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Mozambique 2011. This visit to Mozambique was organised Wild Frontiers. It was a Dhow island hopping trip in the Quirimbas Archipelago off the north coast of Mozambique. Flying to Pemba in Mozambique was the worst part of the trip as it involved twelve hours in Nairobi airport. This was soon forgotten as we drove north from Pemba to reach Mocojo, an isolated village on the coast. We met our Dhow and were soon on our way to our first island Mogundula. This privately owned island is uninhabited and we were soon allocated our tents and sat down to lunch. Our last night on this island was New Year's Eve and we celebrated beside a fire on the beach looking at the African Sky. The following pages tell the story in pictures as we made camp in three other locations before staying in two luxury Lodges. Then it was another long drive back to Pemba and home. At the end I have included as usual my list of Birds seen during the trip. For a more complete list of the birds of Africa click here.
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Mocojo Beach
Mogundla Island
Rolas Island
Darumba River Camp
Matemo Island
Snorkeling
Beach Pools
Ibo Island
Mangrove Kayak
Guludo Beach
Group Members
Birds of the Quirimbus area
Goliath Heron - Ardea goliath
Great Egret - Casmerodius albus
Dimorphic Egret - Egretta dimorpha
Green-backed Heron - Butorides striatus
Woolly-necked Stork - Ciconia episcopus
Yellow-billed Stork - Mycteria ibis
Sacred Ibis - Threskiornis aethiopicus
Hadeda Ibis - Bostrychia hagedash
Caspian Tern - Sterna caspia
Crab Plover - Dromas ardeola
Water Thick-knee - Burhinus vermiculatus
Black Crake - Amaurornis flavirostris
Ringed Plover - Charadrius hiaticula
White-fronted Plover - Charadrius marginatus
Kittlitz's Plover - Charadrius pecuarius
Ruddy Turnstone - Arenaria interpres
African Jacana - Actophilornis africanus
Common Sandpiper - Actitis hypoleucos
Common Greenshank - Tringa nebularia
Curlew Sandpiper - Calidris ferruginea
Eurasian Curlew - Numenius arquata
Yellow-billed Kite - Milvus aegyptius
African Fish Eagle - Haliaeetus vocifer
Osprey - Pandion haliaetus
Cape Turtle Dove - Streptopelia capicola
Laughing Dove - Streptopelia senegalensis
Klaas's Cuckoo - Chrysococcyx llaas
Burchell's Coucal - Centropus burchellii
Palm Swift - Cypsiurus parvus
Mangrove Kingfisher - Halcyon senegaloides
Striped Kingfisher - Halcyon chelicuti
Red-faced Mousebird - Urocolius indicus
Madagascar Bee-eater - Merops superciliosus
Little Bee-eater - Merops pusillus
Lilac-breasted Roller - Coracias caudata
African Hoopoe - Upupa africana
Black-collared Barbet - Lybius torquatus sp irroratus
African Pied Wagtail -Motacilla aguimp
Pied Crow - Corvus albus
Grassland Pipit - Anthus cinnamomeus
Red-backed Shrike - Lanius collurio
Black-eyed Bulbul - Pycnonotus barbatus
Zanzibar Sombre Greenbul - Andropadus importunus
African Paradise-flycatcher - Terpsiphone viridis
Purple-banded Sunbird - Cinnyris bifasciata
Grey Sunbird or Mouse-coloured Sunbird - Cyanomitra veroxii
Scarlet-chested Sunbird - Chalcomitra senegalensis
Collared Sunbird - Hedydipona collaris
Gorgeous Bush-shrike - Telophorus quadricolor
Black-backed Puffback - Dryoscopus cubla
Violet-backed Starling (or Plum-coloured) - Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
Grey-headed Sparrow - Passer diffusus
Lesser-masked Weaver - Ploceus intermedius
Pin-tailed Whydah - Vidula macroura
54 Bird Species seen of which there are 37 with photos
Unidentified
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