Tanji Bird Reserve

The Tanji Bird Reserve (the area is also known under the name Karinti ) is a national park in the West African nation of Gambia. It is located on the west by the coast of the Atlantic Ocean in the West Coast region in the district of Kombo North and was set up in 1993. To reserve, which sees itself as a special bird sanctuary include the flow Tanji and the Islands Bijol.

Topography

The mouth of the small river belongs with his 200 -acre mangrove forest on the banks of the lagoon and the Atlantic Ocean to the national park.

The small group of islands Bijol Islands, which are the only sea islands of the state belongs to the bird sanctuary, many rare sea birds breed there.

Flora and Fauna

The archipelago is the only known breeding site of Caspian tern (Sterna caspia ), Königsseeschwalben (Sterna maxima) and gulls ( Laridae ) in Gambia. In the water, Mediterranean monk seals are (Monachus monachus), Cameroon river dolphins ( Sousa teuszii ) and turtles ( Testudinata ) to find.