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with James Lidster and local guides as leaders

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Long-tailed Cormorant 1 Phalacrocorax africanus
Grey Heron 1 Ardea cinerea
Black-headed Heron 2 Ardea melanocephala
Purple Heron 1 Ardea purpurea
Great Egret 1 Ardea alba
Black Heron 1 Egretta ardesiaca
Intermediate Egret 1 Egretta intermedia
Little Egret 1 Egretta garzetta
Western Reef-heron 1 Egretta gularis
Squacco Heron 1 Ardeola ralloides
Cattle Egret 1 Bubulcus ibis
Green-backed Heron 1 Butorides striata
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 Nycticorax nycticorax
Hamerkop 1 Scopus umbretta
Woolly-necked Stork 1 Ciconia episcopus
Saddle-billed Stork 1 Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
Hadada Ibis 1 Bostrychia hagedash
African Spoonbill 2 Platalea alba
White-faced Whistling-Duck 1 Dendrocygna viduata
Spur-winged Goose 1 Plectropterus gambensis
African Cuckoo-Hawk 3 Aviceda cuculoides
Black-shouldered Kite 1 Elanus caeruleus
Black Kite 1 Milvus migrans
Palm-nut Vulture 1 Gypohierax angolensis
Hooded Vulture 1 Necrosyrtes monachus
White-backed Vulture 1 Gyps africanus
White-headed Vulture 3 Trigonoceps occipitalis
Beaudouin's Snake-eagle 3 Circaetus beaudouini
Western Banded Snake-Eagle 3 Circaetus cinerascens
Bateleur 1 Terathopius ecaudatus
Congo Serpent-eagle 3 Dryotriorchis spectabilis
Western Marsh-harrier 2 Circus aeruginosus
African Harrier-Hawk 1 Polyboroides typus
Lizard Buzzard 1 Kaupifalco monogrammicus
Dark Chanting-goshawk 1 Melierax metabates
Gabar Goshawk 1 Micronisus gabar
Shikra 1 Accipiter badius
Red-thighed Sparrowhawk 2 Accipiter erythropus
Long-tailed Hawk 2 Urotriorchis macrourus
Grasshopper Buzzard 1 Butastur rufipennis
Red-necked Buzzard 1 Buteo auguralis
Tawny Eagle 3 Aquila rapax
Wahlberg's Eagle 2 Aquila wahlbergi
Ayres' Hawk-eagle 2 Aquila ayresii
Martial Eagle 2 Polemaetus bellicosus
Long-crested Eagle 1 Lophaetus occipitalis
Cassin's Hawk-eagle 2 Spizaetus africanus
Grey Kestrel 1 Falco ardosiaceus
Red-necked Falcon 1 Falco chicquera
African Hobby 2 Falco cuvierii
Lanner Falcon 2 Falco biarmicus
Double-spurred Francolin 1 Francolinus bicalcaratus
Stone Partridge 1 Ptilopachus petrosus
White-spotted Flufftail 1 Sarothrura pulchra
Black Crake 1 Amaurornis flavirostra
Common Moorhen 1 Gallinula chloropus
African Finfoot 3 Podica senegalensis
African Jacana 1 Actophilornis africanus
Black-winged Stilt 1 Himantopus himantopus
Senegal Thick-knee 1 Burhinus senegalensis
Collared Pratincole 1 Glareola pratincola
Spur-winged Lapwing 1 Vanellus spinosus
African Wattled Lapwing 1 Vanellus senegallus
Grey Plover 1 Pluvialis squatarola
Common Ringed Plover 1 Charadrius hiaticula
Kittlitz's Plover 1 Charadrius pecuarius
White-fronted Plover 3 Charadrius marginatus
Black-tailed Godwit 3 Limosa limosa
Whimbrel 1 Numenius phaeopus
Eurasian Curlew 2 Numenius arquata
Common Sandpiper 1 Actitis hypoleucos
Spotted Redshank 1 Tringa erythropus
Common Greenshank 1 Tringa nebularia
