Rather than give records, this page will give you an idea of the recorded birds seen in the different months of the birding season for many sites around The Gambia
04/11 GEORGETOWN BOAT TRIP:
African Finfoot, Grey-headed Kingfisher, African Fish Eagle, Yellow-backed Weaver, Long-crested Eagle, Shining Blue Kingfisher, Western Banded Snake Eagle, White-throated Bee-eater, Hadada Ibis, Spur-winged Goose, Striated Heron, Palm-nut Vulture, Grey Kestrel, Swallow-tailed Bee-eater, Long-tailed Cormorant, Swamp Flycatcher, Black-crowned Night Heron, Malachite Kingfisher, White-headed Vulture, Bruce’s Green Pigeon.
05/11 WASSU AREAS:
Carmine Bee-eater, Red-throated Bee-eater, Little Green Bee-eater, Shikra, White-backed Vulture, Northern Anteater Chat, Black Coucal, Levaillant Cuckoo, Winding Cisticola, Violet Turaco, Red-chested Swallow, Red-rumped Swallow, Abyssinian Roller, Rufous -crowned Roller, Yellow-backed Weaver, Brown Snake Eagle, White-headed Vulture, Grey Kestrel, African Pygmy Goose, Black Crake, Green Wood-hoopoe, Yellow-crowned Bishop, European Bee-eater, African Grey Hornbill, Greater Honeyguide, Fine-spotted Woodpecker, African Golden Oriole, Rufous Cisticola, Yellow White-eye, Scarlet-chested Sunbird, Bronze-tailed Starling, Bush Petronia, Black-winged Red Bishop.
06/11 PANCHANG:
Purple Swamphen, Black Crake, Common Moorhen, African Silverbill, Pygmy Sunbird, Pin-tailed Whydah, Subalpine Warbler, Red-billed Quelea, Exclamatory Paradise Whydah, Yellow-backed Weaver, Egyptian Plover, Cut-throat Finch, Black-rumped Waxbill, Brown-rumped Bunting.
07/11 TENDABA BOAT TRIP:
African Blue Flycatcher, Goliath Heron, Swallow-tailed Bee-eater, Common Wattle-eye, Peregrine Falcon, Great Cormorant, White-backed Night Heron, Diederik Cuckoo, Martial Eagle, Brown Sunbird, Malachite Kingfisher, Hamerkop, Woolly-necked Stork, Whimbrel, Common Greenshank, Pied Kingfisher, White-crested Tiger Heron, Yellow-billed Stork, Black-crowned Night Heron, Golden-tailed Woodpecker, Montagu’s Harrier, African Darter, Spur-winged Goose, Blue-breasted Kingfisher, African Fish Eagle, Marsh Harrier, Grey-headed Kingfisher, White-throated Bee-eater.
08/11 BRUFUT WOOD:
Long tailed Nightjar, Verreaux’s Eagle Owl, African Pygmy Kingfisher, Yellowbill, Cardinal Woodpecker, Green Crombec, Copper Sunbird, Yellow White-eye, Green Turaco, Violet Turaco, Red-winged Warbler, Singing Cisticola, Booted Eagle, White-faced Scops Owl, Gabar Goshawk, Sulphur-breasted Bush-shrike, Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher, Pin-tailed Whydah, Oriole Warbler, Violet-backed Sunbird, Grey-headed Bristlebill, Little Greenbul, Fanti Saw-wing.
09/11 BONTO FOREST:
African Wood Owl, Green Crombec, African Pygmy Kingfisher, African Green Pigeon, Leaflove, White-spotted Flufftail, Stone Partridge, Common Wattle-eye, Green Turaco, Grey-headed Bristlebill, Collared Sunbird, Oriole Warbler, Yellow-breasted Apalis, Black-rumped Waxbill, Little Greenbul.
11/11 ABUKO NATURE RESERVE:
Western Bluebill, Oriole Warbler, Little Greenbull, Collard Sunbird, African Pied Hornbill, Green Hylia, Buff-spotted Woodpecker, Green Turaco, Grey-headed Bristlebill, Pygmy Kingfisher, Copper Sunbird, Northern Puffback Shrike, Palm-nut Vulture, Lanner Falcon, Ahanta Fracolin, Yellowbill, Giant Kingfisher, Klaas’s Cuckoo, Violet Turaco, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Bearded Barbet, Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird , Swallow-tailed Bee-eater, Greater Honeyguide, Pied-winged Swallow, Fanti Saw-wing, Snowy-crowned Robin Chat, African Paradise Flycatcher, Common Wattle-eye, Green Crombec, Black-necked Weaver.
LAMIN RICE FIELD:
Northern Black Flycatcher, Fine-spotted Woodpecker, Pearl-spotted Owlet, Northern Crombec, Red-chested Swallow, African Crake, Black Egret, Northern Red Bishop, Purple Heron, Black Crake, Woodland Kingfisher, African Golden Oriole, Yellow-throated Leaflove, Blackcap Babbler, White-crowned Robin Chat, Melodious Warbler, Zitting Cisticola, Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher, Yellow-crowned Gonolec, Black-rumped Waxbill, Malachite Kingfisher, Lavender Waxbill.
13/11 MARAKISSA WOOD:
Spotted Honeyguide, African Fish Eagle, White-crested Helmetshrike, Bronze-tailed Starling, Yellow White-eye, White-breasted Cuckooshrike, Grey-headed Kingfisher, Western Banded Snake Eagle, Lesser Honeyguide, Wahlberg’s Eagle, Black-shouldered Kite, African Cuckoo, African Scops Owl, Black Wood-hoopoe, Giant Kingfisher, Black Crake, African Pied Hornbill, Cardinal Woodpecker, Vitelline Masked Weaver, Splendid Sunbird.
15/11 TUJERENG WOOD:
Common Rock Thrush, Four-banded Sandgrouse, Common Kestrel, Striped Kingfisher, Bearded Barbet, Black-headed Plover, Brown-backed Woodpecker, White-fronted Black Chat, Osprey, Lanner Falcon, White-shouldered Black Tit, Temmincks Courser, African Cuckoo, Mottled Spinetail, Cardinal Woodpecker, Singing Cisticila, Red-winged Warbler, Whistling Cisticola, Brubru, Senegal Batis, Western Violet-backed Sunbird, Northern Puffback, Cut-throat Finch, Pin-tailed Whydah, Chestnut-crowned Sparrow Weaver, Green-backed Eremomela, Willow Warbler, Whinchat, Chestnut-backed Sparrow Lark.
16/11 TANJI BIRD RESERVE:
Osprey, White-faced Scops Owl, Swallow-tailed Bee-eater, Black-shouldered Kite, Rufous-crowned Roller, Lizard Buzzard, Vieillot’s Barbet, Western Bluebill, Snowy-crowned Robin Chat, Pied Flycatcher, Double-spurred Fracolin, Cardinal Woodpecker, Four-banded Sandgrouse, Palm-nut Vulture, Stone Partridge, African Green Pigeon, Violet Turaco, Broad-billed Roller, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, African Pied Hornbill, Fine-spotted Woodpecker, Pied-winged Swallow, Brown Babbler, Variable Sunbird, Yellow-crowned Gonolec, Pin-tailed Whydah, Sulphur-breasted Bush-shrike, Fanti Saw-wing, African Harrier Hawk, Splendid Sunbird, Black-necked Weaver.
