Monday 19 March 2012

Coues's Arctic Redpoll

The Redpoll flock at Kelling would come in really close...provided you were still and quiet.

Coues's Arctic Redpoll (Carduelis hornemanni exilipes)

Tuesday 6 March 2012

The Gambia February 2012

Photographs from a recent Limosa tour to The Gambia.
Yellow-billed Kite (Milvus parasitus)

Yellow-billed Shrike (Corvinella corvina)


Speckled Pigeon (Columba guinea)



White-crowned Robin-chat (Cossypha albicapilla)


Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia)

Abyssinian Roller (Coracias abyssinica)


Senegal Thick-knee (Burhinus senegalensis)

Black Kite (Milvus migrans)


Beautiful Sunbird (Cinnyris pulchellus)


Green Monkey or Callithrix Monkey (Chlorocebus sabaeus)

Namaqua Dove (Oena capensis)

Yellow-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus africanus)