AFRICAN MONARCH

A selection of the other wildlife we saw in the Gambia.
Butterflies included
Citrus swallowtail, Blue pansy, Common Blue, Guineafowl and common Grass yellow.
We also saw two Sp of Squirrel, Gambian Sun and Striped Ground.
Several Lizards, Frogs and Bats, Giant Tortoise Sp and some nasty dangerous Baboons.
A small mouse type creature and several dead rats mostly in the claws of Raptors.

Nile Crocodile

Two of these beautys in Abuko.

Deer sp

Several of these tiny things seen.

Hyaena

Spotted Hyaena, much bigger than you think.

MONKEYS GAMBIA

Green Vervet Monkey and Western Red Colobus, the Colobus was only seen in Bijilo and Abuko, the Green Vervet was common with upto four on our Balcony most days.

Crabs

GAMBIA
Top one is a Fiddler, no idea about the grey one also saw a blue crab that was fished from deep water.

Moniter Lizard

Couple Species of Moniter, (Nile and Bosc's) small one about a foot long, the larger one was in our hotel and measured about 3 feet

SNAKE SP

The only snake we saw came to drink at a small pool in Abuko Gambia

AFRICAN SACRID IBIS

Seen most days over flying the creek at Kotu, six birds along the cycle track feeding in wet fields and a couple in trees around the Hotel Badala Pool.

HERONS AND EGRETS

Great White and Little Egrets, Black, Yellow Billed and Western Reef Herons. Kotu Creek The Gambia March 2007

NIGHT HERON

Common seen in several areas with 50 roosting on the creek. The Gambia 2007

WESTERN REEF HERONS

Common around Kotu, several birds seen well inland away from water

WESTERN REEF HERONS

STRIATED HERON

Seen everyday on the creek, very common along the River, Kotu Creek the Gambia March 2007

STRIATED HERON

Mixed Roosting Flock

Lesser Black back, Grey Headed, Slender Billed Gulls, Royal, Sandwich and Caspian Terns. Tanji Beach Gambia.

SLENDER BILLED GULL

Tanji were upto 290 were roosting on the beach with Grey Headed Gulls, Royal and Caspian Terns

GREY HEADED GULL

Very Common

Grey Headed Gull

AFRICAN GREY HORNBILL

Couple around the creek area, several Bijilo Forest and Abuko. The Gambia March 2007