BEACH SITE:
Yellow-legged Gull, Caspian Tern, Royal Tern, Bar-tailed Godwit, Ruddy Turnstone, Sandwich Tern, Grey-headed Gull, Sanderling, Ringed Plover, Grey Plover, Kelp Gull, Common Redshank, Whimbrel.
KOTU AREAS:
Oriole Warbler, Blue-breasted Kingfisher, Ringed Plover, Malachite Kingfisher, Northern Crombec, Giant Kingfisher, Black Egret, Woodland Kingfisher, Little Bee-eater, Grey Woodpecker, Painted Snipe, Long-tailed Cormorant, Hamerkop, White-faced Whistling Duck, Palm-nut Vulture, Red-necked Falcon, Shikra, Grey Kestrel, African Crake, Grey Plover, Black Crake, Wood Sandpiper, Klaass Cuckoo, Pearl-spotted Owlet, African Harrier Hawk, Purple Heron, Dwarf Bittern, Little Grebe, Black-headed Heron, Golden-tailed Woodpecker, Swallow-tailed Bee-eater, Violet Turaco, Greater Honeyguide, Wire-tailed Swallow, African Golden Oriole, Yellow-throated Leaflove, Snowy-crowned Robin Chat, Zitting Cisticola, Sedge Warbler, Northern Crombec, African Paradise Flycatcher, Northern Black Flycatcher, Common Wattle-eye, Yellow-crowned Gonolec, Orange-cheeked Waxbill, White-crowned Robin Chat, Bearded Barbet, African Green Pigeon, Wattled Plover, Common Moorhen, African Jacana, Purple Swamphen.
BANJUL BEACH SITE:
White-fronted Plover, Eurasian Curlew, Bar-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, Oystercatcher, Black-winged Stilt, Sandwich Tern, Royal Tern, Common Greenshank, Grey Plover, Ringed Plover, Kentish Plover, Pied Avocet, Sanderling, Grey Heron.
BATELLING BUSH TRACK:
Grasshopper Buzzard, Dark Chanting Goshawk, White-shouldered Black Tit, Brown-rumped Bunting, White-rumped Seedeater, Yellow-fronted Canary, Black-crowned Tchagra, Pygmy Sunbird, Brubru, Yellow-bellied Hyliota, Senegal Batis, Scarlet-chested Sunbird, Brown Snake Eagle, Red-winged Warbler, Yellow Penduline Tit, Whistling Cisticola, Tree Pipit, Red-rumped Swallow, Brown-backed Woodpecker, Abyssinian Ground Hornbill, Vieillot’s Barbet, European Bee-eater, Rufous-crowned Roller, Striped Kingfisher, Hoopoe, Spotted Thick-knee, Standard-winged Nightjar, Diederik Cuckoo, Black-bellied Bustard, Bateleur, White-backed Vulture, Grey Kestrel, African Hawk Eagle, Beaudouin’s Snake Eagle, White-headed Vulture, Chestnut-crowned Sparrow Weaver, Bush Petronia, Exclamatory Paradise Whydah, Red-billed Quelea, Rufous Cisticola.
KAUR WETLAND:
Egyptian Plover, White-crowned Plover, Collared Pratincole, Ruff, Spur-winged Goose, Woolly-necked Stork, Marsh Harrier, Yellow-billed Stork, Mosque Swallow, Little Swift, Ringed Plover, White-faced Whistling Duck, Black-winged Stilt, Mottled Spinetail, Yellow-crowned Bishop, Chestnut-backed Sparrow Lark, Black-crowned Crane, Common Redshank, Wattled Plover, Long-crested Eagle.
KUNKILLING FOREST AREAS:
Adamawa Turtle Dove, White-backed Vulture, Cinnamon-breasted Bunting, Yellow Pendulline Tit, Brubru, Little Green Bee-eater, Orange-cheeked Waxbill, Green-winged Pytilia, Chestnut-crowned Sparrow Weaver, Yellow-fronted Canary, Sudan Golden Sparrow, Lesser Blue-eared Glossy Starling, Grey-headed Bush-shrike, Pygmy Sunbird, Senegal Batis, Scarlet-chested Sunbird, Yellow-bellied Hyliota, Northern Crombec, White-shouldered Black Tit, Whistling Cisticola, Vieillot’s Barbet, African Hawk Eagle, Red-throated Bee-eater, Black Wood-hoopoe, Wahlberg’s Eagle, White-headed Vulture.
BAOBOLON BACK WAY TRACK:
Fine-spotted Woodpecker, Pearl-spotted Owlet, White-crowned Robin Chat, African Paradise Flycatcher, Four-banded Sandgrouse, Stone Partridge, Northern Black Flycatcher, African Golden Oriole, Blue-spotted Wood Dove, Gabar Goshawk, Black-shouldered Kite, Standard-winged Nightjar, Lizard Buzzard, Common Kestrel, Dark Chanting Goshawk, African Green Pigeon, Klaas’s Cuckoo, White-faced Scops Owl, Woodland Kingfisher, Broad Billed Roller, Bearded Barbet, Lesser Honeyguide, Yellow-throated Leaflove, Beautiful Sunbird, Common Wattle-eye, Variable Sunbird, Woodchat Shrike, Northern Puffback, Yellow-crowned Gonolec.
02/05 KOTU AREAS: Striated Heron, Namaqua Dove, Purple Heron, African Spoonbill, Broad-billed Roller, Zitting Cisticola, Abyssinian Roller, Little Bee-eater, Red-necked Falcon, African Grey Hornbill, Shikra, Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird, Golden-tailed Woodpecker, Black Crake, Grey Plover, Black Egret, Little Ringed Plover, Klaas’s Cuckoo, Red-chested Swallow, Malachite, Blue-breasted, Giant Kingfishers, Black-headed Plover, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, African Silverbill, Violet Turaco, Northern Black Flycatcher, Bearded Barbet, Variable Sunbird, African Harrier Hawk, Wire-tailed Swallow, Splendid Sunbird, Northern Crombec, African Darter, Snowy-crowned Robin Chat, Black-headed Heron, Singing Cisticola, Little Grebe, Little Weaver, Splendid Sunbird, Northern Puffback, Common Sandpiper, Little Swift, Yellow-crowned Gonolec, Pink-backed Pelican, Whimbrel.
07/05 KOTU : Lizard Buzzard, Common Moorhen, Painted Sniped, Goliath Heron, Oriole Warbler, Purple Heron, Paradise Flycatcher, African Jacana, Green Wood-hoopoe, Senegal Parrot , Wire-tailed Swallow, Little Greenbul, African Golden Oriole, Ahanta Francolin, Yellow-fronted Canary, Black-necked Weaver, Orange-cheeked Waxbill, Grey-headed Bristlebill, Willow Warbler, Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher, Giant Kingfisher, Violet Turaco, Lavender Waxbill, Bearded Barbet, African Green Pigeon, Oriole Warbler, Squacco Heron, Pygmy Kingfisher, Snowy-crowned Robin Chat.
