Did three nights at Makasutu (Mandina Lodge) in Nov: you can bird 'off resort' on your own in the cultural forest: transport will obviously be needed to reach the site as it's some way off the principal routes......plenty of weaver, woodpecker sp, plus African green pigeon, Levaillant's cuckoo, white shouldered black tit, village indigobird, waxbills, northern puffback, oriole warbler, turacos (both), white helmet-shrike, stone partridge, ahanta francolin, yellow-throated leaflove, etc plus many of the others in Mark's report. Probably most stuff you could get elsewhere but there's a good variety in a comparatively small area: however, I believe the resort does receive day visitors and next to the river there are mouse brown sunbird, tawny eagle-goliath is 'pretty easy'-pelicans, and shining blue kingfisher (plus the other kingfishers). White throated bee-eater and pied winged swallow are regular at the resort but I don't think river trips are offered to non residents.
