The number of birders visiting Senegal
has increased in recent years, but this French-speaking country
cannot yet match the Gambia as the most popular birding destination
in West Africa. This is largely because of the lower travel
costs to the Gambia. However, amongst its many attractions,
Senegal offers excellent seawatching and much better pelagic
trip opportunities than its smaller neighbour. True seawatching
in Senegal is undoubtedly synonymous with Cap Vert. At N'Gor,
only about a mile northwest of central Dakar, there are two
excellent spots for land-based seawatching: Isle N'Gor and the
terrace of Club le Calao. In autumn, the numbers and mix of
seabird species passing probably makes these the best seawatching
sites on the entire eastern Atlantic
seaboard!
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An
outstanding seawatching trip!
Between 5-28th October 2007 we were eight Swedish and
two French birders that visited N'Gor (the north-western tip
of the Cap Vert penisula) and counted the southbound passage
of seabirds daily from the area. Besides seawatch from Calao
and Isle N'Gor we did two pelagics off the Cap Vert peninsula.
While writing up the trip report we could already present some
of the results from our very successfull trip, so feel free
to follow the links above. |
Juvenile Long-tailed Skua at sea off Cap Vert. Photo: Martin
Oomen, Oct. 2007. |
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