3 WEEKS IN THE GAMBIA - PART 2

3 WHOLE WEEKS IN THE GAMBIA - WOW!!!!! ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC! WONDERFUL BIRDING, LOVELY PEOPLE, SUPERB HABITATS AND A PLETHORA OF BIRDS.


this is the second of a series of short reports from the whole 3 weeks, many photographs and film clips will be shown - watch this space don't miss any!




We settled into our hotel on the coast just south of Banjul, the capital of The Gambia, breakfast was taken every day on the outside terrace in a lovely morning temperature.


Daily at 8am we took our private bus to visit many local sites, on Wednesday 17th & Thursday 18th November we visited Brufut Woods, Faraba Banta, Tanjeh, Tujerng & Bijilo Forest and saw a whole host of new species.

The 'Moho' or Oriole Warbler - fantastic song but ugly looking!

Abyssian Roller

Bearded Barbet

On Friday 20th we set off very early to catch the Ferry at Banjul, what an experience that was!!! Imagine the noise, chaos, colour and confusion at Wembly just as the crowd is leaving after an international football match, well, the port at Banjul was exactly the same as we tried to load into the ferry.

The crossing was lovely, lots of gulls, terns & skuas were noted. From the Barra on the north bank we headed inland on well surfaced road. We spent all day travelling to Georgetown Island making many stops along the way to view a wide range of species in many different habitats.

Pearl-spotted Owlet

Grasshopper Buzzard



Babboon

Yellow-crowned Gonolek

Saturday 2oth was spent visiting may sites along the track to Tendaba Camp. The highlight was a visit to Jally Rice fields where we saw Painted Snipe, Black Crake, Gabar Goshawk, Pygmy Goose & African Fish Eagle.

Tendaba Camp was incredible, it sits on the bank of the river and has the most idyllic setting.