Toll Point

We were up early as we had decided to go for a walk to an area called Toll Point just across from Denton Bridge on the road towards Banjul. We parked up at Wadner Beach just outside a hotel which was now closed and derelict and walked onto the beach. Making our way around the edge of a saltwater lagoon and picking our way around the mangroves we saw some Cormorants, Egrets, Herons Terns and a couple of kingfishers which were gliding over the water looking for a meal. In the distance we could see a group of Pelicans on the beach as we approached they took to the lagoon and eventually took flight and headed out to sea. We headed around the toll point and back towards the groundnut factory hoping we would be able to find the forest path as detailed in the guide book. As we passed some flowers we saw four Beautiful Sunbirds flitting amongst them looking for nectar.

Pink-backed Pelicans

Scarring the Birds

Sacred Ibis

We were unable to find anything which looked like a forest path as mounds of empty groundnut shells had been discarded everywhere. We did find another lagoon though and were pleased to see a Sacred Ibis and African Darter Bird. We decided the best thing was to head for the road walking over mud flats and ducking under the large spiders webs which were in abundance. We walked back to the car and suddenly spotted in a tree within the hotel grounds a Bearded Bardet which is a funny looking goggle eyed bird, Abigail was pleased to be able to tick off a few more birds in her book. On the way back we called at Denton Bridge to check out prices to go to Basse by river as we plan to visit Tom and Lynne at some point. We decided not to go all the way by river as very expensive over £200 each and would take over three days to get there. The best option is to go by road stopping off on route and maybe doing a boat trip to see the Hippos near Janjanbureh