09/05, ABUKO NATURE RESERVE : Blue Spotted Wood Dove, Common Wattle Eye, Malachite Kingfisher, Oriole warbler, Purple Heron, Paradise Flycatcher, African Jacana, Green Wood Hoopoe, Senegal Parrot, Wire Tailed Swallow, Little Greenbull, African Golden Oriole, Ahanta Francolin, Yellow Fronted Canary, Black Necked Weaver, Orange Cheeked Waxbill, Grey Headed Bristlebill, Willow Warbler, Giant Kingfisher, Red Bellied Paradise Flycatcher, Violet Turaco, Lavender Waxbill, Bearded Barbet, African Green Pigeon, Oriole warbler, Squacco Heron, Pygmy Kingfisher, Snowy Crowned Robin Chat
13/05, LAMIN RICE FIELD: Painted Snipe, Fine-spotted Woodpecker, Long-tailed Cormorant, Grey Heron, Lizard Buzzard, Lanner Falcon, Double-spurred Francolin, Wood Sandpiper, African Palm Swift, Northern Red Bishop, African Crake, Klaas’s Cuckoo, Piapic, Northern White-faced Owl, Little Swift, Black-shouldered Kite, Northern Black Flycatcher, Striated Heron, Village Indigobird, Blue-bellied Roller, Black-billed Wood Dove, Bearded Barbet, Malachite Kingfisher, Pied Flycatcher, Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird.
17/05 MARAKISSA WOOD: African Scops Owl, African Pied Hornbill, Shikra, Striated Heron, White Helmetshrike, Red-necked Falcon, Black-crowned Night Heron, African Fish Eagle, Cardinal Woodpecker, Greater Honeyguide, Yellow-throated Leaflove, Little Greenbul, Grey-backed Camaroptera, Black Crake, Long-crested Eagle, Black Egret, African Pygmy Goose, Violet Turaco, Marsh Harrier, Lanner Falcon, Common Moorhen, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Grey-headed Kingfisher, Yellow White-eye, Blue-breasted Kingfisher, Tawny Eagle, Bronze-tailed Starling, Spotted Honeyguides, Malachite Kingfisher, Osprey, Palm Nut Vulture, Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher, Common Wattle-eye, Collard Sunbird, Fine-spotted Woodpecker, Purple Heron, Red-bellied Paradise Flycatchers.
23/05 BONTO FOREST: Common Wattle-eye, Brown-necked Parrot, Violet Turaco, Green-headed Sunbird, Grey-headed Bristlebill, Little Weaver, Little Greenbul, Red-billed Quelea, Wood Owl, Black-rumped Waxbill, Western Bluebill, Buff-spotted Woodpecker, Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher, Stone Partridge, Klaas’s Cuckoo, White-throated Bee-eater, Bruce’s Green Pigeon, Verreaux’s Eagle Owl, Black-billed Wood Dove, Leaflove.
25/05 BUND RAOD / BANJUL: Grey Plover, Yellow-legged Gull, Common Tern, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Black-tailed Godwit, Black Egret, White-breasted Cormorant, African Spoonbill, Yellow Wagtail, Great White Pelican, Giant Kingfisher, Ruff, Lesser Black Backed Gull, Pied Avocet, Slender-billed Gull, Ringed Plover, Royal Tern, Gull-billed Tern, Black-winged Stilt, Oystercatcher, Sandwich Tern.
30/05 MANDINABA AREAS: Western-banded Snake Eagle, Palm Nut Vulture, Bronze-tailed Starling, Grey Kestrel, Scarlet-chested Sunbird, Violet Turaco, African Green Pigeon, Pearl-spotted Owlet, Levaillant’s Cuckoo, Long-crested Eagle, Mottled Spinetail, Brown Snake Eagle, Crested Lark, Blue-bellied Roller, Yellow-billed Stork, Swallow-tailed Bee-eater, Marsh Harrier, Red-billed Quelea, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Yellow-throated Leaflove, Yellow-crowned Gonolec, Wahlberg’s Eagle, Fine-spotted Woodpecker, Black-shouldered Kite, Yellow-billed Oxpecker, Lesser Honeyguide, Montagu’s Harrier, Grey-headed Kingfisher, African Pied Hornbill, African Golden Oriole, Pied Flycatcher, Grey-headed Bush-shrike, Yellow-throated Leaflove, White-crowned Robin Chat, Bearded Barbet.
KOTU:
African Harrier Hawk, Pearl-spotted Owlet, Lizard Buzzard, African Silverbill, Painted Snipe, Oriole Warbler, Purple Heron, Shikra, Lanner Falcon, Grey Plover, African Crake, Black Egret, Abyssinian Roller, Klaas’s Cuckoo, Malachite, Blue-breasted and Giant Kingfishers, Swallow-tailed Bee-eater, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Violet Turaco, Bearded Barbet, Black-headed Plover, Pied-winged Swallow, Wire-tailed Swallow, Northern Crombec, White-crowned Robin Chat, Sedge Warbler, Splendid Sunbird, Yellow-crowned Gonolec.
04/04 ABUKO NATURE RESERVE:
Grey-headed Bristlebill, Scarlet-chested Sunbird, African Paradise Flycatcher, Stone Partridge, Little Greenbul, Yellow-breasted Apalis, Giant Kingfisher, Violet Turaco, Bearded Barbet, Greater Honeyguide, Oriole Warbler, Snowy-crowned Robin Chat, Green Turaco, Western Bluebill, Northern Puffback.
LAMIN RICE FIELD:
Fine-spotted Woodpecker, Green Wood-hoopoe, Black-shouldered Kite, Red-chested Swallow, Northern Black Flycatcher, Grey Kestrel, Purple Heron, Striated Heron, African Jacana, Painted Snipe, Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird, Lizard Buzzard, Klaas’s Cuckoo.
06/04 BRUFUT WOOD:
Long-tailed Nightjar, Stone Partridge, Gabar Goshawk, Copper Sunbird, Western Violet-backed Sunbird, Orange-cheeked Waxbill, Yellow Penduline Tit, Northern White-faced Owl, Pin-tailed Whydah, Yellow White-eye, Lanner Falcon, Red-winged Warbler.
TANJI BIRD RESERVE AND BEACH AREA:
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Bearded Barbet, Variable Sunbird, Osprey, African Pied Hornbill, Fanti Saw Wing, Caspian Tern, Royal Tern, Sandwich Tern, Ringed Plover.
10/04 FARABA BANTA BUSH TRACK:
White-backed Vulture, Sulphur-breasted Bush-shrike, Helmeted Guineafowl, African Green Pigeon, Grey-headed Bush-shrike, Yellow-bellied Hyliota, Brown-necked Parrot, Dark Chanting Goshawk, Wahlberg’s Eagle, Whinchat, Brubru, Cardinal Woodpecker, Brown-backed Woodpecker.
15/04 BONTO FOREST:
Common Wattle-eye, Leaflove, Pygmy Kingfisher, Little Greenbul, African Green Pigeon, Black-rumped Waxbill, Snowy-crowned Robin Chat, Collard Sunbird, Stone Partridge, Green Turaco, Northern White-faced Owl.
18/04 TUJERENG WOOD:
Black Scimitarbill, Four-banded Sandgrouse, White-fronted Black Chat, Long-crested Eagle , Black-shouldered Kite, Batis, Striped Kingfisher, Singing Cisticola, Grey Kestrel, Rufous Cisticola, Namaqua Dove, Black-headed Plover, Vieillot’s Barbet, Red-winged Warbler, Hoopoe.
