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
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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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
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
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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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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