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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!
A great Catharacta Skua at sea on 26th October. Brown or South Polar? Photo: Martin Oomen, 2007. Here you can view two more photos»
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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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