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    new bird

    vernal jape ????
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    kenya checklist

    Nature Kenya has just issued a revised Kenya checklist , I have a few copies . Any one interested Mike Davidson
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    new kenya checklist

    Hello all a new check list of Kenya birds has been published by Nature Kenya . I have a few copies sent over to me . It details some of the recent splits and lumps ! Any one wishing to purchase a copy , please drop me a line to MIKE DAVIDSLON 56 SARUM AVENIE WEST MOORS FERNDOWN DORSET BH 22...
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    Trinidad

    Trinidad birding trip 30 October to 6th November . My cousin Keith [Whitfield] and I [Mike Davidson] ventured into the'New World ' for the first time .Our previous trips have been in Kenya [where I lived for 21 years ] , Serbia and UK . Nigel Moorhouse of Sarus tours organised the trip well...
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    myatery bird

    HI All I had a good weekend around Dorset . Friday night saw us [two owls group] at Holt Heath not far from where I live . We had the churring of Nightjars, with some eventually flying and also 'roding' Woodcocks . A .lifer for me . However I did see a stange bird on the main road before the...
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    Kenya

    I have lived in Africa for nearly 50 years [ mainly working for the good old Barclays Bank ] and latterly 21 years in Kenya , where I took up birding . I came back home two years ago for family reasons , but have been back twice since . The last time three weeks ago . Apart from a little...
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    bird ringing at Ngulia ,Tsavo West Kenya

    many ringers may know of the fantastic project that takes place every year at Ngulia Lodge in Tsavo national park in Kenya. This started in 1969 and ringers from all round the globe have participated .I have been there 3 times and am amazed at the project . A report has been published by the...
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    red kites

    I had a trip to Brill near Oxford and back to Dorset, yesterday and saw upto 10 Red Kites on the way Mike D
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    birding apps

    can any one recommend a good app for uk birds ? Mike D
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    dorset, strange blackbird

    Hi all just back from Africa after 50 years flying around ! I saw a strange looking Blackbird in West Moors where I live . It had a red bill , white chest and white streaks in its wings . It seemed to be with other blackbirds in a tree. Did not have my camera so did not get a photo . Any...
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    Nairobi National Park

    I have not recorded our weekly visits for some time . My laziness !! However we still go weekly and it is still an amazing park . The latest checklist by Brian Finch evidences what he has recorded over 25 years . When we [Nature Kenya] published his checklist there were 493 species recorded . We...
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    mass slaughter of migrants in Egypt

    to all Egyptians are slaughtering many millions of our migrants every year with serious consequences for all Africa ! Please google avaaz Egypt must stop to get the full story we already have 770 supporters for our appeal . Please join us . Mike D in Nairobi
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    great find - nesting site of Clarke's Weaver

    Clarke's Weaver was 'discovered ' in 1913 by Brigadier-General Goland Vanholt Clarke ,an ornithologist and collector , who sent a specimen to his brother in uk , also an army man who 'wrote up ' the description. It is an endemic to Kenya, and only found in Arabuko- Sokoke Forest near Malindi on...
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    Baglafecht Weaver

    We in Kenya have a weaver called Baglafect Weaver , which from time past was called Emin's Weaver after Emin Pasha , Reichenow's Weaver after Dr Anton Reichenow and finally Stuhlmann's Weaver after Dr Franz Stuhlmann. Part of the scientific name for all three includes Baglfecht . Who was...
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    Nairobi National Park

    Having had 3 weeks in the grey wet uk , which was quite miserable birding wise , it was great to get back to some sunshine and warmth here in nairobi . We , Brian Finch, Fleur Ngweno,Karen Plumbe and Jennifer Awori already have had 2 mondays in our national park . My list for the 2 days is 197...
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    digiscoping with Leica apo scope

    My good friend Brian Finch , best birder in Kenya uses a panasonic lumix fz 200 for his great pictures but this does not digiscope. Is there an attachment for the camera to fit the scope, or what reasonably priced camera would fit the bill . He is looking at spending $150 . I will buy for him...
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    rare vagrants at Manguo pond Limuru nr Nairobi

    Brian Finch , Nigel Hunter , Karen Plumbe and myself had a morning visit to Manguo ponds last thursday and we were lucky ! We had two rare vagrants , Ferruginous Duck and Gadwall , both very rare agrants plus an intra africa migrant the Western Reef Heron , which apparantly come from the NE...
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    The Urban Birder in nairobi

    We, the Nairobi birders [ including Nature Kenya] were delighted to entertain David Lindo here for 5 days , in and around Nairobi . The city has a poor reputation of muggings and more . However this hides the fact of great birding sites ! David came , courtesy of the Kenya Tourist Board , but...
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    Migrants Back In Kenya

    our usual fab five had our weekly visit to our Nairobi National Park . we had 7 hours there and registered over 100 species . migrants returning were , Green, Wood and Common Sandpipers , Greenshank, Northern Wheatear, Barn Swallows , Eurasian Bee-eaters. we also had our first Madagascar Pond...
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    Nairobi National Park

    I have not posted a report for some 3 months or more . But it does not mean we have not been to our great National Park. We do every week on a monday morning , we being Brian Finch , Fleur Ngweno , Karen Plumbe , Jennifer Awori and myself. When Brian is on safari as he is now , we get...
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    2 More Visits To Nairobi Nat Park

    sorry , forget to mention todays's 2 hours . 3 distinct phases . 1 Lions on an junction post , got great photos 2 saddle billed storks mating on a tree 3 Huge storm coming into Nairoibi from the south Mike d you will have seen my last report . This monday . our usual weekeday , we...
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    Migrants In Nairobi National Park

    I have posted threads from time to time re our great nairobi national park , which is within the boundaries of the city . several of us have had regular visits every monday morning over the last year or so . We regularly record over 100 species in 6 hours and the variety and changes every week...
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    Bird safari in Western Kenya

    Karen Plumbe, Brian Finch, Nigel Hunter , Joseph Kariuki [Nature's Wonderland Safaris] and myself had an 8 day safari through Western Kenya . Given that 2 days were travelling to and from , it is amazing that we recorded 320 species in 6 days ! Days 2/3 were around Kitale, Kapenguria , and...
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    lake nakuru overflowing !

    Lake Nakuru in Kenya has suffered badly because of a persistent drought . So its nice to see it overflowing , as we have had heavy rains here in Kenya . We had a day trip there this monday and were amazed at the level of water , with the south end near Muya' s causeway underwater and much more...
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    migrants returning to Kenya

    our regular trips to Nairobi National Park in the last few months have shown us the returning migrants from Eastern Europe and Western Asia . First to return were the waders especially the Sandpipers , ie Wood , Common, Green and Marsh . I was then away in August / and part of Sept , but we...
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