to the west of Khenifra in the Middle Atlas, 15 April

Moroccan Hairstreak, male, Ifrane, Middle Atlas, 16 April

Green Hairstreak, Ifrane, Middle Atlas, 16 April

Moroccan Orange-tip, male, Ifrane, Middle Atlas, 16 Apri

Small Copper, Ifrane, 16 April

Brimstone, female, Ifrane, 16 April

Brimstone, Ifrane, 16 April

type, common around Sefrou, 16 April

Zaouia de Ifrane, 16 April

Rosy Grizzled Skipper, Ifrane, 17 April

Ifrane hillside, 17 April

Greeen Hairstreak, Ifrane, 17 April

home to at least 20 Brimstones yesterday, but quiet today, 17 April

Moroccan Hairstreak, male, Ifrane, 17 April

Moroccan Hairstreak, male, Ifrane, 17 April

Moroccan Hairstreak, male, Ifrane, 17 April

Moroccan Hairstreaks, males, Ifrane, 17 April

Ifrane, 17 April

Large Tortoiseshell, out from hibernation, Ifrane, 17 April

between Ifrane and Annoceur, 17 April

near Annoceur, Middle Atlas, 17 April

Chapman's Green Hairstreak, Takeltount, Annoceur, 17 April

Bath White, near Annoceur, 17 April

Sefrou, 17 April

Sefrou, 17 April

Middle Atlas, 17 April

windy lunar landscape home to the Greenish Black-tip, 18 April

Greenish Black-tip, Pont d'Imdahane, 18 April

Greenish Black-tip, Pont d'Imdahane, 18 April

Greenish Black-tip, Pont d'Imdahane, 18 April

larval host plant of Greenish Black-tip, 18 April

working hard at Pont d'Imdahane, 18 April

empty pupal case, Ouirgane, High Atlas,19 April

below Ouirgane, soon to become flooded into a vast reservoir, High Atlas, 19 April

False Mallow Skipper, Ouirgane, 19 April

False Mallow Skipper, Ouirgane, 19 April

Spotted Fritillary, Ouirgane, 19 April

Brown Argus, Ouirgane, 19 April

Speckled Wood, Ouirgane, 19 April

Small Heath, Ouirgane, 19 April

Ouirgane, 19 April

a lovely mauve/pink Bugloss, Ouirgane, 19 April

around Ouirgane, 19 April

Desert orange-tip larva on host plant, Capparis spinosa, Ouirgane, 19 April

Caper growing out of the rock face, Ouirgane, 19 April

flower, Ouirgane, 19 April

High Atlas watershed, 20 April

view down the valley towards Ouirgane, 20 April

in the Province de Taroudannt looking south into the cloud-covered Sahara, 20 April

heading down towards the desert, 20 April