Wild Dogs, Eagle Owls and Bushshrikes: Bird Atlassing in Tsavo West
On Sunday 22nd November, after two successful weeks of bird ringing at Ngulia Safari Lodge in Tsavo West National Park (as part of the Ngulia Bird Migration Project, run by the Ringing Scheme of East Africa), the whole team was heading back to whichever corner of Kenya they call home.…
Peacocks and Picathartes: Reflections on Africa’s birdlife – Book Review
This book by Rupert Watson has been nothing but a joy to read. Watson explains in the preface that it is a book about the birds that are “quintessentially African”, and that the aim is to expand the interest of the reader in Africa’s birdlife by both informing and entertaining.…
The Avifauna of Kenya (Video)
Kenya is one of the top birding destinations worldwide. And for good reason. With 10% of the world’s bird species having made it onto Kenya’s bird list, and many of them being residents or regular migrants to the country, it has one of the richest avifauna in the world. To…
A Couple Of Hours Bird Atlassing At The Museum (Birding From Home #7)
Yesterday (20th June) I found myself with a free Saturday morning after my original plan for the day backfired. So I decided to go to the Nairobi Museum for two hours of solo bird atlassing (bird mapping) to see what was around. It was rather quiet, which is expected at…
Why The Nairobi National Park Bird List Is One Of The Longest In Africa
In my previous blog post, I described a day of birding in Nairobi National Park in which a few friends and I jointly recorded 213 bird species in the park. I also mentioned that, despite it being a great number, it is fairly average by the park’s standards. This is…
Birding Nairobi National Park During The Lockdown (Birding From Home #6)
The coronavirus may have put a stop to many things but birding is not one of them. I spent this past Thursday (June 4th) birding Nairobi National Park with two fellow birders (and a few others met with briefly inside the park). Birds were not super abundant but it was…