Today we set off to Penyem and Marakissa, Penyem being an open savanna with the odd tree gradually becoming more forest like further south. Good selection of birds seen being Whistling duck flying over, Senegal Coucal, Red Bishop, Village weavers at nests, Yellow-fronted Canary, Snowy-crowned Robinchat, Western Plantain Eater, Pigmy Kingfisher, Fork-tailed Drongo, Cattle Egrets, Wattled plover, Long-crested Eagle, Blue-bellied Roller, Red Hornbill at nest, Orange-cheeked Waxbill, Cordon Bleu, Yellow-billed Shrike, African Thrush, Fine-spotted Woodpecker, Fantisawing, Oxpecker, Singing Cisticola, Purple-glossy Starling, Whistling Cisticola, Beautiful Sunbird, Piapiac, Senegal Eronomela, Little Swift, Long-tailed Glossy Starling, Hammerkop, Abysinian Roller, Greater Honeyguide.
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| African Black Flycatcher |
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| African Cuckoo |
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| African Harrier Hawk |
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| Fine-spotted Woodpecker |
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| Greater Honeyguide |
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| Intermediate Egret |
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| Lizard Buzzard |
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| Long-crested Eagle |
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| Long-tailed Glossy Starling |
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| Oxpecker |
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| Village Weavers and nests |
A few miles further down the road is Marakissa, a lush wetland with Crocodiles lurking in the lily pools. Birds seen here were Strirated Heron, Intermediate Heron, African Jacana, Yellow-billed Kite, Hammerkop, Yellow-billed Shrike, African Cuckoo, Squacco Heron, White-crowned Robin Chat, Pied Hornbill, African Darter, Western-banded Snake Eagle, at least 5 African Harrier Hawks, and a Bateleur that I couldn't get onto!
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| Marakissa (part of) |
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