Around Bogue

On Saturday 11th August in the early morning, Mohamed Vall and I headed south from Aleg towards Bogue. We were looking particularly for rainy season birds. We visited Lake Jintu and woodland east of the city of Bouge towards Kaedi.

• Two good birds of prey were seen still roosting on the electric pylons between Aleg and Bogue. These were a lanner falcon and barbary falcon
• Lake Jintu looked like it had emptied out during the spring just like Lake Aleg had. This is unusual and caused by extremely poor rains in 2017.
• Lake Jintu had murky water suggesting it had only recently started filling again. So it was too early to get most benefit from the lake this season
• The only rainy season birds were yellow-billed kite and northern red bishop
• Unlike Aleg, blue-cheeked bee-eater is probably partially resident this far south and not counted as a rainy season bird.
• Early palearctic migrants were common sandpiper and woodchat shrike
• In Bogue, very large numbers of African silverbill attracted to grain laid out to dry.

Aleg to Bogue road

lanner falcon 1

lanner falcon 2

barbary falcon 1

barbary falcon 2

barbary falcon 3

Lake Jintu and near-by in Bogue

northern red bishop 1

northern red bishop 2

white-faced whistling duck

northern grey headed sparrow

village indigobird

black-bush robin

black-headed weaver

mostly African silverbill

Aleg-Bogue Road, Brakna, MR

11-Aug-2018 07:30

Lanner Falcon  1

Peregrine Falcon (Barbary)  1

Lake Jintu, Brakna, MR

11-Aug-2018 08:30 - 10:00

White-faced Whistling-Duck  

Mourning Collared Dove  

Laughing Dove  

Namaqua Dove  

African Palm-Swift  

Spur-winged Lapwing  

Common Sandpiper  

Cattle Egret  

Blue-naped Mousebird  

Green Bee-eater  

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater  

Woodchat Shrike  

Barn Swallow  

Common Bulbul  

Chestnut-bellied Starling  

Greater Blue-eared Starling  

Beautiful Sunbird  

Northern Grey-headed Sparrow  

Sudan Golden Sparrow  

Black-headed Weaver  

Northern Red Bishop  

African Silverbill  

Village Indigobird