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  1. Golden_Nightjar_8009.JPG

    Golden_Nightjar_8009.JPG

    A different angle on this fabulous bird!
  2. Saviles_bustard_8110.JPG

    Saviles_bustard_8110.JPG

    Another shot of the Savile's Bustard as there don't seem to be many around!
  3. Scissor-tailed Kite roost_8328.JPG

    Scissor-tailed Kite roost_8328.JPG

    Just around a quarter of one tree out of a dozen or so which were all smothered in roosting kites. Good luck counting them all!
  4. Long-tailed Nightjar_8093.JPG

    Long-tailed Nightjar_8093.JPG

    A lovely photo, apart from all the plastic rubbish!
  5. Saviles Bustard_8102.JPG

    Saviles Bustard_8102.JPG

    Not the greatest photo as we had to take it through the vehicle window!
  6. Scissor-tailed Kites_8355.JPG

    Scissor-tailed Kites_8355.JPG

    A few birds perched before they go to the main roosting trees
  7. White-crested Tiger-heron_8372.JPG

    White-crested Tiger-heron_8372.JPG

    After much searching we finally found one!
  8. Scissor-tailed Kite_8322.JPG

    Scissor-tailed Kite_8322.JPG

    Around 10,000 birds coming in to roost on Kousmar Island is an amazing sight!
  9. Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse_8060.JPG

    Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse_8060.JPG

    Male and female, in a flock of around 30 birds.
  10. nick scarle

    Nairobi 10th March

    Many years ago there was a separate desk for visas on arrival at Nairobi but that's probably all changed now. I'd certainly recommend Nairobi National Park ... very easy to get to and a wonderful place for birds and mammals.
  11. Quail Plover_8283.JPG

    Quail Plover_8283.JPG

    Quail Plover is one of THE must see birds of any trip to the Sahel!
  12. Striped Kingfisher_8124.JPG

    Striped Kingfisher_8124.JPG

    A dry country kingfisher often found in thorn-scrub habitat
  13. Cricket Warbler_8124.JPG

    Cricket Warbler_8124.JPG

    Cricket Warbler, an iconic species of the Sahel region
  14. Golden Nightjar_7124.JPG

    Golden Nightjar_7124.JPG

    Golden Nightjar, local guides are now very good at finding these birds once described as 'near mythical'!
  15. Little Grey Woodpecker_7956.JPG

    Little Grey Woodpecker_7956.JPG

    Little Grey (or Sahelian) Woodpecker
  16. Cream Coloured Courser_7953.JPG

    Cream Coloured Courser_7953.JPG

    Cream-coloured Courser
  17. nick scarle

    Comment by 'nick scarle' in media 'Rusty-breasted Wheatear'

    This has now been updated due to the recent split. Now 3 species with Heuglin's Wheatear across Northern Africa, Red-breasted Wheatear in the Arabian Peninsula and this one now called Rusty-breasted Wheatear endemic to Ethiopia.
  18. nick scarle

    Favourite Book About Birds/Birding?

    I've just finished Birds in a Cage by Derek Niemann, a surprising and enjoyable book.
  19. nick scarle

    Two English early bees for ID please

    I think the first is a Tawny mining bee, and the second a Honeybee.
  20. Wattled cranes

    Wattled cranes

    One of the "must-see" birds for my trip to Botswana
  21. Yellow-billed Oxpeckers

    Yellow-billed Oxpeckers

    Or perhaps they should be Hogpeckers!
  22. Verreaux's Eagle Owl

    Verreaux's Eagle Owl

    Had to climb onto the roof of the jeep to get a good angle but it was worth it!
  23. Southern Carmine Bee-eater

    Southern Carmine Bee-eater

    If you can't find a Kori Bustard to perch on you have to make do with elephant poo!
  24. Rosy-throated Longclaw

    Rosy-throated Longclaw

    A really confiding bird. Allowed us close enough to measure the claw!
  25. Northern Black Korhaan

    Northern Black Korhaan

    He stood under the bush shouting non-stop for nearly an hour. No response from a female, just a few safari jeeps!
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