Its been a sad week here since I returned from Bulgaria last Wednesday week, we had a bereavement which has been difficult to deal with and all my efforts have been directed towards supporting my wife. I have however managed a few hours to look at pictures from my trip to Gambia earlier in the year and I have been quite impressed with some of them. Here are a few that have caught my eye.   The first one is a male Giant Kingfisher . 

The next is a Yellow Billed Kite which is a species that until recently was considered a sub-species of Black Kite but was classified as a species in its own right after DNA studies identified significant differences. I have seen this species in South Africa as well as Gambia. You can clearly see the yellow bill in this picture.