Ghana Bird Walk: July, 2016 (Sakumono Lagoon)

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Ghana Bird Walk: July, 2016 (Sakumono Lagoon) Are you a bird enthusiast or are you interested in being part of a network of bird watchers and learning more about the birds of Ghana? Then join the monthly bird walk on the last Saturday of every month from 7a.m. to 9 a.m. The birding site and meeting point for each month will be communicated and advertised as widely as possible, but you can help spread the word further. The next bird walk (30th July) will take place at the Sakumono Lagoon, which is one of Ghana’s six Ramsar sites. Ramsar sites are wetlands of international importance, designated under the Ramsar Convention. The meeting point is the Celebrity Guest House (Figure 1 shows the route from Labadi Road, marked as ‘A’ and from Spintex Road, near the Accra Mall, marked as ‘C’ to the meeting point, marked as ‘B’). Figure 2 is a close-up of both driving routes, with point A being along the Teshie-Nungua road, and point C being close to the end of Spintex Road. The bird-walk starts at 7am, so kindly endeavour to be there early. For more information, kindly contact: Janet Ankomah – Volunteer at Birdlife International (+233 249 747 704) Kwame Boafo – Ghana Wildlife Society (+233 243 060 322) David Daramani – Ghana Wildlife Society (+233 244 380 026) Thomas Gyimah - Ghana Wildlife Society (+233248078105) Figure 1: Google Map of route from the Labadi Beach (point A) and the Tetteh Quarshie Roundabout (point C) and to Sakumono Lagoon (point B). Figure 2: Google Map imagery showing of route to Sakumono Lagoon (point B) from Nungua Secondary School (point A) and Spintex Road (point C) Kindly find blow, the bird list for our last bird walk on 25th June at Pambros. No Species Activity number 1 Pied Crow Seen/ Heard 21 2 Pied Kingfisher Seen 32 3 Northern Red Bishop Seen 27 4 Western Reef Egret seen 72 5 Yellow-throated Longclaw Seen/heard 4 6 Little Egret seen 37 7 Long-tailed Cormorant Seen 102 8 Black-winged Stilt Seen 27 9 Collared Pratincole Seen 39 10 Little tern Seen/heard 9 11 Black Heron Seen 4 12 Common Bulbul Seen/ Heard 8 13 ZittingCisticola Seen/heard 7 14 Malachite Kingfisher Seen 5 15 Common Greenshank Seen 5 16 Royal Tern seen 1 17 Barn Swallow Seen 4 18 Yellow-crowned Bishop Seen/heard 3 19 Winding Cisticola Seen 3 20 Green-backed Heron Seen ` 1 .

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