African Bush Elephant Loxodonta africana
I’ve recently returned from a two week jaunt around Ghana in West Africa. There were many cultural highlights such as Bolgatanga – Lobi Villages and the distinctive local architecture and painted houses in the Wa region, Kumasi -with the vibrant colours of the largest market in West Africa and Gold Coast Castles -the impressive 18th Century castle of Elmina, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. We did manage to pack in lots of wildlife viewing as well visiting the lush rainforest and canopy walkway of Kakum N.P. an exciting foot safari in Mole N.P. to view Elephants, Boabeng-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary and the sacred Crocodile ponds at Paga.
Warthog Phacochoerus africanus
Olive Baboon Papio anubis
Campbell’s Mona Monkey Cercopithecus campbelli
Nile Crocodile Crocodylus niloticus
‘Grasscutter’ the favourite Ghanaian Bushmeat – Greater Cane Rat Thryonomys swinderianus
Bug
Bug
Butterfly – White-barred Acraea Acraea encedon
Dragonfly -Violet Dropwing male Trithemis annulata
Dragonfly – Black Percher female Diplacodes lefebvrii
Dragonfly – St. Lucia Widow male Palpopleura lucia
Dragonfly – Portia Widow female Palpopleura portia
Dragonfly – Northern Banded Groundling male Brachythemis impartita
Grasshopper
Grasshopper
Red-headed Rock Agama Male Agama agama
Five-lined Mabuya a.k.a. Rainbow Skink Trachylepis quinquetaeniata
Ghana Red Banded Millipede Pelmatojulus excisus
Fish caught from Lake Bosumtwi including the endemic Cichlid Hemichromis frempongi and the near-endemic cichlid Tilapia busumana
Dead Hermit Crab
A wide photographic selection of birds, marine life, insects, mammals, orchids & wildflowers, fungi, tribal people, travel, ethnography, fossils, rocks & minerals etc. is available on my Alamy webpage
If you are interested in the wildlife of the North-west of England and would like to join the walks and coach trips run by the Merseyside Naturalists’ Association, see the main MNA website for details of our programme and how to join us.