BOULTHAM MERE: April 2007

Saturday, April 28, 2007

MARSH HARRIER

One of two birds present this morning, both female types, an adult and a 1st Summer, one flew off high east at 10.50am adult female still present when we left at mid day. Boultham Mere April 2007

Deer

A group of seven trotted towards me this morning, saw me and ran off, as i got further down the track two jumped the fence, dived into the dyke swam across the drain and went into the trees.

Thursday, April 05, 2007

THE GAMBIA 6th - 20th March 2007

The Gambia March 2007
Masaneh Sanyang and Modou Krubally
Based at BIJILO FOREST, the best guides we came across they can be contacted as follows

Modou Krubally
Email mokueric2000@hotmail.com
Trained by Masaneh Sanyang a very competent Birder good on calls and identification, very quick at picking out birds.

Masaneh Sanyang
c/o I.T.C.Camp
P.M.B 14, Banjul
The Gambia. Tel 9924761
Email massanyang55@hotmail.com
Good all round birder.

Mass and Modou are the only bird guides i would ever use again, they were brilliant.

RED BELLIED PARADISE FLYCATCHER

The rarer of the two Paradise Flycatchers, we only saw the Red Bellied, picture taken at Abuko.

YELLOW CROWNED GONELEK

Heard more often than seen, could be really elusive singing from deep in cover, then at other times came right out in the open, seen every day, inland and on the coast.

Wednesday, April 04, 2007

ABYSSINIAN ROLLER

Video grabs. Casino Cycle Track.
It was a really hot afternoon and we were on our way for a beer down at the beach bar, the wife took the video i just took my bins, we came across this stunning Roller sat at close range, after that if it was light i carried the camera everywere.