Black-billed wood dove

Black-billed-Wood-Dove

I think the Black-billed wood dove should be named metallic dove. Given that its most noticeable feature is its metallic appearance and also its bill is not so black and moreof a dark grey. Bird information. Where can we see the Black-billed wood dove? It is found at Footsteps, the two birds pictured above were taken […]

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Hooded vulture

Hooded-vulture

The Hooded vulture, we see a lot of these birds in The Gambia. Usually, on our regular beach walks to Sanyang on Sundays. There is usually a dead fish, turtle or some such thing and guaranteed anything from one to thirty vultures eagerly ripping at the carcus. Bird information. Where can we see a Hooded

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Osprey

Osprey

The Osprey is a bird of prey found on every continent in the world except Antarctica. The Gambia sees many Ospreys arrive each year, usually in early January and they stay until early summer. Bird information. Where can we see the Osprey? It is found a short walk from Footsteps at the Gunjur quarry. This

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Gambia dog neutering program

Dog care Gambia

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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Black-winged stilt

Black-winged-Stilt

The black-winged stilt is so named because of its black wings but I haven’t been able to establish where the name stilt originates. Unless of course, it refers to it having legs like stilts. An extremely long-legged bird, it could be the bird equivalent of Elle Macpherson. Bird information. Where can we see the Black-winged

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But it was Comfy

Gambian taxi

I love the old E Class Mercs and they just seem to go on forever, regardless of what may fall off or cease to function along the way. In their distinctive green and yellow livery, these timeless classics make up around sixty per cent of the tourist taxi fleet in The Gambia. E Class Mercs

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Red-throated Bee-eater

Red-throated-Bee-eater diving

The Red-throated Bee-eater much like all other Bee-eaters is a stunning bird. As we can see from the pictures below, they are very different when viewed in flight from above and below. Bird information. Where is the Red-throated Bee-eater found? The Red-throated Bee-eater has a wide distribution across tropical Africa, its range extending from Senegal

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