photo sharing and upload picture albums photo forums search pictures popular photos photography help login
Johannes Rydström Photography | profile | all galleries >> The Gambia – the Tiny Jewel of West Africa tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

The Gambia – the Tiny Jewel of West Africa

(Spring 2012 - The album is being thoroughly revised and updated!)

In 2008 I spent four and a half months in The Gambia writing my BA-essay in Linguistics. I was stationed in Fajara and also took some additional courses at the University of The Gambia in Serrekunda. I was fortunate enough to be able to experience more or less the entire country during my extensive stay. The Gambia is a very small and poor country with – given its size – an astonishing avifauna.

Make sure you view the pictures in original size for the best quality. See size options under each photo. No pictures can be used without permission.
Please contact me on: johannes-rydstrom@hotmail.com for price enquiries.
Laughing Dove, a very common species, Serrekunda Laughing Dove, a very common species, Serrekunda Your everyday Gambian telephone wire. Grey-headed Kingfisher, Red-eyed Dove, Laughing Dove, Red-billed Hornbill at Kotu Creek Grey-headed Kingsfisher, Kotu Creek Little Bee-eater, Kotu Creek
Spur-winged Plover, Kotu Creek Senegal Thick-knee at Kotu Creek Black-headed Plover at Fajara Golf Course Western Grey Plantain-eater, Fajara Immature Hooded Vulture, Kotu Sewage Ponds
Adult Hooded Vulture, Kotu Sewage Ponds Lizard, Kotu Sewage Ponds Lizard, Kotu Sewage Ponds African Pied Hornbill, Kotu Sewage Ponds Red Colubus Monkey protecting its young from the heavy downpour, Abuko
Blue-spotted Wood Dove, Abuko Western Grey Plantain-eater, Abuko Village Weavers cooling off at Lamin Lodge Village Weavers cooling off at Lamin Lodge Village Weavers cooling off at Lamin Lodge
Village Weavers cooling off at Lamin Lodge Green Velvet Monkey at Lamin Lodge. A particularly sneaky individual that stole my wonjo juice at the restaurant! It did not quite manage to drink it all without spilling. Here it is seen cleaning itself after finishing my juice Broad-billed Roller, Old Cape Road Broad-billed Roller, Old Cape Road
Broad-billed Roller, Old Cape Road Displaying male Northern Red Bishop, Old Cape Road Male Copper Sunbird, Old Cape Road Male Northern Red Bishop (Village Weaver in the background), Old Cape Road Local boy fishing for crabs in the mangroves at Old Cape Road
Juvenile Caspian Tern at Old Cape Road Male Northern Red Bishop, Old Cape Road Male Pin-tailed Whydah, Tanji Bird Reserve Royal Terns, the entire flock consisted of about 2000 individuals, Tanji Bird Reserve Crab, Tanji Bird Reserve
Royal Terns, the flock consisted of about 2000 individuals, Tanji Bird Reserve Sandwich Tern, Tanji Bird Reserve Royal Tern, Tanji Bird Reserve Pied Kingfisher, Tanji Bird Reserve Pied Kingfisher, Tanji Bird Reserve
Pied Kingfisher, Tanji Bird Reserve Pied Kingfisher, Tanji Bird Reserve Pied Kingfisher, Tanji Bird Reserve Pied Kingfisher, Tanji Bird Reserve Kelp Gull, Caspian Tern, Royal Tern, and Lesser Black-backed Gull at Tanji Bird Reserve
Male Giant Kingfisher, Bund Road Pink-backed Pelicans, Bund Road Sacred Ibis, Bund Road Kairaba Avenue My taxi stuck in mud, Pirang
Mixed flock of Spoonbills and Black Egrets, Pirang Pair of Quail Finch, Pirang Male Vitelline Masked Weaver constructing its nest at Faraba Banta Bush Track Immature African Pygmy Kingfisher, Faraba Banta Bush Track Immature African Pygmy Kingfisher, Faraba Banta Bush Track
