Egyptian Plover in Gambia (1 Viewer)

[cwpbirder]

I’m wondering if anyone has info on whether Egyptian Plover can be seen in Gambia at the end of February? I see that most birding tours run in November or December…….

 

[Bubbs]

If you are on Facebook then the ‘Gambia and Senegal Birding’ forums are a great source of info.

 

[temmie]

The wetlands at Kaur and Njau are the obivous stake-outs (as in: most sightings closest to Banjul).
The lack of sightings in February (/ after most birders visit, i.e. in Winter) can most likely be attributed to the lack of visiting birdwatchers.

 

[Farnboro John]

The wetlands at Kaur and Njau are the obivous stake-outs (as in: most sightings closest to Banjul).
The lack of sightings in February (/ after most birders visit, i.e. in Winter) can most likely be attributed to the lack of visiting birdwatchers.

Not necessarily. We got Egyptian Plover in January with a guide but there was one bird at a site that held eight earlier and our guide was positive that this was movement not hunting (to be fair there were still plenty of other bird species present, many with more meat on). They move from "wintering" sites from January onwards.

John

 

[cwpbirder]

Thanks all for the info……..

 

[Steve Lister]

It is about 30 years ago but I once visited The Gambia in April and saw Egyptian Plover upriver at Basse.

 

[temmie]

Not necessarily. We got Egyptian Plover in January with a guide but there was one bird at a site that held eight earlier and our guide was positive that this was movement not hunting (to be fair there were still plenty of other bird species present, many with more meat on). They move from "wintering" sites from January onwards.

John

Most likely I said, and this is based on the fact they were present in Wassadou March 2023. Wassadou is a known stake-out in Senegal on the Gambia river, and so my gut feeling is that they will be present as long as there is water (which I don't know in the kase of Kaur and Jau as they aren't connected to e.g. the riverine watersystem). If not present they'll probably be at a place with permanent water, e.g. the Gambia river.