Gbele Resource Centre
Location
The Gbele Resource Centre is located to the northeast of Wa, capital of the Upper West Region. To the west is Nadowli, Jirapa and Lawra. To the north is Nandom and Hamile . There is a village called Gbele located within the reserve.
Resettlement
In 2019, the government finalised an agreement with settlers in the park which will ensure that they had all vacated the reserve by March 2020 and moved to new housing units it had built for them. The resettlement programme began in 2011. The settlers had migrated into the reserve in search of fertile land for farming.
Habitat
The topgraphy of the reserve is generally flat. The Kulpawn River which is seasonal flows from the west to the southeast. Around the Gbele village are thickets clumps consisting of the African baobab, acacia and sycamore fig trees.
Flora
- African baobab (Adansonia digitata)
- Faidherbia (Acacia albida)
- Sycamore fig (Ficus sycomorus)
Fauna
Gbele Resource Centre is the only wildlife reserve where the Rufous-rumped lark is known to occur and breed. It is also one of only three reserves where the Yellow-billed oxpecker is recorded.
Birds:
- Black-headed weaver ( Ploceus melanocephalus)
- Dorst's cisticola ( Cisticola guinea)
- Gambaga flycatcher (Muscicapa gambagae)
- Northern carmine bee-eater (Merops nubicus)
- Red-throated bee-eater (Merops bulocki)
- Rufous-rumped lark (Pinarocorys erythropygia)
- Spotted thick-knee (Burhinus capensis)
- Violet turaco (Musophaga violacea)
- Willcocks's honeyguide (Indicator willcocksi)
- Yellow-billed oxpecker (Buphagus africanus)
Animals:
- Buffalo
- Bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus)
- Elephant
- Roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus)
Gallery
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African baobab (Adansonia digitata)
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Faidherbia albida (Acacia albida)
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Sycamore tree (Ficus sycomorus)
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Violet turaco(Musophaga violacea)
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Yellow-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus africanus)
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Roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus koba)
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Rufous-rumped lark (Pinarocorys erythropygia)#
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Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa)
See also
References
- ^ "CONNECTING TO OTHER PARKS IN NORTHERN GHANA". Mole National Park. Forestry Commission (Wildlife Division). Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ "Settlers in Gbele Reserve to move out March 2020". Graphic Online. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ "Visit Ghana | Gbele Game Reserve". Visit Ghana. Ghana Tourism Authority. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ "Important Bird Areas factsheet: Gbele Resource Reserve (summary)". www.birdlife.org. BirdLife International. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ "Gbele Game Reserve: Wildlife in the Savannah". Jetsanza.com. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ "Gbelle Resource Reserve". Africa Tour Operators. 2015-05-03. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ "BirdLife Data Zone - Important Bird Areas factsheet: Gbele Resource Reserve (text)". www.birdlife.org. BirdLife International. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ "BirdLife Data Zone - Important Bird Areas factsheet: Gbele Resource Reserve (data)". www.birdlife.org. BirdLife International. Retrieved 3 June 2021.