Immature African Pygmy Kingfisher, Faraba Banta Bush Track Broad-billed Roller, Old Cape Road Cattle Egret, Old Cape Road Male Red-billed Firefinch, Yumdum Grey Kestrel, Yumdum
Immature Dark Chanting Goshwak, Yumdum Lesser Blue-eared Glossy Starling at Yumdum Adult African Pygmy Kingfisher, Tanji Bird Reserve Black-headed Plover, Fajara Golf Course Double-spurred Francolin, Fajara Golf Course
Double-spurred Francolin, Fajara Golf Course Blue-bellied Roller, Fajara Golf Course African Harrier Hawk, Fajara Golf Course Piapiac, Fajara Golf Course Piapiac, Fajara Golf Course
Male Black-necked Weaver, Abuko Male Black-necked Weaver, Abuko Hooded Vultures, Abuko Adult Hooded Vulture (not captive) waiting patiently for scraps of meat when the hyenas at Abuko Animal Orphanage are being fed Hooded Vulture (not captive) waiting patiently for scraps of meat when the hyenas at Abuko Animal Orphanage are being fed
Hooded Vulture (not captive) waiting patiently for scraps of meat when the hyenas at Abuko Animal Orphanage are being fed Hooded Vulture (not captive) waiting patiently for scraps of meat when the hyenas at Abuko Animal Orphanage are being fed Hooded Vulture (not captive) waiting patiently for scraps of meat when the hyenas at Abuko Animal Orphanage are being fed Musa Jatta and his four daughters at their home White-throated Bee-eater, Bijilo Forest
Humongous bee hive, Tujereng You will end up with a lot bruises if you penetrate thorny shrub wearing nothing but shorts Abyssinian Roller, Brumang Bridge Pink-backed Pelican feeding its young at the large colony in Kwinella White-crested Helmet Shrike on nest between Batelling and Kwinella
Curious White-crested Helmet Shrikes between Batelling and Kwinella Black-winged Stilt at Kotu Sewage Ponds Spur-winged Plover at Kotu Sewage Ponds African Jacana at Casino Road Spur-winged Plover, Old Cape Road
Abdim's Stork at Old Cape Road, only a handful of records in The Gambia A Polish-ringed (2002) Osprey with a big catch, Tanji Bird Reserve Brown Snake Eagle at Faraba Banta Bush Track Western Grey Plantain-eater, Camaloo Corner Senegal Thick-knee, at its most active during the twilight hours of the day, Old Cape Road
Shikra, Abuko African Fish Eagle, Tendaba Camp Shikra, Tendaba Camp Beaudoin's Snake Eagle, Basse Beaudoin's Snake Eagle, Basse
Sanderlings, Caspian Terns, Whimbrels, Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Grey Herons, Bar-tailed Godwit and Ruddy Turnstone The rare melanistic morph of Gabar Goshawk, Marakissa Juvenile African Harrier Hawk at Marakissa Fine-spotted Woodpecker at Tujereng Greenshank at Denton Bridge
Greenshanks at Denton Bridge Viellot's Barbet in Essau Viellot's Barbet in Essau Children in Kwinella village in front of nesting pelicans Northern Crombec, Kwinella-Batelling
Pink-backed Pelican, Kwinella Pink-backed Pelican, Kwinella Pink-backed Pelican, Kwinella Pink-backed Pelican, Kwinella

comment | share
Karen Moen PM reply 26-Feb-2011 11:49
A friend once told me that Africa had some of the most beautiful birds in the world. This is an impressive variety from one small country. Well done! Voted.
yalda PM reply 26-Feb-2011 11:19
very good
yalda PM reply 26-Feb-2011 11:19
very good
joseantonio PM reply 18-Feb-2011 11:33
Thank you for sharing these beautiful images
Type your message and click Add Comment
It is best to login or register first but you may post as a guest.
Enter an optional name and contact email address. Name
Name Email
help private comment
click on thumbnails for full image