Marsh Sandpiper 1 Tringa stagnatilis
Wood Sandpiper 1 Tringa glareola
Common Redshank 1 Tringa totanus
Ruddy Turnstone 1 Arenaria interpres
Red Knot 1 Calidris canutus
Sanderling 1 Calidris alba
Little Stint 1 Calidris minuta
Curlew Sandpiper 1 Calidris ferruginea
Ruff 1 Philomachus pugnax
Little Tern 1 Sternula albifrons
Black Tern 1 Chlidonias niger
Whiskered Tern 1 Chlidonias hybrida
Common Tern 1 Sterna hirundo
Royal Tern 1 Thalasseus maximus
Sandwich Tern 1 Thalasseus sandvicensis
Four-banded Sandgrouse 3 Pterocles quadricinctus
Rock/feral Pigeon 1 Columba livia
Red-eyed Dove 1 Streptopelia semitorquata
Vinaceous Dove 1 Streptopelia vinacea
Laughing Dove 1 Streptopelia senegalensis
Black-billed Wood-Dove 1 Turtur abyssinicus
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove 1 Turtur afer
Tambourine Dove 1 Turtur tympanistria
Blue-headed Wood-dove 3 Turtur brehmeri
Namaqua Dove 3 Oena capensis
Bruce's Green-pigeon 1 Treron waalia
African Green-pigeon 1 Treron calvus
Rose-ringed Parakeet 1 Psittacula krameri
Red-headed Lovebird 3 Agapornis pullarius
Grey Parrot 2 Psittacus erithacus
Red-fronted Parrot 1 Poicephalus gulielmi
Senegal Parrot 1 Poicephalus senegalus
Great Blue Turaco 2 Corythaeola cristata
Green Turaco 2 Tauraco persa
Yellow-billed Turaco 1 Tauraco macrorhynchus
Violet Turaco 1 Musophaga violacea
Western Grey Plantain-Eater 1 Crinifer piscator
Levaillant's Cuckoo 2 Clamator levaillantii
Red-chested Cuckoo 2 Cuculus solitarius
Black Cuckoo 2 Cuculus clamosus
African Cuckoo 2 Cuculus gularis
Klaas's Cuckoo 1 Chrysococcyx klaas
African Emerald Cuckoo 1 Chrysococcyx cupreus
Dideric Cuckoo 2 Chrysococcyx caprius
Yellowbill 1 Ceuthmochares aereus
Black-throated Coucal 2 Centropus leucogaster
Senegal Coucal 1 Centropus senegalensis
Northern White-faced Owl 1 Ptilopsis leucotis
Greyish Eagle-Owl 2 Bubo cinerascens
Pel's Fishing-Owl 2 Scotopelia peli
Pearl-spotted Owlet 2 Glaucidium perlatum
Plain Nightjar 2 Caprimulgus inornatus
Freckled Nightjar 2 Caprimulgus tristigma
Long-tailed Nightjar 2 Caprimulgus climacurus
Standard-winged Nightjar 2 Macrodipteryx longipennis
Mottled Spinetail 2 Telacanthura ussheri
Sabine's Spinetail 1 Rhaphidura sabini
Cassin's Spinetail 1 Neafrapus cassini
African Palm-swift 1 Cypsiurus parvus
Pallid Swift 1 Apus pallidus
Little Swift 1 Apus affinis
Narina's Trogon 2 Apaloderma narina
Malachite Kingfisher 1 Alcedo cristata
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher 3 Halcyon badia
Grey-headed Kingfisher 1 Halcyon leucocephala
Woodland Kingfisher 1 Halcyon senegalensis
Blue-breasted Kingfisher 1 Halcyon malimbica
Striped Kingfisher 1 Halcyon chelicuti
Giant Kingfisher 2 Megaceryle maximus
Pied Kingfisher 1 Ceryle rudis
Black Bee-eater 2 Merops gularis
Blue-headed Bee-eater 2 Merops muelleri
Red-throated Bee-eater 1 Merops bulocki
Little Bee-eater 1 Merops pusillus
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater 2 Merops hirundineus
White-throated Bee-eater 1 Merops albicollis
European Bee-eater 3 Merops apiaster