22/04 MARAKISSA WOOD:
Brown Snake Eagle, African Scops Owl, White Helmetshrike, Giant Kingfisher, Black Crake, Green Turaco, Mottled Spinetail, White-breasted Cuckooshrike, Black Egret, Violet Turaco, Yellow White-eye, Lesser and Spotted Honeyguides, Malachite Kingfisher, Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher.
KOTU All Month:
African Silverbill, Golden-tailed Woodpecker, Painted Snipe, Pearl-spotted Owlet, Dwarf Bittern, Little Grebe , Purple Heron, African Spoonbill, , Sacred Ibis, Pink-backed Pelican, Red-necked Falcon, Shikra, Lanner Falcon, Long-tailed Nightjar, Common Moorhen, Purple Swamphen, Black Crake, African Crake, Palm Nut Vulture, Black-headed Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Klaas’s Cuckoo, Mottled Spinetail, Long-tailed Cormorant, Malachite Kingfisher, Hadada Ibis, Blue-breasted, Pygmy and Giant Kingfishers, Swallow-tailed Bee-eater, Violet Turaco, Bearded Barbet, Lesser Honeyguide, Pied-winged Swallow, Wire-tailed Swallow, White-crowned Robin Chat, Oriole Warbler, Snowy-crowned Robin Chat, Subalpine Warbler, Singing Cisticola, Sedge Warbler, Northern Puffback, Yellow-crowned Gonolec, Little Weavers.
02/03 TUJERENG WOOD:
Temminck’s Courser, Tawny Eagle, White-fronted Black Chat, Black Wood Hoopoe, Brubru, Batis, Red-winged Warbler, Striped Kingfisher, Cardinal Woodpecker, Cut-throat Finch, Brown-backed Woodpecker, Lanner Falcon, African Golden Oriole, Common Kestrel, White-shouldered Black Tit, Black-headed Plover, Vieillot’s Barbet, Whistling Cisticola, Dark Chanting Goshawk.
03/03 BRUFUT WOOD:
Gabar Goshawk (Melanestic form), Long-tailed Nightjar, Yellowbill, Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird, Pin-tailed Whydah, Verreaux’s Eagle Owl, Pygmy Kingfisher, Western Violet-backed Sunbird, Beaudouin's Snake Eagle, Pied Flycatcher, Lanner Falcon, Sulphur-breasted Bush-shrike, Pearl-spotted Owlet, Booted Eagle, Orange-cheeked Waxbill, Oriole Warbler, Copper Sunbird, Violet Turaco, Stone Partridge, Greater Honeyguide, Northern White-faced Owl, Green Crombec, Yellow White-eye.
04/03 TANJI BIRD RESERVE AND BEACH AREA:
Vieillot’s Barbet, Swallow-tailed Bee-eater, Striped Kingfisher, Variable Sunbird, Tree Pipit, African Pied Hornbill, Fanti Saw-wing, White Helmetshrike, Royal Tern, Four-banded Sandgrouse, Caspian Tern, Grey-headed Bush-shrike, Sandwich Tern, Kelp Gull.
06/03 FARABA TANNEH TRACK:
Pearl-spotted Owlet, Klaas’s Cuckoo, Pygmy Kingfisher, Long-crested Eagle, Bruce’s and African Green Pigeons, Yellow White-eye, Red-winged Warbler, Brown-necked Parrot.
KAMPANTY RICE FIELD:
Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike, Gabar Goshawk, African Pied Hornbill, Martial Eagle, Woodland Kingfisher, Grasshopper Buzzard, Bateleur, Bearded Barbet, Ruppell’s Griffon Vulture, Verreaux’s Eagle Owl, White-backed Vulture, African Harrier Hawk.
07/03 TENDABA BOAT TRIP:
Goliath Heron, Malachite Kingfisher, African Fish Eagle, White-backed Night Heron, Sacred Ibis, Mouse-brown Sunbird, Hadada Ibis, Woolly-necked Stork, Marsh Harrier, Yellow-billed Stork, Great Comorant, Montagu’s Harrier, Blue-breasted Kingfisher, White-throated Bee-eater.
BATELLING BUSH TRACK:
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow Weaver, Beaudouin’s Snake Eagle, Common Kestrel, Spotted Thick-knee, Bronze-winged Courser, Black Wood-hoopoe, Vieillot’s Barbet, Abyssinian Ground Hornbill, Brown-rumped Bunting, White-shouldered Black Tit, Brown Snake Eagle, Brown-backed Woodpecker, Striped Kingfisher, Red-rumped Swallow, Whistling Cisticola, Senegal Batis, Pygmy Long-tailed Sunbird, African Golden Oriole, Brubru, Standard-winged Nightjar.
08/03 TENDABA AIRPORT:
Four-banded Sandgrouse, Wahlberg’s Eagle, Cut-throat Finch, African Hobby, African Hawk Eagle, Bruce’s Green Pigeon, Spur-winged Goose, Stone Partridge, Abyssinian Roller, Bronze-winged Courser, White Helmetshrike, Grey Kestrel, Northern Crombec, Rufous-crowned Roller, Pin-tailed Whydah, Red-billed Quelea.
KIANG WEST NATIONAL PARK:
African Green Pigeon, Bateleur, Spotted Thick-knee, Black-shouldered Kite, Tawny Eagle, Violet-backed Starling, Short-toed Eagle, Grey-headed Bush-shrike, Viellot’s Barbet, Standard-winged Nightjar, Black-headed Plover, White-backed Vulture, Sulphur-breasted Bush-shrike, Ruppell’s Griffon Vulture.
10/03 BONTO FOREST:
Northern White-faced Owl, Snowy-crowned Robin Chat, Stone Partridge, Common Wattle-eye, Grey-headed Bristlebill, White-spotted Flufftail, Little Greenbul, Verreaux’s Eagle Owl, White-throated Bee-eater, Ahanta Francolin, Green Turaco, Green Hylia, African Goshawk.
11/03 FARABA BANTA BUSH TRACK:
Greyish Eagle Owl, Bronze-winged Courser, Dark Chanting Goshawk, African Hawk Eagle, Green-winged Pytilia, Brown-rumped Bunting, Yellow-bellied Hyliota, White-backed Vulture, Batis, Long-crested Eagle, Pygmy Long-tailed Sunbird, Spotted Thick-knee, Grasshopper Buzzard, Brubru, Common Kestrel, Tree Pipit, Striped Kingfisher.
16/03 BOAT TRIP GEORGETOWN:
African Finfoot, Hadada Ibis, Crimson Seedcracker, Swallow-tailed Bee-eater, White-backed Night Heron, Swamp Flycatcher. African Hawk Eagle, Goliath Heron, Mosque Swallow, Northern Carmine Bee-eater, European Bee-eater, Grey-headed Kingfisher, Western Banded Snake Eagle, Spur-winged Goose, Red-necked Buzzard, African Spoonbill, African Fish Eagle, Hadada Ibis, Woolly-necked Stork, African Blue Flycatcher, Yellow-billed Stork.
17/03 BANSANG QUARRY AND KUNKILLING FOREST:
Red-throated Bee-eater, Short-toed Eagle, Exclamatory Paradise Whydah, Sudan Golden Sparrow, Zitting Cisticola, Bar-breasted Firefinch, Ruppell’s Griffon Vulture, Speckle-fronted Weaver, Grey-headed Bush-shrike, Booted Eagle, Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike, Chestnut-backed Sparrow Lark, White-backed Vulture, Green-winged Pytilia, Cinnamon-breasted Bunting , Adamawa Turtle Dove, Ayres’s Hawk Eagle, Leaflove, Mottled Spinetail, African Hobby.
