BANJUL AIRPORT TO THE SENEGAMBIA HOTEL – KOLOLI
DISTRICT
The group arrived later than scheduled by 40
minutes and there was a delay coming through baggage collection, so it was 4pm
before we set off for the hotel and not 3pm.
We saw our first birds of the tour from the car park, Speckled Pigeon, Hooded Vulture and Pied Crow. As we drove towards the
hotel we logged Dark Chanting Goshawk,
Blue-bellied Roller, White-billed Buffalo Weaver and the usual doves, laughing, Red-eyed and Vinaceous.
A fter
checking in we settled in our rooms and met up again for a walk in the hotel
grounds. It wasn’t long before had 10 species in the bag. A pair of White-crowned Robin Chats guarded their
nest in a palm tree and nearby a pair of Hammerkops
were still building theirs. From a vantage point near the edge of the
grounds we saw: Piapiac, Broad-billed
Roller, Rose-ringed Parakeets, Yellow-billed Black Kites, Red-chested Swallows,
Wire-tailed Swallows and Palm
Swifts.
Near the
centre of the grounds we stopped to watch a Woodland Kingfisher, Grey Woodpecker and a Beautiful Sunbird flew in and perched near the woodpecker. We also
noted 5 species of butterfly, a Nile
Monitor Lizard and a couple of Red
Colobus Monkeys.
We called
it a day at 6pm and with 30 species in the bag we realised the wonderful
potential of the Gambia for seeing large number of species during our stay.
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