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Is anyone familiar with this part of Nigeria or do you have contacts of expat or local birders? I may be going out there for a while so it would be good to know something beforehand.
I was down there in the mid 80's and found the birding very productive. I don't have any contacts I'm afraid, but you would probably be able to get some information from any of the big oil companies based there. Shell etc..or through the Hash House Harriers.
Here is a link to Fatbirder, where there is some information on Nigeria, may dig something up from there.
An intimidating, yet thrilling birding experience. Also, I cannot recommend the new Helm Guide to the Birds of Western Africa highly enough. Don't go without it.
Thanks Alister
I was in Bonny Island for 3 years which was excellent for birding (coast / forest) lots of species I saw were miles away according to Borrow/Demey. Before that I was up un N Nigeria which was also good - esp Hadeja Wetlands.
I look regularly at Fatbirder but all Nigeria links are inactive or just a tag webpage (except the recent trip report which is excellent).
The tip about Hash HArriers will befollowed up - did you have any specific locations to visit (if you can recall the names!).
I see you are out i nMalaysia (lucky sod!).
Cheers
There used to be a global search page for the Hash House Harriers, listing which cities, town etc have a chapter. Not sure if Port Harcourt has one, but there a whole bunch of oil companies etc in town, so there should be some social events. I have a couple of non-birding mates working there.
We're off to British Colombia for 3 months on the 28th July, so looking forward to a temperate climate, MAlaysia sounds great, but the birding can be slow, slow slow!! Back here for November though, by far the best month for variety.
Is anyone familiar with this part of Nigeria or do you have contacts of expat or local birders? I may be going out there for a while so it would be good to know something beforehand.
Hi Dan, I'd be very interested to hear about any information or experiences that you gleaned about Port Harcourt, as I am due to be spending a week there on business in mid-October.