18/03 JAHALI RICE FIELD AREA:
Black Coucal, Marabou Stork, Little Bittern, Bateleur, White-headed Vulture, African Pygmy Goose, Yellow-backed Weaver, Red-rumped Swallow, Little Green Bee-eater, Knob-billed Duck, Tawny Eagle, Glossy Ibis, White-backed Vulture, Winding Cisticola, Levaillant’s Cuckoo, European Turtle Dove.
21/03 ABUKO NATURE RESERVE:
Buff-spotted Woodpecker, Green Turaco, Grey-headed Bristlebill, Common Wattle-eye, Collared Sunbird, African Paradise Flycatcher, Yellowbill, Little Greenbul, Green Crombec, Pygmy Kingfisher , Ayres’s Hawk Eagle, Western Bluebill, Ahanta Francolin, Giant Kingfisher, Yellow-breasted Apalis, Swallow-tailed Bee-eater, Lanner Falcon,Yellow-throated Leaflove, Violet Turaco, Lesser Honeyguide, Oriole Warbler ,Palm Nut Vulture, Snowy-crowned Robin Chat, Orange-cheeked Waxbill.
LAMIN RICE FIELD:
Painted Snipe, Black Egret, Black-shouldered Kite, Dwarf Bittern, Fine-spotted Woodpecker, Blue-breasted Kingfisher, Northern White-faced Owl, Squacco Heron, Northern Black Flycatcher, Red-necked Falcon, Striated Heron, Pearl-spotted Owlet, Lanner Falcon, Double-spurred Francolin, Black Crake, Common Moorhen, Klaas’s cuckoo, Bearded Barbet.
22/03 MARAKISSA WOOD:
Grey-headed Kingfisher, Cardinal Woodpecker, African Scops Owl, Golden-tailed Woodpecker, Western Banded Snake Eagle, Painted Snipe, Dwarf Bittern, Bruce’s Green Pigeon, Violet Turaco, African Fish Eagle, Yellow White-eye, Greater, Lesser and Spotted Honeyguides, African Hawk Eagle, Fine-spotted Woodpecker, African Green Pigeon, White Helmetshrike, Giant Kingfisher.
23/03 BUND ROAD / BANJUL:
Yellow-billed Stork, Greater Flamingo, Northern Gannet, Yellow-legged Gull, Black Egret, White-breasted Cormorant (lucidus), Great White Pelican, Audouin’s Gull, Sacred Ibis, Kittlitz’s Plover, Ruff, Pied Avocet, Eurasian Curlew, Slender-billed Gull, Royal Tern, Gull-billed Tern, Sandwich Tern.
24/03 PIRANG AREAS:
Pearl-spotted Owlet, White-throated Bee-eater, African Spoonbill, Crested Lark, Pied Avocet, Goliath Heron, Marsh Harrier, Yellow-billed Stork, Quail Finch, Greater Flamingo, Cut-throat Finch, Red-billed Quelea, Malachite Kingfisher, Oystercatcher, Long-crested Eagle, Palm Nut Vulture, Black-shouldered Kite.
26/03 GUNJUR FOOTSTEP AREA:
Red-necked Falcon, Grey Kestrel, Double-spurred Francolin, Stone Partridge, African Paradise Flycatcher, Great White Pelican, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Singing Cisticola, Klaas’s Cuckoo, African Pied Hornbill, Common Wattle-eye, Lizard Buzzard, Black-shouldered Kite, Bruce’s Green Pigeon, Yellow-crowned Gonolec, Nothern Puffback, Black-rumped Waxbill, Swallow-tailed Bee-eater, Violet Turaco, Black-necked Weaver, Rufous-crowned Roller, Snowy-crowned Robin Chat, Stone Partridge, Fine-spotted Woodpecker.
07/02 KOTU AREA: Lizard Buzzard, Common Moorhen, Painted Snipe, Goliath Heron, Oriole Warbler, Purple Heron, African Spoonbill, Sacred Ibis, Zitting Cisticola, Red-necked Falcon, Shikra, Lanner Falcon, Purple Swamphen, Black Crake, Grey Plover, African Crake, Black Egret, Little Ringed Plover, Abyssinian Roller, Klaas’s Cuckoo, Mottled Spinetail, Malachite, Blue-breasted, Pygmy and Giant Kingfishers, Swallow-tailed Bee-eater, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Violet Turaco, Bearded Barbet, African Harrier Hawk, Lesser Honeyguide, Pied-winged Swallow, Wire-tailed Swallow, Northern Crombec, Snowy-crowned Robin Chat, Subalpine Warbler, Singing Cisticola, Little Weaver, Sedge Warbler, Splendid Sunbird, Northern Puffback, Yellow Crowned Gonolec.
08/02 ABUKO NATURE RESERVE: Green Turaco, Common Wattle-eye, Klaas’s Cuckoo, Malachite Kingfisher, African Paradise Flycatcher, Lanner Falcon, Green Hylia, Little Greenbul, Pygmy Kingfisher, Ahanta Francolin, Giant Kingfisher, Swallow-tailed Bee-eater, Violet Turaco, Bearded Barbet, Lesser Honeyguide, Oriole Warbler, Snowy-crowned Robin Chat, Western Bluebill, Collard Sunbird, Northern Puffback.
LAMIN RICE FIELD: Black Egret, Fine-spotted Woodpecker, Pallid Swift, Black-shouldered Kite, Northern Black Flycatcher, Purple Heron, Striated Heron, Malachite Kingfisher, Painted Snipe, Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird, Pied-winged Swallow, Shikra, Yellow-crowned Bishop, Village Indigobird.
09/02 BRUFUT WOOD: Long-tailed Nightjar, Gabar Goshawk, Copper Sunbird, Western Violet-backed Sunbird, Orange-cheeked Waxbill, Yellow Penduline Tit, Blacked-winged Red Bishop, Green Turaco, Greater Honeyguide, Northern White-faced Owl, Pin-tailed Whydah, Yellow White-eye, Red-winged Warbler.
TANJI BIRD RESERVE AND BEACH AREA: Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Swallow-tailed Bee-eater, Variable Sunbird, African Pied Hornbill, Caspian Tern, Audouin’s Gull, Royal Tern, Sandwich Tern, Kelp Gull, Ringed Plover.
10/02 FARASUTU FOREST: Wahlberg’s Eagle, Four-banded Sandgrouse, Ahanta Francolin, White-backed Night Heron, Greyish Eagle Owl, Greater Honeyguide, Spotted Honeyguide, Klaas’s Cuckoo, Lesser Honeyguide, Yellow-breasted Apalis, Red-shouldered Cuckoo Shrike.
FARABA BANTA BUSH TRACK: Booted Eagle, Sulphur-breasted Bush-shrike, Whistling Cisticola, African Green Pigeon, Yellow Bellied Hyliota, Yellow White-eye, Brown-necked Parrots, Dark Chanting Goshawk, Pygmy Long-tailed Sunbird, Rufous Cisticola, Common Redstart, Whinchat, Brubru, Common Kestrel, Cardinal Woodpecker, African Hawk Eagle, Brown-backed Woodpecker, Striped Kingfisher.
