Today 6th July we went to my favourite Gambian birding spot, being out of season there were no other birders or any ringing there. But there were plenty of birds to see.
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| Kartong Sand mine |
Highlights were Senegal Coucal, Black Crake, Purple Swamphen, Pink Backed Pelican, Spur-winged plover, African Jacana, Lizard Buzzard, Black-headed Weaver, Beautiful Sunbird, R.R. Parakeet, Zitting Cisticola, Moorhen, Green-wood Hoopoe, Tawney-flanked Prinia, Red Bishop, Western Plantain-eater, Bronze Manakin, Black-billed Dove, Black-shouldered Kite, Osprey, Vieillot's Barbet, Tree Pipit, Greater-spotted Cuckoo, Grey-headed Kingfisher, Yellow-crowned Gonolek, Banded Sandgrouse, Double-spur Francolin, Crested Lark, Northern Puffback, Curlew, Black-crowned Tchagra, Senegal Eronomela, Violet-backed Starling, Bearded Barbet.
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| Black Crake |
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| Purple Swamphen |
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| Grey-headed Kingfisher |
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| Black-headed Weaver |
In the afternoon we went to Bijillo Forest, an area of woodland next to the Senegambia strip, now becoming under threat of development.
Highlights here were Blue-spotted Wood Dove, Palm-nut Vultures, Little Bee-eater, Swallow-tailed Bee-eater, Gonalek, Black Flycatcher, Beautiful Sunbird, Yellow-billed Kite, Village Weavers, Grey Hornbill, African Harrier Hawk, Snowy Robinchat, Yellow-billed Shrike
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| Grey Hornbill |
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| Little Beeeater |
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| Palm-nut Vultures |
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| Senegal Coucal |
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| Snowy-crowned Robin Chat |
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| Swallow-tailed Beeeater |
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| Vieillot's Barbet |
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| White-billed Buffalo Weaver |
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