Rosy Bee-eater 2 Merops malimbicus
Northern Carmine Bee-eater 2 Merops nubicus
Abyssinian Roller 1 Coracias abyssinicus
Rufous-crowned Roller 1 Coracias noevius
Blue-bellied Roller 1 Coracias cyanogaster
Broad-billed Roller 1 Eurystomus glaucurus
Blue-throated Roller 2 Eurystomus gularis
Green Wood Hoopoe 1 Phoeniculus purpureus
Forest Wood Hoopoe 1 Phoeniculus castaneiceps
Black Wood-hoopoe 1 Rhinopomastus aterrimus
White-crested Hornbill 1 Tockus albocristatus
Black Dwarf Hornbill 2 Tockus hartlaubi
Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill 2 Tockus camurus
Red-billed Hornbill 1 Tockus erythrorhynchus
African Pied Hornbill 1 Tockus fasciatus
African Grey Hornbill 1 Tockus nasutus
Piping Hornbill 1 Ceratogymna fistulator
Brown-cheeked Hornbill 2 Ceratogymna cylindrica
Black-casqued Hornbill 2 Ceratogymna atrata
Abyssinian Ground-hornbill 2 Bucorvus abyssinicus
Yellow-billed Barbet 2 Trachyphonus purpuratus
Bristle-nosed Barbet 1 Gymnobucco peli
Naked-faced Barbet 1 Gymnobucco calvus
Speckled Tinkerbird 1 Pogoniulus scolopaceus
Red-rumped Tinkerbird 2 Pogoniulus atroflavus
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird 2 Pogoniulus subsulphureus
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird 1 Pogoniulus bilineatus
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird 1 Pogoniulus chrysoconus
Hairy-breasted Barbet 1 Tricholaema hirsuta
Vieillot's Barbet 1 Lybius vieilloti
Double-toothed Barbet 2 Lybius bidentatus
Bearded Barbet 1 Lybius dubius
Least Honeyguide 3 Indicator exilis
Greater Honeyguide 2 Indicator indicator
Buff-spotted Woodpecker 2 Campethera nivosa
Brown-eared Woodpecker 2 Campethera caroli
Gabon Woodpecker 2 Dendropicos gabonensis
Fire-bellied Woodpecker 1 Dendropicos pyrrhogaster
Grey Woodpecker 1 Dendropicos goertae
Rufous-sided Broadbill 2 Smithornis rufolateralis
Flappet Lark 2 Mirafra rufocinnamomea
Square-tailed Saw-wing 2 Psalidoprocne nitens
Fanti Saw-wing 2 Psalidoprocne obscura
Sand Martin 1 Riparia riparia
Barn Swallow 1 Hirundo rustica
Red-chested Swallow 2 Hirundo lucida
Wire-tailed Swallow 1 Hirundo smithii
Ethiopian Swallow 1 Hirundo aethiopica
Rock Martin 1 Ptyonoprogne fuligula
Lesser Striped-swallow 1 Cecropis abyssinica
Rufous-chested Swallow 1 Cecropis semirufa
Mosque Swallow 1 Cecropis senegalensis
Red-rumped Swallow 2 Cecropis daurica
Preuss'ss Cliff Swallow 1 Petrochelidon preussi
Tree Pipit 2 Anthus trivialis
Yellow-throated Longclaw 1 Macronyx croceus
African Pied Wagtail 1 Motacilla aguimp
White-breasted Cuckoo-Shrike 1 Coracina pectoralis
Blue Cuckoo-shrike 1 Coracina azurea
Red-shouldered Cuckoo-shrike 2 Campephaga phoenicea
Purple-throated Cuckoo-shrike 2 Campephaga quiscalina
Common Bulbul 1 Pycnonotus barbatus
Little Greenbul 1 Andropadus virens
Little Grey Greenbul 1 Andropadus gracilis
Ansorge's Greenbul 2 Andropadus ansorgei
Slender-billed Greenbul 1 Andropadus gracilirostris
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul 2 Andropadus latirostris
Golden Greenbul 1 Calyptocichla serina
Honeyguide Greenbul 1 Baeopogon indicator