BONTO FOREST: Ahanta Francolin, Common Wattle-eye, African Goshawk, Grey-headed Bristlebill, Pygmy Kingfisher, Little Greenbul, Wood Owl, Black-rumped Waxbill, Snowy-crowned Robin Chat, Buff-spotted Woodpecker, Stone Partridge, White-throated Bee-eater, Green Turaco, Green Crombec, Verreaux’s Eagle Owl, Northern White-faced Owl.
11/02 TUJERENG WOOD: White-fronted Black Chat, Dark Chanting Goshawk, Temminck's Courser, Batis, Striped Kingfisher, Cardinal Woodpecker, Singing Bush Lark, Rufous Cisticola, Lanner Falcon, Spotted Thick-knee, Common Kestrel, White-shouldered Black Tit, Black-headed Plover, Vieillot’s Barbet, Whistling Cisticola, Red-winged Warbler, Hoopoe, Brown-backed Woodpecker.
KARTONG: Reed Warbler, Chestnut-backed Sparrow Lark, Common Snipe.
12/02 MARAKISSA WOOD: African Scops Owl, Black Scimitarbill, White Helmetshrike, African Fish Eagle, Pygmy Kingfisher, Black Crake, Western Bluebill, White-breasted Cuckoo Shrike, Black Egret, Violet Turaco, Yellow White-eye, Greater and Spotted Honeyguides, Fine-spotted Woodpecker, Red-bellied Paradise Flycatchers.
SIFFOE WATER HOLE AREAS: Cut-throat Finch, Western Banded Snake Eagle, Vieillot’s Barbet, Bronze-tailed, Lesser Blue-eared ,Greater Blue-eared and Purple Glossy Starlings, Red-billed Quelea, Scarlet-chested Sunbird, Violet Turaco.
16/02 PIRANG AREAS: Pearl-spotted Owlet, Long-crested Eagle, White-throated Bee-eater, Cut-throat Finch, Brown Snake Eagle, Crested Lark, Yellow-billed Stork, Plain-backed Pipit, Marsh Harrier, Red-billed Quelea, Black-faced Quailfinch, Yellow-throated Leaflove, Wahlberg’s Eagle, Black-shouldered Kite.
19/02 MANDINABA: Wahlberg’s Eagle, Yellow-billed Oxpecker, Yellow-billed Stork, Long-crested Eagle, Montagu’s Harrier, Bruce’s Green Pigeon, Pearl-spotted Owlet, Grey-headed Kingfisher, African Pied Hornbill, African Golden Oriole, Pied Flycatcher, Grey-headed Bush-shrike, Short-toed Eagle, Yellow-throated Leaflove, Bearded Barbet.
23/02 TUJERENG WOODS: Temminck's Courser, Spotted Thick-knee.
KOTU AREA: Hadada Ibis, Dwarf Bittern, Golden-tailed Woodpecker, Long-tailed Nightjar, Goliath Heron.
KOTU All Month:
African Finfoot, Golden-tailed Woodpecker, Pygmy Sunbird, Painted Snipe, Dwarf Bittern, Little Bittern, Purple Heron, African Spoonbill, Yellow-billed Stork, Hadada Ibis, Sacred Ibis, Red-necked Falcon, Shikra, Lanner Falcon, Common Moorhen, Purple Swamphen, Black Crake, African Crake, Black-headed Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Klaas’s Cuckoo, Mottled Spinetail, Malachite, Grey headed, Blue Breasted, Pygmy and Giant Kingfishers, Swallow-tailed Bee eater, Violet Turaco, Bearded Barbet, Lesser Honeyguide, Pied-winged Swallow, Wire-tailed Swallow, Oriole Warbler, Snowy-crowned Robin Chat, Subalpine Warbler, Singing Cisticola, Sedge Warbler, Northern Puffback, Yellow-crowned Gonolec.
13/01: Bonto Forest,
Verreaux's Eagle Owl, Northern White-faced Owl, Wood Owl, Little Greenbul, Faraba Tanneh Track, Brown-necked Parrot, Bambakuno Forest, Black-faced Firefinch, White-Shouldered Black Tit. European Bee-eater, Brubru, Yellow White-eye, Martial Eagle.
Kampanty Rice Field,
Grasshopper Buzzard, Tawny Eagle, Yellow-billed Stork, Dark Chanting Goshawk, Bateleur, Tendaba Boat Trip, Pel’s Fishing Owl, Goliath Heron, White-backed Night Heron, Woolly-necked Stork, Great Cormorant, Montagu’s Harrier, Malachite and Blue Breasted Kingfishers, White-throated Bee-eater, European Bee-eater, African Darter, Herons.
14/01 Batelling bush track and Kiang West national Park Areas:
Brown Snake Eagle, Bateleur, Wahlberg’s Eagle, White-backed Vulture, Beaudouin's Snake Eagle, Common Kestrel, Bronze-winged Courser, Black-bellied Bustard, Black Scimitarbill, Vieillot’s Barbet, Brown-backed Woodpecker, Chestnut-backed Sparrow Lark, Striped Kingfisher, Red-rumped Swallow, Whistling Cisticola, Senegal Eremomela, Senegal Batis, Pygmy Sunbird, African Golden Oriole, Brown-rumped Bunting, White-rumped Seedeater, Chestnut-crowned Sparrow Weaver, Bronze-tailed Starling, Yellow-billed Oxpecker, Long-tailed Nightjar.
15/01 Tendaba Airport:
Long-crested Eagle, African Hawk Eagle, African Green Pigeon, Bruce’s Green Pigeon, Black-shouldered Kite, Tawny Eagle, Short-toed Eagle, Black-headed Plover, White-backed Vulture, Ruppell's Griffon Vulture, Hooded Vulture.
OTHER SINGTINGS NEWS
TENDABA 15 Jan to 31 Jan
Abyssinian Ground Hornbill, Spotted Thick-knee, Standard-winged Nightjar, Booted Eagle, Peregrine Falcon, Spur-winged Goose, African Spoonbill, Cut-throat Finch.
KAUR WETLAND AND GEORGETOWN AREAS All Month:
All Month, Egyptian Plover, Collared Pratincole, White-headed Lapwing, Black Coucal, Carmine Bee-eater, Little Green Bee-eater, Red-throated Bee-eater, Red-shouldered Shrike, Rufous Scrub Robin, Winding Cisticola, African Blue Flycatcher, African Fish Eagle, Swamp Flycatcher, Sudan Golden Sparrow, Exclamatory Paradise Whydah, Crimson Seedcracker, African Silverbill, Glossy Ibis, Western Banded Snake Eagle, White-headed Vulture, Green-winged Pytilia, Cinnamon-breasted Bunting, Adamawa Turtle Dove, African Collared Dove, Savile’s Bustard, Gabar Goshawk, African Hobby.
BASSE AREA:
Chestnut-bellied Starling, Yellow-bellied Hyliota, Common Nightingale, Northern Anteater Chat, Plain-backed Pipit, Singing Bush Lark, Carmine Bee-eater, Egyptain Plover, Lappet-faced Vulture, White-headed Vulture, White-backed Vulture, Red-necked Buzzard, Ayres’s Hawk Eagle, Temminck’s Courser. DANKUNKU: Black-crowned Crane.
