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Pictures of the Wood Sandpiper were made while photographing White-winged tern. Unfortunately, the distance and the light left much to wish for. So, those pictures initiate the gallery, but are documentary in their value. There will come the time to photograph it in the morning light from a smaller distance and fund this gallery. Wood Sandpipers live on wet lands, nesting on the ground. Sandpiper’s weight is around 75 grams with a wingspan of 75 centimeters.
Last minute news 08/2013
I was fortunate to find such an interesting place and hide so efficiently that wood sandpiper felt enough comfortable to approach even too close, at least to the distance that the lens was not able to focus properly, not to mention that the wood sandpiper did not fit within the frame, despite its diminutive size. As befits a plovers family those waders are very skittish and any reason make them escape. Fortunately they kept returning to let me take a picture of them, and in my case those photos are the best of this species. So, there is a progress in the presentation of this species, we hope that this is not the end.
Last minute news 04/2015-Malta
The wood sandpiper is another species which I managed to observe during my stay on Malta during its flight to Europe (see the text about the wood warbler). I have uploaded a few pictures which introduce some variety into the previous gallery.
Last minute news – 08/2015
In expect on the pectroral sandpiper created several pictures of wood sandpiper. The gallery was rebuilt.
Last minute news – 09/2021
Finally, after 6 years, there was a quite unexpected meeting with the Wood Sandpiper. The bird appeared in front of my lens for a moment and the light was good on that day, so managed to take some good photos. The gallery has been rebuilt.
Last minute news-11/2022- Zambia
Last minute news-11/12-2022 – Botswana
Last minute news-02/2023-Gambia

