Bird Watching on Jinack

Kayirabeach Resort Jinack Island

The avifauna of The Gambia includes a total of 576 species, one of which has been introduced by humans and two of which are globally threatened.

The country, which is very small and almost completely surrounded by Senegal, has no endemic species.

Gambia is widely recognised as an ideal country to get an introduction to the diverse & colourful bird life of the African continent.

Jinack Island is known as one of the best places in The Gambia for birdwatching.

Birdwatching at Jinack Island, The Gambia

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What birds might I see?

Niumi National Park is home to a large diversity of resident bird species and also is an important site for European migrants.

A bird ringing programme has been in operation on Jinack Island since 1994 and has added numerous new species to the parks bird list.

A large variety of warblers (17 species) have been found to use the island as a stop-over and feeding site both on the journey south and on their return north. The warblers are difficult to distinguish in the field due to their subtle plumage characteristics and generally skulking behaviour. The shallow offshore waters provide excellent feeding conditions for terns, gulls and other piscivorous species which roost in large numbers off Buniadu Point. The mangrove and tidal flats are rich in waders, many of which are seasonal migrants but some, such as the white-fronted sand plover, nest on the dune fringe. Harriers are frequently encountered quartering the area during the European winter months

• NON PASSERINES: Grebes • Shearwaters • Storm-petrels • Tropicbirds • Pelicans • Gannets and boobies • Cormorants • Darters • Frigatebirds • Herons, egrets and bitterns • Hamerkop • Storks • Ibises and spoonbills • Flamingos • Ducks and geese • Osprey • Kites, vultures, hawks and eagles • Secretary Bird • Falcons • Francolins, quail and partridges • Guineafowl • Buttonquail • Cranes • Crakes, gallinules and coots • Finfoots • Bustards • Jacanas • Painted Snipes • Oystercatchers • Stilts and avocets • Thick-knees • Coursers • Lapwings, plovers and dotterel • Sandpipers, curlews, stints, godwits, snipes, and phalaropes • Skuas • Gulls • Terns • Skimmers • Sandgrouse • Doves and pigeons • Parrots • Turacos • Cuckoos • Barn Owl • True Owls • Nightjars • Swifts • Mousebirds • Kingfishers • Bee-eaters • Rollers • Hoopoe • Woodhoopoes • Hornbills • Tinkerbirds • Honeyguides • Woodpeckers

  

  PASSERINES: Larks • Swallows and martins • Wagtails and pipits • Cuckoo-shrikes • Bulbuls, greenbuls, bristlebills and nicators • Thrushes • Cisticolas • Old World warblers • Old World flycatchers • Wattle-eyes • Paradise-flycatchers • Old World babblers • Tits • Treecreepers • Penduline tits • Sunbirds • White-eyes • Orioles • Shrikes • Bushshrikes • Helmetshrikes • Drongos • Piapiac, crows and ravens • Starlings • Weavers • Estrildid finches • Indigobirds and whydahs • Buntings • Canaries and seedeaters • Sparrows

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All bird watching tours are accompanied by at least one professional ornithologist leader with detailed knowledge of the area.

All our tours have a relaxed, flexible approach which allows more time for photography, detailed wildlife exploration, leisure time and the region's people, culture, history and architecture – while allowing the group to see a wide range of bird species.

Trips include:-

Pick up/drop off at your hotel

Transportation to/from Jinack Island

Free drinks and lunch

Overnight stays available