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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jos Stratford" data-source="post: 433095" data-attributes="member: 12449">Hi,Quite a while since I've been to the Kenyan coast, but there are many good birding spots - I would recommend having a look at <a href="http://www.birdtours.co.uk" target="_blank">www.birdtours.co.uk</a> - despite its name, it is not a tour company, but an excellent site with trip reports from all corners of the world, including Kenya.A word of warning, before wandering around with expensive optics on the Kenyan coast (or in Nairobi), check the safety situation - these two parts of Kenya have built up quite a bad reputation ...but maybe things are better now.I spent six months in Kenya, excellent birding everywhere, but midway through those six months I got attacked on the coast in broad daylight by three guys with machetes and lost my binoculars (in return got multiple cuts, exposing the bone). Sounds nasty, but don't let it put you off - check with your hotel (or latest Lonely Planet) for current situation.</blockquote>