A few pics of the local specialities. Unfortunately no pics of the star bird- Golden Nightjar but managed to get a sound recording (scroll down) and flight views.
Full trip report HERE
Dunn's Lark
Cricket Warbler (Cricket Longtail) at Oued Jenna
Sudan Golden Sparrow at Oued Jenna
African Royal Tern with Sandwich Tern
Male Desert Sparrow
Temminck's Lark
Black-crowned Sparrow Lark
Bar-tailed Desert Lark
Hoopoe Lark
Cream Coloured Courser
Trumpeter Finch
'Desert Grey Shrike' L.e.elegans
'Desert Lanner'
Download version of recording on Xeno Canto HERE
Full trip report on the Wise Birding website HERE
Lovely set of photos Pete and brilliant to share all that migration spectacle with you. Plus a bit of bolving! Thanks for the link too.
ReplyDeleteEpic trip Jaff- book me on the next one! and for a weekend Bolving in Devon!
ReplyDeleteNice set of pics Peter, glad the Hump-back Dolphins are still around, your photo of that looks a bit more Loch Ness Monster tho! Really would like to go back myself for that Golden Nightjar.
ReplyDeleteCheers, Gareth.
Cheers Gareth. So difficult to see the dolphins as usually really choppy in the bay- we got lucky with the weather. Certainly was nessy like!
ReplyDeleteBy the sounds of it Mauritania is even more reliable for Golden Nightjar than WS- new site being discovered with other WP ticks such as the Mousebird and Grey Woodpecker.If your interested and Jaffa (wise birding) pulls off a trip there will let you know.