BOTSWANA-jezyk ANGIELSKI

Botswana 11/12-20222 -Introduktory text- White-quilled Bustard
News galery:
BIRDS:
1. White-quilled Bustard (T,V). 2.Giant Kingfisher. 3.Southern Red-billed Hornbill (T,V). 4.Crimson-breasted Gonolek (V). 5.Red-crested Bustard (V). 6.Wattled Crane. 7.Southern Carmine Bee-eater (V). 8.African Golden-Oriole. 9.White-headed Vulture. 10.Bearded Woodpecker. 11.Queen Whydah. 12.Southern Rufous-Sparrow. 13.Sabota Lark. 14.Caspian Plover. 15.Common Grenadier. 16.Swallow-tailed Bee-eater. 17. Chestnut-banded Plover (T). 18.Rufous-vented Warbler (V). 19.Burchell's Sandgrousea. 20.Kalahari Scrub-Robin. 21.Greater Kestrel. 22.Meyer's Parrot. 23.Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark. 24.Southern Brown-throated Weaver. 25.Brown Firefinch. 26.Jameson's Firefinch. 27.Ayres's Hawk-Eagle. 28.Gabon Boubou. 29.White-headed Lapwing. 30.African Snipe. 31.African Skimmer. 32.White-fronted Bee-eater. 33.Yellow-rumped Seedeater. 34.Wattled Starling. 35.Cape Wagtail. 36.Slaty Egret.. 37.Swainson's Spurfowl. 38.Double-banded Sandgrouse. 39.Burchell's Glossy-Starling. 40. Black Tit. 41.Red-headed Weaver. 42.Bradfield's Hornbill (V). 43.Southern Pied-Babbler. 44.Lizard Buzzard. 45.White-crowned Shrike. 46.Dwarf Bittern. 47.African Scops-Owl (V). 48.Saddle-billed Stork. 49.Black Cuckoo (V). 50.Coppery-tailed Coucal. 51.Southern Masked-Weaver. 52.Bennett's Woodpecker. 53.Burnt-neck Eremomela. 54.Dickinson's Kestrel. 55.Greater Honeyguide. 56.Angola Babbler (V). 57.Southern White-faced Owl (V). 58.Fawn-colored or Abyssinian Lark.(V) 59.African Barred Owlet (V). 60.Red-billed Francolin. 61.Scaly Weaver. 62.Chat Flycatcher. 63.Small Buttonquail 64.Racket-tailed Roller(V). 65.White-backed Duck. 66.Eastern Clapper Lark. 67.Arnot's Chat. 68.Rufous-bellied Heron.
MAMMALS:
1.African wild dog (T) . 2.Steenbok. 3. Caracal. 4.Southern lechwe 5.Greater kudu. 6.Sable antelope. 7.Southern Oryx. 8.Smith's bush squirrel (V). 9.Yellow mongoose. 10.African savanna hare. 11.Plains zebra (V).12.Side-striped jackal.
REPTILES: Ground Agama
FLORA : 1.Baobab(T). 2.Mopanie. 3.Kigelia - Sausage Tree  
CHANGES in GALLERIES:
BIRDS:
1.Schalow’s Turaco (V). 2. Yellow-billed Oxpecker (V). 3.Crested Barbet (V). 4.Southern Ground-Hornbil (V). 5.Chinspot Batis. 6.Arrow-marked Babbler (V). 7.White-backed Vulture (V). 8.Abdim’s Stork. 9.Common Ostrich. 10.Southern Anteater-Chat. 11.African Fish-Eagle. 12.Broad-billed Roller. 13.Crested Francolin. 14.Brown-crowned Tchagra. 15.Helmeted Guineafowl. 16.Kori Bustard (T). 17.Spotted Thick-knee. 18.Lichtenstein’s Sandgrouse. 19.Pied Kingfisher. 20.Striated Heron. 21.Squacco Heron. 22.Green-backed Camaroptera. 23.Sacred Ibis. 24.African Openbill. 25.Pearl-spotted Owlet (T,V). 26.Grey Crowned-Crane. 27.Blacksmith Lapwing (V). 28.Ring-necked Dove. 29.Mariqua Sunbird. 30.African Pipit (V). 31.Red-capped Lark. 32.Crowned Lapwing. 33.Dark Chanting-Goshawk. 34.Temminck’s Courser. 35.Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark.(T) 36.Rufous-naped Lark. 37.Pied Crow. 38.Black-winged Kite. 39.Lappet-faced Vulture. 40.Wood Sandpiper. 41.Cape Teal. 42.Little stint. 43.Pied Avocet. 44.Kittlitz’s Plover. 45.Curlew Sandpiper. 46.Greater Flamingo. 47.Amur Falcon. 48.Lilac-brested Roller. 49.Magpie Shrike(V). 50.Yellow-throated Sandgruse. 51.Marabou Stork. 52.Hooded Vulture. 53.Spur-winged Goose. 54.Yellow-billed Stork. 55.Laughing Dove. 56.African Darter. 57.Great Egret. 58.Purple Heron. 59.Little Egret. 60.Woodland Kingfisher. 61.White-faced Whistling Duck. 62.Water Thick-knee. 63.Long-tailed Cormorant. 64.Egyptian Goose. 65.Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling. 66.White-browed Robin-Chat. 67.Mourning Collared-Dove. 68.Lesser Flamingo (T). 69.Fork-tailed Drongo. 70.African Spoonbill. 71.Glossy Ibis. 72.African Jacana. 73.Three-banded Plover. 74.Black-winged Stilt. 75.Yellow-billed Kite. 76.Red-backed Shrike. 77.White-browed Coucal. 78.Lesser Grey Shrike. 79.Red-billed Oxpecker. 80.Twany Eagle. 81.Brown Snake-Eagle. 82.Golden-brested Bunting. 83.Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver. 84.Ethiopian Boubou. 85.Namaqua Dove. 86.Estern Paradiese-Whydah. 87. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater. 88.Southern Fiscal. 89.Blue-brested Cordonbleu. 90.Little Bee-eater. 91.Hamerkop. 92.Black-winged Patricole. 93.Hottentot Teal. 94.Goliath Heron. 95.Gray Go-away-Bird. 96.Cut-Throat. 97.Southern Gray-headed Sparrow. 98.Long-toed Lapwing. 99.Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill. 100.Dideric Cuckoo. 101.Red-billed Teal. 102.Wahlberg’s Eagle. 103.Red-billed Firefinch. 104.Rattling Cisticola. 105.Montagu’s Harier. 106.Capped Wheatear. 107.Rosy-throated Longclaw. 108.Woolly-necked Stork. 109.Common Greater Painted-snipe. 110.Knob-billed Duck. 111.Collared Patricole. 112.White-winged Tern. 113.Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl (V). 114.Batelur. 115.African Gray Hornbill. 116.Grey Heron. 117.Yellow-throated Petronia. 118.Martial Eagle. 119.Black-collared Barbet. 120.Emerald-spotted Wood Dove. 121.White-browed Sparrow-Weaver. 122.African Stonechat. 123.Rufous-chested Swallow. 124.Red-backed Scrub-Robin. 125.African Paradise-Flycatcher. 126.African Hoopoe. 127.Zitting Cisticola. 128.Red-eyed Dove. 129.Yellow-bellied Greenbul.130.African Pygmy-Goose.131.Great Spotted Cuckoo 132.Levaillant's Cuckoo.133.Intermediate Egret. 134.Plain-backed Pipit. 135.Tawny-flanked Prinia.
MAMMALS:
1.African savanna elefant (T,V). 2.Southern Giraffe (T). 3.Blue Wildebeest. 4.Common Dwarf Mangoose. 5.Springbok. 6.Cheetah (T). 7.Waterbuck. 8.Lion. 9.Leopard. 10.Impala. 11.Common Warthog. 12.Chacma baboon. 13.African Buffalo. 14.Black-backed Jackal. 15.Common Hippopotamus. 16.Banded Mongoose.
REPTILES: 1.Nile Crocodile. 2.Savannah Monitor. 3.Nile Monitor.

