Sahara, Southern Morocco, NW Africa

Bruno D'Amicis / Helmethead gecko (Gekonia chazalie) walking on dunes at night. Endemic of the Atlantic Sahara. Southern Morocco, NW Africa

Bruno D'Amicis / Shipwreck and Moroccan cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo maroccanus) along the Atlantic coast of the Western Sahara desert, Morocco, NW Africa

Bruno D'Amicis / Wind scorpion / Camel spider (Galeodibus sp?) backlit, Sahara desert, Morocco, NW Africa

Bruno D'Amicis / Sand dunes in the Sahara desert at sunrise at the border of Morocco and Algeria, NW Africa

Bruno D'Amicis / Petrie's gecko (Stenodactylus petrii) on sand dune, Sahara desert, Morocco, NW Africa

Bruno D'Amicis / Orange sand dunes, black mountains and blue sky in the Sahara desert, Erg Ouzina, Southern Morocco, NW Africa

Bruno D'Amicis / High dunes in the Sahara desert, Erg Chebbi, Southern Morocco, NW Africa

Bruno D'Amicis / Young Barbary Macaques (Macaca sylvanus) playing among Cedar (Cedrus atlantica) trees, backlit, Endangered species. Atlas mountains, Morocco, NW Africa