Since we only had one full day in St Lucia, I had organized a birding day trip with our lodge, A Peace of Paradise. The company is WIldLife Ambassadors and our guide was Vision, who was very knowledgeable about the island’s birds and managed to find most of the endemics for us.
Our first stop was near Mamiku & Praslin where we saw several endemics. The lighting was bad but I tried! eBird List
Next stop was to be the highlight of the trip – Des Cartiers Trail and will be on a separate post.
The third stop was Eau Piquant Pond where we saw a number of waders and sea birds.
The birds weren’t the only ones fishing!
We stopped here to buy sandwiches/takeaway for lunch.
The final stop was on a hill top overlooking the sea. At this point, the group went for a walk but it was so hot I decided to stay behind and relax a bit.
We then drove back to Castries dropping off birders at their hotels along the way. Since we were catching a plane to St Vincent, we asked Vision to drop us in town so we could do some shopping, then get a taxi to the airport.