18/01 BRUFUT WOOD:
Long-tailed Nightjar, Cardinal Woodpecker, Copper Sunbird, Western Violet-backed Sunbird, Sulphur-breasted Bush-shrike, Orange-cheeked Waxbill, Black-winged Red Bishop, Green Turaco, Violet Turaco, Greater Honeyguide, Northern White-faced Owl, Pin-tailedWhydah, Yellow White-Eye.
TANJI BIRD RESERVE AND BEACH AREA:
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Swallow-tailed Bee-eater, Variable Sunbird, Bearded Barbet, African Pied Hornbill, White Helmetshrike, Four-banded Sandgrouse, Caspian Tern, Royal Tern, Sandwich Tern, Kelp Gull, Ringed Plover.
19/01 FARASUTU FOREST:
Greyish Eagle Owl, Spotted Honeyguide, White-backedNight Heron, Lesser Honeyguide, Yellow-breasted Apalis, Grey Kestrel,
FARABA BANTA BUSH TRACK:
Booted Eagle, Dark Chanting Goshawk, African Hawk Eagle, Red-winged Pytilia, Yellow-bellied Hyliota, Senegal Batis, Pygmy Sunbird, Spotted Thick-knee, Greyish Eagle Owl, Rufous Cisticola, Common Redstart, Whinchat, Northern Wheatear, Brubru, Common Kestrel, Gabar Goshawk, Tree Pipit, Cardinal Woodpecker, Brown-backed Woodpecker, Striped Kingfisher.
21/01 BONTO FOREST:
Common Wattle-Eye, Grey-headed Bristlebill, Little Greenbul, Wood Owl, Verreaux’s Eagle Owl, Black-rumped Waxbill, Snowy-crowned Robin Chat, Buff-spotted Woodpecker, Stone Partridge, White-throated Bee-eater, Green Turaco, Green Hylia, African Goshawk.
TUJERENG WOOD: White-fronted Black Chat, Brubru, Senegal Batis, Red-winged Warbler, Striped Kingfisher, Cardinal Woodpecker, Brown-backed Woodpecker, Lanner Falcon, Common Kestrel, White-shouldered Black Tit, Black-headed Plover, Vieillot’s Barbet, Whistling Cisticola, Dark Chanting Goshawk, Brown Snake Eagle.
22/01 MARAKISSA WOOD:
African Scops Owl, Western Banded Snake Eagle, Pygmy Kingfisher, Black Crake, Black Egret, Violet Turaco, African Fish Eagle, Yellow White-eye, Allen’s Gallinule, Greater, Lesser and Spotted Honeyguides, Fine-spotted Woodpecker, Paradise Flycatchers, White Helmetshrike, Giant Kingfisher.
SIFFOE WATER HOLE AREAS:
Long-crested Eagle, Cut-throat Finch, Bronze-tailed, Lesser Blue-eared,Greater Blue-eared and Purple Glossy Starlings, Red-billed Quelea, Scarlet-chested Sunbird, Pied Flycatcher, Yellow-bellied Hyliota, Yellow Penduline Tit, Rufous Cisticola, Violet Turaco, Grey-headed Kingfisher, Mottled Spinetail.
23/0 PIRANG AREAS:
Pearl-spotted Owlet, White-throated Bee-eater, Crested Lark, Lanner Falcon, Marsh Harrier, Quail Finch, Cut-throat Finch, Red-billed Quelea, Yellow-throated Leaflove, Malachite Kingfisher, Long-crested Eagle, Wahlberg’s Eagle, Black-shouldered Kite.
BUND ROAD:
Yellow-billed Stork, Woolly-necked Stork, Black Egret, Great White Pelican, Curlew Sandpiper, Ruff, Pied Avocet, Slender-billed Gull, Royal Tern, Gull-billed Tern, Little Tern, Sandwich Tern, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Little Ringed Plover, Grey Wagtail, Red-chested Swallow, Barn Swallow, Wire-tailed Swallow.
Kotu Area (All month)
Long-tailed Cormorant, Black Egret, Purple Heron, White-faced Whistling Duck, Sacred Ibis, Palm Nut Vulture, Harrier Hawk, Black-shouldered Kite, Shikra, Lizard Buzzard, Red-necked Falcon, Double-spurred Francolin, Black Crake, Painted Snipe, Common Moorhen, Little Ringed Plover, Ringed Plover, Black-headed Plover, Wattled Plover, Wood Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Common Redshank, Klaas's Cuckoo, Green Wood Hoopoe, Little Swift, Giant Malachite, Grey-headed, Blue-breasted and Pygmy Kingfishers, Abyssinian Roller, Broad-billed Roller, Rufous-crowned Roller, Swallow-tailed Bee-eater, Little Bee-eater, Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird, Bearded Barbet, Golden-tailed Woodpecker, Lesser Honeyguide, Fine Spotted Woodpecker, Wire-tailed Swallow, Red-chested Swallow, African Golden Oriole, Oriole Warbler, Yellow-throated Leaflove, Brown Babbler, Robin Chats, Olivaceous Warbler, Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Zitting Cisticola, Crombec, Flycatchers, Sunbirds, Starlings, Bishops, Weavers, Waxbills and Finches.
02/12 Abuko Nature Reserve
Green Turaco, Violet Turaco, Little Greenbul, Pygmy Kingfisher, Giant Kingfisher, Western Bluebill, Black-crowned Night Heron, African Goshawk, Lanner Falcon, Buff-spotted Woodpecker, Green Hylia, Blue-spotted Wood Dove, Yellowbill, Pied Hornbill, Greater Honeyguide, Pied-winged Swallow, Fanti Saw Wing, Oriole Warbler, Grey-headed Bristlebill, Yellow-breasted Apalis, Paradise Flycatchers, Copper, Collared and Scarlet-chested Sunbirds, Black-necked Weaver, Orange-cheeked Waxbill, Northern Puffback, Common Wattle-eye, Snowy-crowned Robin Chat.
Lamin Rice Field.
Striated Heron, Black Egret, Purple Heron, Black-shouldered Kite, Common Snipe, Painted Snipe, Senegal Thick-knee, Jacana, Greenshank, Pearl-spotted Owlet, Woodland Kingfisher, Blue-bellied Roller, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Northern Black Flycatcher, Bishops, Grey Woodpecker, Hornbills, Swifts and Doves.
04/12 Brufut Wood
White-faced Scops Owl, Cardinal Woodpecker, Black Wood-hoopoe, Sulphur-breasted Bush Shrike, Bronze-tailed Starling, Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike, Green Turaco, Yellow-crowned Gonolec, Splendid Sunbird, Pied Flycatcher, Long-tailed Nightjar, Red-winged Warbler, Rufous Cisticola, Ahanta Francolin, African Green Pigeon, Common Kestrel, Gabar Goshawk, Dark Chanting Goshawk.
Tanji Bird Reserve / Beach Site
Four-banded Sandgrouse, White Helmet Shrike, Grey-headed Bush-shrike, Vieillot's Barbet, Violet Turaco, Striped Kingfisher, Royal Tern, Caspian Tern, Sandwich Tern, Yellow-legged Gull, Kelp Gull, Grey-headed Gull, Ringed Plover, Sanderlings, Godwits, Turnstone, Herons and Egrets.
