Future Tours

Birdfinders is pleased to announce the following new tours, presently in the advanced stages of planning. Notice of interest in these tours is being accepted and those responding will be given first choice when bookings commence.

Cameroon

Cameroon forms the intergrade between Central and West Africa, and harbours a vast range of habitats. We will look for the 26 endemic or near-endemic species, as well as a host of other West African specialities. We will visit Mount Cameroon and Korup National Park, famous for its colonies of Grey-necked Rockfowl. We will also look for the fabled Mount Kupe Bushshrike and other rare endemics, including Bannerman’s Turaco, Banded Wattle-eye and Bannerman’s Weaver.

Senegal

There are a number of Sahel species that are either scare or absent in The Gambia. The new tour will fly into Dakar and visit Djoudj National Park with its globally-endangered Arabian Bustards, little-known River Prinias and spectacular numbers of wintering Palearctic birds. Further north on the Mauritanian border, we will search acacia woodland for two limited-range species: Little Grey Woodpecker and Sennar Penduline-tit as well as Black Scrub-robin. We visit a location where spectacular numbers of Scissor-tailed Kites can be seen coming into roost. The rarely-seen Quail-plover also occurs in the area although Small Buttonquail and Common Quail are more likely. Further east towards the headwaters of The Gambia River, we will visit Niokolo-Koba National Park for African Finfoot and Adamawa Turtle Dove. There will be an element of exploration here as very few birders have visited the area so there is much to be discovered including possibly even Mali Firefinch. Some of the wonderful species we saw on our first visit can be seen in our photo gallery.