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STOP PRESS 

10th April 2007

Four  new guides recommended by recent visitors.  click on guides above

13th January 2007
Common Starling at Tendaba airfield - Ya Ya Barry of Kingbirders.  click here for details
Kingbirders@hotmail.com

Gambia Birding & Conservation Group to wind up. Following discussions with the membership the decision was taken at the end of December to close the group, primarily because falling membership numbers means that we are no longer cost effective.  Various pieces of work need to be finished or tied up but once that is done the remaining assets will be transferred to The African Bird Club but will be ring fenced so that they can only be used in pursuance of our original aims in The Gambia.

The website will continue to run until such time as the information has been incorporated into the African Bird Club's own website.  Many guides in The Gambia are now also running their own website.

This is a stop press announcement - obviously the website will now need to be amended to take account of the changes, whilst this is being done please bear with us if some of the references to the group are out of date.  But do feel free to contact us with enquiries about the Gambia as we are happy to assist .  You can also add information and sightings,  this will be retained for the record or passed on to the African Bird Club as appropriate when the site is transferred.
 

  • Juvenile Cuckoos at The Senegambia Hotel: Are they Jacobins or Levaillant's - photographs would be welcome.

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    For other recent sightings from Clive  and a particularly interesting piece on breeding Kelp Gulls in Senegambia www.birdsofthegambia.com 
    and page down on the research and sightings page.

    for general Gambia sightings click here
     

    		 The Gambia has to be the most accessible, affordable sub-Saharan African birding for people in the UK. With over 540 different species of bird (together with butterflies, insects, dragonflies and flowers ) in a relatively small area it is so popular that many birders return year after year. 

    This website provides information about the practical aspects of visiting The Gambia for wildlife trips and about birding throughout The Gambia.

    • Use the headings on the side of the page to navigate your way around our site
    • Use the FAQ heading to find answers to the most frequently asked questions.
    • Share you own sightings with other birders.
    • Identify guides recommended by The West African Bird Study Association and visiting birders
    • Order your bird books through our link to Subbuteo Natural History Books. Quote media code 0090 and a % will be directed to The Gambia Birding Group 

      • www.wildlifebooks.com 
      Tel 44 (0)870 010 9700  Fax 00 44 (0)870 010 9699


    Woodland Kingfisher preening. by Eddie Brewer
    Woodland Kingfisher preening.
    One of the photographs taken by the late Eddie Brewer
    Sets of his slides have been copied by The Gambia Birding Group (UK) for use by The Department of Parks and Wildlife Management and by The West Africa Bird Study Association.

    For further information about birding in the Gambia contact info@Gambiabirding.org

    We have tried to design this site so that our colleagues in West Africa can load it quickly.  Please let us know if any pages are taking too long to load.

    This site was last amended on 06/01/2007

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