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GAMBIA język ANGIELSKI

Gambia introductory text- Green Woodhoopoe
New galleries:
BIRDS:
1.Green Woodhoopoe(T,V). 2.Yellow-billed Shrike(V). 3.Western Red-billed Hornbill. 4.Long-tailed Nightjar. 5.Western Grey Plantain-eater. 6.Blue-breasted Kingfisher. 7.Common Gonolek(V). 8.Melodious Warbler(T). 9.Senegal Coucal. 10.Guinea Turaco. 11.Vieillot's Barbet. 12.Lavender Waxbill. 13.Black-billed Wood-Dove. 14.Violet Turaco. 15.Grey-headed Sparrow. 16.Northern Crombec. 17.Western Olivaceous Warbler. 18.Oriole Warbler. 19.Grey Woodpecker. 20.Black-winged Bishop. 21.Bar-breasted Firefinch. 22. Piapiac. 23.Double-spurred Francolin(V). 24.Long-tailed Glossy-Starling(V). 25.Pomarine Jaeger. 26.Blackcap Babbler.
MAMMALS: 1.Green monkey. 2.Temminck's red colobus.
REPTILES: Common Agama
CHANGES IN BIRDS GALLERIES :
1.Hooded Vulture(T). 2.Yellow-billed Kite(G). 3.Black Kite. 4.Pied Crow. 5.Grey-hooded Gull. 6.Giant Kingfisher. 7.Pied Kingfisher. 8.Senegal Thick-knee. 9.Osprey. 10.Red-billed Firefinch. 11.African Darter. 12.Malachite Kingfisher. 13.Striped Kingfisher. 14.Whimbrel. 15.Beautiful Sunbird. 16.Red-cheeked Cordonbleu. 17.Bronze Mannikin. 18.Parasitic jaeger. 19.Garden Bulbul. 20.Village weaver. 21.Cattle Egret. 22.African Thrush. 23.Black-necked Weaver. 24.Long-tailed Cormorant. 25.Mourning Collared-Dove. 26.Little Bee-eater. 27.Laughing Dove.  28.Western Reef Heron. 29.Great White Pelican. 30.African Gray Hornbill. 31.Broad-billed Roller. 32.White-faced Whistling Duck. 33.Caspian Tern. 34.Black-winged Stilt. 35.Spur-winged lapwing. 36.Common Greenshank. 37.Wood Sandpiper. 38.Squacco heron. 39.Blue-cheeked Bee-eater. 40.Rose-ringed Parakeet. 41.Speckled Pigeon. 42.Sacred Ibis. 43.Wattled Lapwing. 44.Sandwich Tern. 45.Hamerkop. 46.Common CHiffchaff.

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