Hornbills are named because of the shape of their bills. The Gambia is lucky to have several, three of which we deal with here today. We will talk about The Abbysinnian Ground Hornbill in a separate blogpost😉 Bird information. Where can we see the Red-billed, African-pied & African-grey Hornbill? All are found in or around Footsteps […]
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Wire-tailed swallow has been living at Footsteps for as long as I can remember. They nest in our bar and have been rearing three or four sets of chicks each and every year. In fact, the nest is very rarely empty, with always three babies. I call them José Carreras, Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti, the
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Turacos are seen frequently in the protected forest by Footsteps but in all the years I’ve been here I don’t recall them being photographed much. Imagine my delight when two of our featured regular photographers presented me with images of both the Violet and Green Turaco. If any of our past guests have taken photos
The Grey-backed camaroptera I must confess is a bird which I have seen before but confused with other species. That is until Rob Carr came to visit us. He correctly identified these on one of his many walks out of Footsteps. Bird information. Where can we see a Grey-backed camaroptera? The Grey-backed camaroptera pictured above
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The Senegal Eremomela is a typical warbler and belongs to the old world warblers. They are a large group of birds formerly grouped together in the bird family Sylviidae. The family held over 400 species in over 70 genera and was the source of much taxonomic confusion. Two families were split out initially, the cisticolas
Some of our guests prior to 2019 may remember our Gambia dog neutering program from when we were working closely with Dr Michael Meyer of Touray & Meyer’s veterinary practice. The idea was that our guests would donate a small sum of money and we would organise some days each month where we would identify
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While sitting upstairs on our sundeck this evening, Linda and I were admiring the trees and flowering bushes at Footsteps. We realised that there were memories attached to a great many of the beautiful examples contained inside our grounds. There is of course a story to go with every tree but we have planted in
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