We started with another game drive into the park and were greeted by an unusually quiet group of stone partridges. Not long after William spotted a large roan on my side of the road with a few mates on the other side deep in the thicket. Robert guessed it would cross the road and it did - squeezing out of the minibus window and running the gauntlet of the horse flies I was able to click some photos and got a couple of reasonable ones - but was thwarted somewhat b...

Today we had our normal early start and I told William my target was to see Roan which have, bar a fleeting glimpse in Botswana eluded us. As they like wooded areas viewing them is difficult as the foliage makes it hard - at this time of the year in Mole most of the leaves have gone so wildlife is relatively easy to spot but it's amazing how many twigs your camera finds to focus on rather than the bird or animal so photographing them is very hard. Within in the ...

After our long day yesterday we had a long drive today as it took about 7 hours to get to Mole National park. Enroute we stopped to get a type of doughnut - crispy and hard on the outside doughy on inside - we have become quite partial to this roadside delight and definitely kept us going until lunchtime. Our destination was the Mole hotel, the only accommodation in the park until a much needed new lodge is completed by year end. The building is tired and in ne...

Today was the day we hoped to see the elusive yellow headed PICATHARTES or rock fowl. As we visit the nesting site as it roosts we didn't have to be at Bonkuru village until around 2pm. That said we we up at our normal time and after breakfast went to the Abrafo Forest near Kakum to see what we could find and were rewarded after ferreting around in thick bushes with seeing the blue shouldered robin chat and Purvel's Illadopsis - a small yellow/green/brown bird ...

This morning after our usual early start we visited the Antwikwaa section of Kakum National Park but stayed on the edge abutting farmland which allowed us to watch the local comings and goings of the people as well as the birds. There were children going to school families heading to the fields to work, most walking but the occasional motorbike passed us. I am amazed by everything being carried on their heads most of the women will have a cloth ring under the i...