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Birding trip report Gabon (Gamba area) 14-29 Sep. 2009 |
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| John van der
Woude www.jvanderw.nl 1. text and photos - 2. GPS waypoints, maps (this page) - 3. Species list |
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 Summary of waypoints around Gamba, for details see maps below. For GPS waypoints see bottom of page. Note: location of roads is very sketchy on all maps. For scale, only use the above map. |
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 GPS waypoints NW of Gamba 440: just NW of Engen petrol station 441: at 11.8 km from Engen station along main road to Sette Cama, go right 442: territorial Forbes' Plover 443: end of this road, new plantation? 444: start of sandy side road North, not visited 447: start of Totou lake road, into tall forest 448: shallow lagoon between sea and Matsiegui lake 449: left car here for walk to 448 450: start of track to 449/448 451: start of laterite side road South from main road to Sette Cama 452: start of another road into forest North 461: half open savannah near end(?) of road that starts at 452 |
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 GPS waypoints SE of Gamba 425: Yenzi compound (home) 426: entrance of Yenzi compound 427: airport entrance 428: start of 'mangrove road' opposite airport, to beach 429: start of road to Vera plains, Tondou, Bibonga, Bouda etc. 430: left fork for road into degraded woodland E of Yenzi lake 431: side road left, nice woodland Note: between 430 to 432 a chain may be present (none during our visit); ask key at village right 432: important fork: left to comm.tower & Tondou, right to Bibonga & Bouda 437: P along asphalt road to Colas etc., good habitat & start of long track North 438: on 4th or so plain between forest blocks (as seen from 437)  439: along asphalt road to Colas etc., Cassin's and Black Spinetail 462: good spot along asphalt road to Colas 445: leave Bouda road here for Bibonga forest 433: entrance of Bibonga forest (track) 436: interesting forest gap along Bouda road 434: 'secret valley' at border of Bouda forest, good viewpoint for raptors 435: leave road to Bouda here for 434 446: entrance to 'Mark's forest' (Sabine Spinetail here) |
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 GPS waypoints for Tondou forest on Vera plains East of Gamba/Yenzi 453: fork: left to comm.tower, right to small settlements; keep right 454: keep right 455: keep left 456: collapsed end of old road to Tondou, just before ridge, park here 457: on old Tondou road, not yet in the forest itself 458: start of Tondou forest (old road) 459: N end of Tondou forest 460: good track coming from forest West; this is alternative route to Tondou forest, via: 463: keep right (comm.tower is left) 469: keep right 468: keep right 467: entrance to plantation forest, park here and walk easy track to 460 and continue on track 466: keep right 465: take indistinct track right 464: back on old laterite road to Vera |
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| Waypoints in WGS84
W 425 S02°46'21,51" E010°02'16,71" | |