Grey-headed Bristlebill 1 Bleda canicapillus
Simple Leaflove 2 Chlorocichla simplex
Swamp Palm Bulbul 1 Thescelocichla leucopleura
Western Nicator 1 Nicator chloris
Finsch's Flycatcher-thrush 2 Neocossyphus finschii
African Thrush 1 Turdus pelios
White-tailed Alethe 3 Alethe diademata
Forest Robin 3 Stiphrornis erythrothorax
Snowy-crowned Robin-chat 2 Cossypha niveicapilla
White-crowned Robin-chat 2 Cossypha albicapilla
Mocking Cliff-chat 3 Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
African Moustached Warbler 2 Melocichla mentalis
Melodious Warbler 2 Hippolais polyglotta
Willow Warbler 2 Phylloscopus trochilus
Wood Warbler 2 Phylloscopus sibilatrix
Green Hylia 1 Hylia prasina
Senegal Eremomela 1 Eremomela pusilla
Rufous-crowned Eremomela 1 Eremomela badiceps
Green Crombec 1 Sylvietta virens
Northern Crombec 1 Sylvietta brachyura
Oriole Warbler 1 Hypergerus atriceps
Violet-backed Hyliota 1 Hyliota violacea
Grey Longbill 1 Macrosphenus concolor
Grey-backed Camaroptera 1 Camaroptera brachyura
Yellow-browed Camaroptera 1 Camaroptera superciliaris
Tawny-flanked Prinia 1 Prinia subflava
Black-capped Apalis 2 Apalis nigriceps
Sharpe's Apalis 1 Apalis sharpii
Red-faced Cisticola 1 Cisticola erythrops
Singing Cisticola 1 Cisticola cantans
Whistling Cisticola 1 Cisticola lateralis
Winding Cisticola 1 Cisticola galactotes
Croaking Cisticola 1 Cisticola natalensis
Short-winged Cisticola 1 Cisticola brachypterus
Zitting Cisticola 1 Cisticola juncidis
Pale Flycatcher 2 Bradornis pallidus
Northern Black Flycatcher 1 Melaenornis edolioides
Fraser's Forest Flycatcher 2 Fraseria ocreata
Spotted Flycatcher 2 Muscicapa striata
Lead-coloured Flycatcher 1 Myioparus plumbeus
Ussher's Flycatcher 1 Muscicapa ussheri
Swamp Flycatcher 2 Muscicapa aquatica
Pied Flycatcher 2 Ficedula hypoleuca
Chestnut-capped Flycatcher 1 Erythrocercus mccallii
African Blue Flycatcher 1 Elminia longicauda
Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher 2 Trochocercus nitens
Black-headed Paradise Flycatcher 1 Terpsiphone rufiventer
African Paradise Flycatcher 1 Terpsiphone viridis
Black-and-white Flycatcher 1 Bias musicus
Senegal Batis 1 Batis senegalensis
Commonwattle-eye 1 Platysteira cyanea
Chestnut Wattle-eye 1 Platysteira castanea
Yellow-headed Picathartes 1 Picathartes gymnocephalus
Brown Babbler 1 Turdoides plebejus
White-shouldered Black Tit 1 Melaniparus guineensis
Spotted Creeper 2 Salpornis spilonotus
Yellow Penduline-tit 2 Anthoscopus parvulus
Little Green Sunbird 1 Anthreptes seimundi
Collared Sunbird 1 Hedydipna collaris
Pygmy Sunbird 2 Hedydipna platura
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird 2 Cyanomitra cyanolaema
Olive Sunbird 1 Cyanomitra olivacea
Buff-throated Sunbird 1 Chalcomitra adelberti
Scarlet-chested Sunbird 1 Chalcomitra senegalensis
Olive-bellied Sunbird 1 Cinnyris chloropygius
Tiny Sunbird 2 Cinnyris minullus
Beautiful Sunbird 1 Cinnyris pulchellus
Splendid Sunbird 1 Cinnyris coccinigastrus
Copper Sunbird 1 Cinnyris cupreus
