The Hornbill

Operation Pangolin

Ghana 2017

Didn't have any internet for last week or so, so here's a quick photo summary of each day. Full trip report to follow. 

DAY 10

Today we drove to Atewa and stopped off at the Nyame Forest- a great spot for butterflies.

Blue Diadem (cheers Nik Borrow for id) 

Black Cuckoo- the red-throated race

Crested Malimbe

Preus's Cliff Swallow and Barn Swallow

Birding in the village 

Our day ended at Old Tafo- a site a major Straw Coloured Bat roose 

DAY 9

We spent the morning at Hans Cottage and Kakum before heading over to the Picathartes site. 

Orange Weaver

Village Weaver 

Monitor Lizard sp at Hans Cottage

Piping Hornbill 

Squirrel sp, Hans Cottage 

Viellot's Black Weaver and Village Weaver 

Black Spinetails- an incredible 20+ at the Picathartes site 

DAY 8

We spent the morning at Ankasa Forest and then travelled east stopping of at Brunu beach road on the way. 

Senegal Thick-knee

African Harrier Hawk

DAY 7

Another great day exploring the forests at Ankasa.

Black Bee-eater 

Bronze Manakin 

Pied Hornbill 

Grey-headed Sparrow 

Cuckoo Hawk 

DAY 6

A day exploring the forests of Ankasa. 

 Great Blue Turaco

Red-billed Helmet Shrike 

Fledgling Red-billed Helmet Shrike 

Elephant skull at Ankasa

Sound recording in the forest 

Hartlaub's Ducks 

DAY 5

Today we journeyed from Kakum to Ankasa. 

 Pale morph Ayres's Hawk Eagle 

DAY 4

A great day at Kakum.

 Black Dwarf Hornbill

 Tambourine Dove

 Chestnut-capped Flycatcher

 Sabine's Puffback

 Olivaceous Flycatcher

Pel's Anomalure (Flying squirrel)

Ghana Day 3, Journey to Kakum NP

Took a leisurely journey west today stopping at Winneba Plains, Cape Coast Lagoons, arrived at Han Cottage Botel and then did some night birding around Brimsu Reservoir.

From top down: White-throated Bee-eater, Yellow-billed Kite, African Hobby, Lesser Black-winged Lapwing, Long-tailed Cormorant, Plain-backed Pipit, African Pygmy Goose and Long-tailed Nightjar.

Ghana Day 2 Shai Hills

Spent this morning in the Shai Hills and on the way back to Afia Beach we popped into Sakumono Lagoon again. Here's a few picture highlights:

Olive Baboon - a good population in Shai Hills Reserve

Female Kob, Shai Hills

Mauretanian Tomb Bat- a colony at Shai Hills. Also passed a colony of Straw-coloured Fruit Bats in Accra.

Pied Kingfisher at Sakumono

Grey Hornbill

Piping Hornbill- an ususual find at Shai Hills

Grey-backed Camaroptera

Viellot's Barbet

Yellow-throated Longclaw

African Monarch

Large garnet minerals in most of the rocks at Shai Hills. The geology is composed of garnet gneiss- a distinctive wavy pattern rock.

Team 2017