The sanctuary is home to countless aquatic birds and palaearctic ducks. The foremost frequently seen birds here are the pelicans and flamingos. From the months of September to April, over 3 million migrants bear it. 2,500 European spoonbills, 3,000-12,000 lesser flamingos and twenty,000 larger flamingos go there. 250,000 Limicolae and 450-550,000 Anatidae conjointly flock to the placement. The Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary has over 300 species along side black-tailed godwit and garganey Anas querquedula. It has been estimated that 5,000 white pelican nest at the placement. The sanctuary conjointly has the African spoonbill, shiny ibis, sacred ibis, yellowbilled stork, Mycteria ibis and grey heron. You'll conjointly see the purple heron, varied egrets, inexperienced heron, squacco herons and African darter.
The sanctuary is also a component of the Senegal river wide delta floodplain. Regarding one-third of the wetland are typically found at Mauritania. The sanctuary is known for its semi-arid Sahelian climate. There is a dry and wet season, with the rainy season happening between July and mid-September. The annual rainfall does not transcend 300 mm. The summer months are from March to June. throughout this era, it gets very humid. the danger for flooding is at its peak in October. However, the trend in recent years has been towards less rainfall. The mean annual temperature is twenty seven C. The cold season is from December to March. throughout this era, the temperature drops to 10 C. The savanna is made up principally of acacias and bushes.
There are many completely different birds inside the sanctuary. The visitor may come upon the pinkbacked pelican, common cormorant and thus the African darter. Others species that frequent the place are the spur-winged goose, the fulvus tree duck and thus the white-faced tree duck. The Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary is additionally the house of Nile crocodiles, dorcas gazelles, the African manatee and thus the jackal. The warthog, python and monitor lizards are all around.
Travel tours to Senegal will cost about 2500 USD for a week. This rate will include hotel accommodations, a guide, food and transportation.