05/12 Bonto Forest
Brown-necked Parrots, Green Crombec, African Wood Owl, Western Bluebill, Green Turaco, White-faced Scops Owl, Little Greenbul, Verreaux's Eagle Owl, Pied Hornbill, Ahanta Francolin, Yellowbill, Yellow-breasted Apalis, Black-rumped Waxbill, White-throated Bee-eater, African Goshawk.
Farasutu Forest (afternoon visit)
Greyish Eagle Owl, Spotted, Lesser and Greater Honeyguides, Green-headed Sunbird, Collared Sunbird, Bearded Barbet, Black-headed Plover, Sulphur-breasted Bush-shrike, Grey-headed, Giant, Blue-breasted and Malachite Kingfishers, Leaflove, Babblers, Long-crested Eagle,(Crocodiles).
19/12 Bijilo Park
White-throated Bee-eater, Stone Partridge, Snowy-crowned Robin Chat, Red-necked Falcon, Broad-billed Roller, Violet Turaco, Grey-headed Bristlebill, Common Wattle-eye, African Paradise Flycatcher, Copper Sunbird, African Pied Hornbill, Swallow-tailed Bee-eater, Pygmy Kingfisher, Klaas's Cuckoo.
21/12 Faraba Banta Bush Track
Greyish Eagle Owl, Spotted Thick-knee, Pygmy Sunbird, Lesser Honeyguide, White-shoulder Black Tit, Yellow-bellied Hyliota, Pied Flycatcher, Brubru, Batis, Grey-headed Bush Shrike, Bush Petronia, Cut-throat Finch, Red-winged Pytilia, Martial Eagle, Grey Kestrel, Brown Snake Eagle, Dark Chanting Goshawk, White-faced Scops Owl, African Hawk Eagle, White-backed Vulture, Lizard Buzzard.
Faraba Tanneh area
Pearl Spotted Owlet, Verreaux’s Eagle Owl, Brown-necked Parrot, Woodland Kingfisher, Pygmy Kingfisher, Klaas’s Cuckoo, Yellow White-eye, Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird, African Green Pigeon, Double-spurred Frankolin, Long-crested Eagle, Wahlberg’s Eagle, Northern Puffback.
From 01/11 to 30/11, Egyptian Plover has been seen at Soma Wetland.
Kotu Area (All Month)
Northern Crombec, Golden-tailed Woodpecker, Wire-tailed Swallow, Black Egret, Purple Heron, Striated Heron, Giant Malachite, Blue-breasted, Grey-headed and Pied Kingfishers, Sacred Ibis, Whistling Duck, Hoopoe, Red-necked Falcon, Palm Nut Vulture, African Crake, Plovers, Weavers, Sandpipers, Gulls, Terns, Doves, Bee-eaters, Hornbills, Woodpeckers, Warblers, Robin Chats, Flycatchers, Sunbirds, Gonolecs, Starlings, Firefinch.
03/11
Abuko Nature Reserve
3 Ahanta Francolins, Western Bluebill, Green and Violet Turaco, Buff-spotted Woodpecker, Giant Kingfisher, Yellow-breasted Apalis, Collared Sunbird, Green Crombec (uncommon).
Lamin Rice Field
Yellow-crowned Bishop (rare), Northern White-faced Owl, Black Egret, African Jacana, Common Moorhen, Fine-spotted Woodpecker Black Crake.
04/11 Brufut Wood
2 Sulphur-breasted Bush-shrike, Cardinal Woodpecker, Pin-tailed Whydah, Red-winged Warbler, Orange-cheeked Waxbill, Yellow White-eye, Long-tailed Nightjar, Verreaux's Eagle Owl.
06/11 Tanji Bird Reserve
8 Four-banded Sandgrouse, Swallow-tailed Bee-eater, Grey-headed Bush-shrike, Tree Pipit, Yellow-crowned Gonolec, Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird.
Tanji Beach area
Terns, Gulls, Godwits, Sanderling, Turnstone, Osprey, Herons, Egrets.
08/11 Tujereng Wood
Black-headed Plover, Brubru, White-shouldered Black Tit, White-fronted Black Chat, Western Violet-backed Sunbird, Yellow Penduline Tit, Gabar Goshawk, Long-crested Eagle, Short-toed Eagle, Common Kestrel, Osprey, Dark Chanting Goshawk, Warblers, Cisticolas, Sunbirds, Woodpeckers.
09/11 Marakissa Wood
Western Banded Snake Eagle, Leaflove (rare), Spotted, Lesser and Greater Honeyguides, African Fish Eagle, African Scops Owl,
Crakes, Dwarf Bittern (rare), White-crested Helmet Shrike, Green Pigeon, Black-winged and Northern Red Bishops.
Darsilami Wetland
Palm Nut Vulture, Pink-backed and Great White Pelicans, Long-crested Eagle, Shikra, Kingfishers, Herons, Spoonbills, Egrets, Rollers, Wagtails.
14/11 Farasutu Forest
African Goshawk (uncommon), Green-headed Sunbird, Wood Owl (rare), Collared Sunbird, Greyish Eagle Owl (uncommon), Honeyguides, Herons, Thick-knee, Plovers, Kingfishers, Starlings.
16/11 Bonto Forest
Now among the best birding sites around the coastal area. White Spotted Flufftail (very rare), 2 Yellowbills, Green Crombec (uncommon), White-throated Bee-eater, Brown-necked Parrots (7 in flight), Green Hylia, Black-rumped Waxbill, Orange-cheeked Waxbill, Western Bluebill, Little Greenbull, Common Wattle-eye, Cardinal Woodpecker, Verreaux's Eagle Owl, Northern White-faced Owl, Wood Owl, Green Pigeon.
Faraba Bush Track Bateleur in flight, Spotted Thick-knee, Rufous Cisticola, Green-winged Pytilia, Grey-headed Bush-shrike, Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike, Sunbirds, Brubru, Senegal Batis, Ayres's Hawk Eagle, Booted Eagle, Common Kestrel, Dark Chanting Goshawk, Brown Snake Eagle.
28/11 Tanneh Faraba
12 Brown-necked Parrots, Northern Puffback, Whistling Cisticola, Pearl Spotted Owlet.
Bamakuno Forest
2 Black-faced Firefinch, Black-winged Red Bishop, White-shouldered Black Tit, Yellow White-eye, Brubru.
Kampanty
Harrier Hawk, Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike, White-backed Vulture, Brown Snake Eagle, Bateleur, Woodland Kingfisher, Verreaux's Owl.
Kanlagi Bridge
2 White-headed Vultures, Long-crested Eagle, Little Swift, Herons, Egrets, 3 African Spoonbills, Starlings, Booted Eagle.
29/11 Boat Trip from Tendaba
White-crested Tiger Heron (uncommon), Goliath Heron, White-backed Night Heron, African Fish Eagle, White-throated Bee-eater, Martial Eagle, Peregrine Falcon, Montagu's Harrier, Kingfishers, Herons, Egrets, Thick-knee, Pelicans.
Tendaba Airport Area
African Green Pigeon, Greenshank, Sandpipers, Terns, Wahlberg's Eagle, Hoopoes, Hornbills, Woodpeckers, Crested Lark.
30/11 Batelling Bush Track
4 Abyssinian Ground Hornbills, 2 Bateleurs, African Hawk Eagle, African Pygmy Sunbird, Brubru, Yellow-bellied Hyliota, Brown-rumped Bunting, Beaudouin’s Snake E