The Greater honeyguide gets its name from its ability to guide humans to honey. I know this sounds far-fetched but it’s absolutely true. These incredible birds have a long-standing symbiotic relationship with humans. The Boran honey hunters in East Africa follow the Honeyguide to bee’s nests and when the hunters have taken the honey this […]
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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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Bronze mannikin are plentiful at Footsteps and are often seen around our freshwater pool, usually in groups! Bird information. Where can we see a Bronze mannikin? It is found at Footsteps and all over The Gambia and mainland Africa, the two birds pictured above were taken inside the grounds at Footsteps. What does a Bronze mannikin
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
