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Dag 5: Kotu Creek and Trail en Belgambia Lodge

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The bridge is a household name among bird tourists in The Gambia. Here they will pick you up a guide who wants to show you around the area. The bridge is in the strip of hotels along the coast. We mainly go there to do a boat trip on the creek in a mangrove grove near the bridge. Unfortunately, a large part of the creek is closed, so we don't see much special. It is striking that the curlews can be photographed up close, that is different in the Netherlands. The morning photos were mainly taken near the bridge, partly with the help of a speaker with a 12 minute vireo concert. The vireo is an American songbird. This makes it fun to photograph songbirds. The guides also manage to show us two owls. In the afternoon we see some nice birds around the lodge.

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<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/strigiformes/strigidae/glaucidium perlatum/glaucidium perlatum-en.html">Glaucidium perlatum</a> / Pearl‑spotted owlet / Geparelde dwerguil</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/1250 sec at F5.6, ISO 10000, distance 9.89 m
<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/strigiformes/strigidae/ptilopsis leucotis/ptilopsis leucotis-en.html">Ptilopsis leucotis</a> / Northern white‑faced owl / Noordelijke witwangdwergooruil</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 10000, distance 14.3 m
<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/passeriformes/hirundinidae/hirundo smithii/hirundo smithii-en.html">Hirundo smithii</a> / Wire‑tailed swallow / Roodkruinzwaluw</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 640, distance 6.70 m
<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/passeriformes/estrildidae/spermestes cucullata/spermestes cucullata-en.html">Spermestes cucullata</a> / Bronze mannikin / Gewoon ekstertje</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5, 1/2000 sec at F4.5, ISO 5000, distance 6.35 m
<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/passeriformes/platysteiridae/platysteira cyanea/platysteira cyanea-en.html">Platysteira cyanea</a> / Brown‑throated wattle‑eye / Bruinkeellelvliegenvanger</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5, 1/320 sec at F8.0, ISO 10000, distance 7.91 m
<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/piciformes/picidae/campethera abingoni/campethera abingoni-en.html">Campethera abingoni</a> / Golden‑tailed woodpecker / Goudstaartspecht</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5, 1/800 sec at F8.0, ISO 10000, distance 9.58 m
<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/passeriformes/ploceidae/ploceus cucullatus/ploceus cucullatus-en.html">Ploceus cucullatus</a> / Village weaver / Grote textorwever</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5, 1/640 sec at F5.6, ISO 10000, distance 5.75 m
<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/musophagiformes/musophagidae/crinifer piscator/crinifer piscator-en.html">Crinifer piscator</a> / Western plantain‑eater / Grijze bananeneter</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5, 1/2500 sec at F5.6, ISO 8000, distance 9.71 m
<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/squamata/varanidae/varanus exanthematicus/varanus exanthematicus-en.html">Varanus exanthematicus</a> / Savannah monitor / Steppevaraan</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5, 1/2000 sec at F6.3, ISO 1600, distance 7.35 m
<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/charadriiformes/scolopacidae/numenius arquata/numenius arquata-en.html">Numenius arquata</a> / Eurasian curlew / Wulp</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5, 1/2000 sec at F6.3, ISO 1600, distance 6.87 m
<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/suliformes/phalacrocoracidae/microcarbo africanus/microcarbo africanus-en.html">Microcarbo africanus</a> / Reed cormorant / Afrikaanse dwergaalscholver</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5, 1/2000 sec at F4.5, ISO 2500, distance 11.6 m
<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/pelecaniformes/ardeidae/ardeola ralloides/ardeola ralloides-en.html">Ardeola ralloides</a> / Squacco heron / Ralreiger</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5, 1/2000 sec at F4.5, ISO 320, distance 19.6 m
<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/pelecaniformes/scopidae/scopus umbretta/scopus umbretta-en.html">Scopus umbretta</a> / Hamerkop / Hamerkop</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5, 1/2000 sec at F4.5, ISO 640, distance 21.1 m
<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/passeriformes/hirundinidae/hirundo leucosoma/hirundo leucosoma-en.html">Hirundo leucosoma</a> / Pied‑winged swallow / Bontvleugelzwaluw</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5, 1/2000 sec at F4.5, ISO 250, distance 17.5 m
<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/falconiformes/falconidae/falco biarmicus/falco biarmicus-en.html">Falco biarmicus</a> / Lanner falcon / Lannervalk</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5, 1/2000 sec at F4.5, ISO 640, distance 21.5 m

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