Ghana, Day One, Hans Cottage

 Piping Hornbill

 Yellow-billed Kite

 Orange Weaver (male above, female below)

Crocodile on the footpath ahead (we went back the way we came)

 

First day in Ghana, travelled towards Kakum and on arrival nearby just did a bit of birding around the hotel (Hans Cottage). Up at five tomorrow to head into the reserve. 

Back to Africa

If my visa actually gets here in time I'll be going back to Ghana at the end of this week. I was last there in 1997, working as a geologist (stealth birding) as part of my MSc.  I spent about four months there and had a great time.
Going to re-visit Kakum and the famous canopy walkway (pic above in 1997) so basically pretty excited about it all and seeing how things have changed in a decade and a half.

Yellow Feverish

I'm off to Ghana, West Africa at the end of this week (if my visa gets here). Anyway I've been injected with polio, typhoid, hepatitis and yellow fever a few days ago and now feeling rather feverish and delirious.

So I've been spinning round the obs on my own writing dittys about pelagics and dreaming that Mila Kunis is my nurse (and is currently in the kitchen making me a hot honey and lemon) 

The Pelagic Song (Azores)

The Pelagic Song (UK)

'Can you get me a Jaffa cake too dear'

WASP TRAILER

Here's a trailer for our new video WASP.

Here's a song preview.



A track about the public and nature.

STOP THE INCINERATOR STORM THE COUNCIL MEETING

This is the group that I've just joined!! Oh oh .

And just to reassert my neutrality on everything but the ecological aspects of this application here is the latest statement from Viridor:

http://www.viridor.co.uk/news-blogs/show/kittens-rescued-at-beddington-landfill

Two ticks!

 Bomber! I got one :-)

 December Moth- finally caught one- a first for Beddington

Palpita Vitrealis- another first for Beddington 

 Large Wainscot feeding on Del Monte fruit cocktail juice

 Silver Y hiding on my bins

Autumn street trees- a snap from work this morning

Stonechats Etc

 

 Female Stonechat

 Male Stonechat

 Hawthorn in flower and fruit at same time (no frosts yet so a lot of plants are re-flowering)

Wytch Elm (tree tick) also shown a Buckthorn today- thanks Frankie

Leafhopper- lots of these on the brambles by the hide and a few in the light trap too