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  1. dandsblair

    Ghana Tour – January 29th to February 16th.

    Dwarf Crocodile It was only when looking at your wildlife list that I realised I forgot to add Dwarf Crocodile which we also saw at Ankasa first pool, hoping your list might add a bird or two but suspect I've got them all:t:
  2. dandsblair

    Ghana Tour – January 29th to February 16th.

    It is a great bird It was a great bird and the country is well worth a trip
  3. dandsblair

    Ghana Tour – January 29th to February 16th.

    So between us we did really well Thanks for the analysis. I'd be interested in seeing your list to see what else we missed. Just goes to show with good luck should be able to get 400+ birds with hopefully most of the Upper Guinea Forest Endemics in a slightly longer or more full on trip...
  4. dandsblair

    Ghana Tour – January 29th to February 16th.

    Summary version of report and trip list In case anyone wants the trip report in a single file. Trip list also attached.
  5. dandsblair

    Ghana Tour – January 29th to February 16th.

    Coconut Grove Resort Coconut Grove Resort – this resort near Cape Coast was an excellent place to spend a few days unwinding with just a little bit of incidental birding. Guests get free access to the Golf Course to play or walk (hire for clubs $3), a Gym, Pool and nice grounds and beach. The...
  6. dandsblair

    Ghana Tour – January 29th to February 16th.

    Last visit to Kakum Rather than a day by day account I’ll post a bit about Coconut Grove Resort in Elmina later – as the resort would make a good base for someone with a non-birding partner who wanted to do days out at Kakum, Brimso, Brenu beach and at a push with a long drive a trip to Bokro...
  7. dandsblair

    Ghana Tour – January 29th to February 16th.

    Bobiri then to the Coast Bobiri then to the Coast - this was planned to be our final day birding. We get off early to visit Bobiri Forest Reserve for the last time. After yesterday’s heavy rain we hope that the birds will be active today. Not a bad start as we see Afep Pigeon sitting out in...
  8. dandsblair

    Ghana Tour – January 29th to February 16th.

    Offinso Forest Reserve and Bobiri Offinso Forest Reserve – before this trip I had heard absolutely nothing about Offinso but a little research flagged it up as an exemplar of regenerating degraded forest from 2009 study extract “…. to a degraded forest reserve in the Ashanti Region of Ghana...
  9. dandsblair

    Ghana Tour – January 29th to February 16th.

    Drive back to Kumasi and Bobiri Drive to Kumasi – After a hearty breakfast, we set off for Kumasi retracing our journey of a few days earlier. We had missed one of our target birds in Mole; a Beaudouin’s Snake Eagle, so for the first 30 miles we were stopping for every likely bird of prey...
  10. dandsblair

    Ghana Tour – January 29th to February 16th.

    Yes - White-headed Sorry - I copied some text from the Ashanti write up.
  11. dandsblair

    Ghana Tour – January 29th to February 16th.

    Mole and surrounds Footnote to yesterday. When we got a back the African Cup of Nation final between Ghana and Ivory Coast had started (Appiah and Cedo would have liked to have been back earlier) but they still saw plenty of football anyway, as it went to extra time and penalties before Ivory...
  12. dandsblair

    Ghana Tour – January 29th to February 16th.

    Yes, be good to look at what we saw in same places We got Plover and Stork but not the Pel's Fishing Owl - but we didn't try too hard as that wasn't a lifer for us.
  13. dandsblair

    Ghana Tour – January 29th to February 16th.

    First full day at Mole Up bright and early, there is no one about, so Victor goes over to the staff quarters and drags someone out to get breakfast started, he effectively did half of the preparation and serving himself so that we have finished breakfast by 6.10, the other group are still...
  14. dandsblair

    Ghana Tour – January 29th to February 16th.

    On to Mole Today was a slightly later start, so it was just first light as we headed out for breakfast and we disturbed two Northern White-faced Owls in the tree right outside reception. Over breakfast Victor suggested that we might want to think about dropping Attewa Range and spending an...
  15. dandsblair

    Ghana Tour – January 29th to February 16th.

    Thanks - Yes Picathartes was a great bird Thanks. Actually now I've looked at how few shots there are of this bird in the Gallery and Opus I'm quite pleased with them. Thanks.
  16. dandsblair

    Ghana Tour – January 29th to February 16th.

    In search of the Pacathartes This was the big day as far as Sarah was concerned, the Yellow-headed Picathartes was the reason she picked Ghana, so today she was really excited about seeing it but also worried. After talking to a few people about how difficult the bird(s) would be to see, one...
  17. dandsblair

    Ghana Tour – January 29th to February 16th.

    Thanks - and agree I don't know what I was thinking - clearly not Cuckoo Hawk. Looking at it on screen now it looks like Gabar Goshawk but from memory it doesn't occur at Kakum and we didn't see one day photo was taken I'll need to look at the field guide and notebooks when I get home.
  18. dandsblair

    Ghana Tour – January 29th to February 16th.

    Bloody camera and lens mount We decided to walk some of the trails just off the road before the 2nd campsite this morning. We finally managed a couple of photographs of Blue-headed Wood Dove this was bird that Sarah missed when she had her fall at Kakum, we then had a little mixed wave, both...
  19. dandsblair

    Ghana Tour – January 29th to February 16th.

    Thanks Glad your enjoying it. Flufftail shot was not as good as I was hoping for, in the morning had the bird appeared where Victor predicted the light would have been perfect for afull frame shot ;) that said we were just happy to see it after missing it twice before.
  20. dandsblair

    Ghana Tour – January 29th to February 16th.

    What weather is best ? Rob Victor said that it was too dry on the trails and after some heavy rain that we would have had better views of Greebuls, Bristlebill's, Illadopsis etc in fact anything that feeds on ants and insects as they would feed on the ground oblivious to us. That said, the...
  21. dandsblair

    Ghana Tour – January 29th to February 16th.

    Ankasa - A little more about the camp Ashanti have recently purchased 5 berth tents with 2 separate sleeping compartments and use them as 2 berth tents giving additional space to guests, so there is plenty of space for luggage. We used our hard case as a seat to make getting dressed etc easier...
  22. dandsblair

    Ghana Tour – January 29th to February 16th.

    On to Ankasa Another early start this morning as we visit the Abrufo Forest section of Kakum National Park. It was actually a very quiet morning with just Rosy Bee-eater, Green Pigeon, Blue-throated Roller, Blue-breasted Kingfisher and Pied Hornbill keeping us interested before we connected...
  23. dandsblair

    Ghana Tour – January 29th to February 16th.

    Kakum continued This afternoon we concentrated our attention on the many trails within and surrounding the park in the Abrufo Farm Bush area and then from the road behind the Stingless Bee Centre. First we tried again but in a different areas for the Fluff-tail, a bird calls back almost...
  24. dandsblair

    Ghana Tour – January 29th to February 16th.

    Another bit of Kakum This morning we visited the Antwikwa section of Kakum National Park for early morning birding hoping to get good perched images of Rosy and Bee-eater’s but first we went to a place where Victor thought we were pretty certain to get close-up views of White-spotted...
  25. dandsblair

    Ghana Tour – January 29th to February 16th.

    Thanks Thanks Dave Looking forward to your Columbia Trip as that is on the plans too.
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