THE SMILING COAST

About "The Smiling Coast"

It is hardly surprising that Gambia is a popular winter destination for birdwatchers and general holidaymakers alike.

Situated strategically on Africa’s west coast, at this time of year this tiny country sees a sumptuous array of resident species joined by vast numbers of migrants from the north, (perhaps parallelling our own movements!).

This talk explores some of the finest habitats in this exotic country including freshwater lagoons, estuaries, mangroves, savannah and ancient gallery forest. Not forgetting of course the lush hotel gardens – tremendous wildlife magnets with dazzling sunbirds, striking gonoleks and prehistoric (but harmless) water monitors all around.