We were surprised at the many different types of dragonfly’s red, orange, blue and black in colour which we saw hovering over the mangrove swamps as well as crabs and frogs darting into the pools. Flying overhead we saw Vultures and a large Grey Heron, in total we spotted four different types of Heron as well as Egrets. On exiting the paddy fields and arriving at Kotu bridge there was a Pied Kingfisher sat a few feet away on a post and a Western Reef Heron just stood on a pipe over the stream, mud skippers quickly jumped into the river as we approached. We ate a snack of oranges and drank some water then went on further. We thought it was too good to be true not getting hassled all morning when up popped a couple of Gambians offering us there service for a couple of hours as guides to see the birdlife, eventually Paul had to be quite rude so they would leave us alone. Abigail's bird book proved to be very useful and she was quick to find out which bird we had seen.

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Western Reef Heron

Little Egret