Yellow White-eye 1 Zosterops senegalensis
Common Fiscal 1 Lanius collaris
Yellow-billed Shrike 1 Corvinella corvina
White Helmet-Shrike 2 Prionops plumatus
Red-billed Helmet-shrike 2 Prionops caniceps
Sulphur-breasted Bush-shrike 1 Telophorus sulfureopectus
Grey-headed Bush-Shrike 1 Malaconotus blanchoti
Northern Puffback 1 Dryoscopus gambensis
Large-billed Puffback 1 Dryoscopus sabini
Tropical Boubou 2 Laniarius aethiopicus
Yellow-crowned Gonolek 1 Laniarius barbarus
Brubru 1 Nilaus afer
Marsh Tchagra 3 Tchagra minutus
Black-crowned Tchagra 1 Tchagra senegalus
African Golden Oriole 1 Oriolus auratus
Western Black-headed Oriole 1 Oriolus brachyrhynchus
Black-winged Oriole 1 Oriolus nigripennis
Shining Drongo 3 Dicrurus atripennis
Fork-tailed Drongo 1 Dicrurus adsimilis
Velvet-mantled Drongo 1 Dicrurus modestus
Piapiac 2 Ptilostomus afer
Pied Crow 1 Corvus albus
Splendid Glossy Starling 1 Lamprotornis splendidus
Purple Glossy Starling 1 Lamprotornis purpureus
Long-tailed Glossy Starling 1 Lamprotornis caudatus
Copper-tailed Glossy Starling 1 Lamprotornis cupreocauda
Violet-backed Starling 1 Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
Forest Chestnut-winged Starling 1 Onychognathus fulgidus
Grey-headed Sparrow 1 Passer griseus
Bush Petronia 1 Petronia dentata
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow Weaver 1 Plocepasser superciliosus
Red-vented Malimbe 1 Malimbus scutatus
Blue-billed Malimbe 2 Malimbus nitens
Crested Malimbe 1 Malimbus malimbicus
Red-headed Malimbe 1 Malimbus rubricollis
Red-headed Weaver 2 Anaplectes rubriceps
Little Weaver 1 Ploceus luteolus
Slender-billed Weaver 1 Ploceus pelzelni
Black-necked Weaver 2 Ploceus nigricollis
Orange Weaver 1 Ploceus aurantius
Yellow-mantled Weaver 1 Ploceus tricolor
Maxwell's Black Weaver 1 Ploceus albinucha
Vieillot's Black Weaver 1 Ploceus niggerimus
Preuss's Weaver 1 Ploceus preussi
Red-headed Quelea 2 Quelea erythrops
Northern Red Bishop 2 Euplectes franciscanus
Black-winged Bishop 2 Euplectes hordeaceus
Yellow-crowned Bishop 2 Euplectes afer
Yellow-mantled Widowbird 2 Euplectes macroura
Grey-headed Negrofinch 1 Nigrita canicapillus
Chestnut-breasted Negrofinch 1 Nigrita bicolor
White-breasted Negrofinch 1 Nigrita fusconotus
Black-rumped Waxbill 2 Estrilda troglodytes
Western Bluebill 2 Spermophaga haematina
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu 1 Uraeginthus bengalus
Red-winged Pytilia 1 Pytilia phoenicoptera
Red-billed Firefinch 2 Lagonosticta senegala
Bar-breasted Firefinch 2 Lagonosticta rufopicta
Black-faced Quailfinch 1 Ortygospiza atricollis
Bronze Mannikin 1 Spermestes cucullatus
Black-and-white Mannikin 1 Spermestes bicolor
Pin-tailed Whydah 1 Vidua macroura
Exclamatory Paradise Whydah 1 Vidua interjecta
Village Indigobird 1 Vidua chalybeata
Wilson's Indigobird 2 Vidua wilsoni
Yellow-fronted Canary 1 Serinus mozambicus
Cinnamon-breasted Rock Bunting 1 Emberiza tahapisi

Introduced Exotics

Helmeted Guineafowl 1 Numida meleagris
Village Weaver 1 Ploceus cucullatus
Orange-cheeked Waxbill 1 Estrilda melpoda