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    Spurfowl, Tsavo West, Kenya

    njlarsen: yes, have looked at a lot of pics on eBird and elsewhere, but can't find any that are quite so brightly-billed THE FERN: yes again, it was just the brightness of the bill that had me a little puzzled, and because I was puzzled at the time, I've let it get in my head a bit. But with...
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    Spurfowl, Tsavo West, Kenya

    Been stewing on this one since I saw in, in Tsavo West 2/2/23, not too far from Ngulia Lodge. It would've gone down as Hildebrandt's were it not for the striking red bill and legs, more reminiscent of Scaly. The only other spurfowl seen that day were a couple of Yellow-necked, so nothing to...
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    SE Uganda

    Because it's sort of strayed into the territory of trip report, thought I'd share a link to my thread on the Uganda forum re my recent 5 days there visiting Mabamba and Mabira https://www.birdforum.net/threads/mabira.433139/#post-4438015
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    Mabira

    I'm sure there are better ways to do Mabira, but this suited my budget and the relaxed style I intended for this trip, and I got a few lifers out of it despite having done Cameroon and Kenya previously. I camped at Nkima Lodge for Mabamba (couldn't afford the lodge prices), and they organised...
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    Two different cinclodes, Ushuaia, Argentina, this week.

    Definitely Grey-flanked
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    Mabira

    OK, so having now "been there, done that" I'll reply, in case it's of use to anyone else. Access to Mabira is indeed very straightforward. I stayed in Jinja town, which is about 20-30 minutes to the east, and had three days birding alone at Mabira. Negotiated a taxi out to the forest for 50000...
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    Mabira

    Hi all Heading to Kenya for 3 weeks in Jan/Feb, a DIY fairly relaxed trip (having been there twice before this is more about just getting away to somewhere vaguely familiar and very birdy), and would also like to hop across to Uganda for Shoebill. All of which is straightforward enough, I more...
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    Sanday 28th September-7th October 2022

    Assuming I've done everything right all my Sanday ebird lists should be at this link: https://ebird.org/tripreport/81115?welcome=true 111 species was a good haul considering the conditions. Matched the 2021 tally (although two of those subsequently didn't satisfy the powers that be - two of...
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    Sanday 28th September-7th October 2022

    https://swaysteve.blogspot.com/2022/10/last-day.html?m=1
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    Sanday 28th September-7th October 2022

    https://swaysteve.blogspot.com/2022/10/wild-weather-again.html
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    Sanday 28th September-7th October 2022

    Thanks very much. Really enjoyed writing them and nice to know the effort has been appreciated.
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    Sanday 28th September-7th October 2022

    https://swaysteve.blogspot.com/2022/10/redefining-rarity.html
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    Sanday 28th September-7th October 2022

    https://swaysteve.blogspot.com/2022/10/autumnal.html
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    Sanday 28th September-7th October 2022

    https://swaysteve.blogspot.com/2022/10/day-six.html
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    Sanday 28th September-7th October 2022

    https://swaysteve.blogspot.com/2022/10/mood-swings.html?m=1
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    Sanday, September 16th - 23rd.

    I had just one last year, none this.
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    Sanday 28th September-7th October 2022

    Scandinavian birds. A lot of people have added them to their Orkney or Shetland lists this year off the back of quite an invasion.
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    Sanday 28th September-7th October 2022

    Today's imaginatively titled blog offering: https://swaysteve.blogspot.com/2022/10/day-four.html
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    Sanday 28th September-7th October 2022

    Managed to get out for a couple of hours or so once the rain cleared today, and it was better than expected: https://swaysteve.blogspot.com/2022/09/wet-and-wild.html?m=1
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    Sanday 28th September-7th October 2022

    A little bit behind with posting this, but it's been a busy couple of days and evenings, and I'm only finding time now because the weather is horrendous so I'm stuck inside. The plan had been 26th September-7th October but cancelled (due to gales) ferries I arrived two days late. As I doubt...
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    Sanday, September 16th - 23rd.

    I presume when you say "only five Sanday Records" you mean Lady Boy Sanday records?
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    Sanday, September 16th - 23rd.

    Lucano is a quality establishment!
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    Sanday, Orkney, October 1st-13th 2021

    And so, in summary, Sanday, what's it all about? It's a big island, that's for sure, and a car is essential - from the central base in Lady it's 8 miles to either end. Not somewhere to go if getting a load of good birds off someone else's effort is your thing. More often than not, apart from the...
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    Sanday, Orkney, October 1st-13th 2021

    To be honest I still generally only reach for the camera as an afterthought: after 40 years of birding it's a very recent acquisition and the default reaction is to write notes AND, more importantly, to just enjoy the bird. And as it's just a bridge camera, good as they are, I'm not sure it...
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    Sanday, Orkney, October 1st-13th 2021

    13th October Last day, a cloudy one with a stiff F5-6 easterly throughout and occasional rain Plan for today was to head to Start Point, do a seawatch, then after packing up my digs just poke around a few favourite gardens in the hope of something vaguely interesting. When I arrived at the...
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