Day 1 was not a day for photographing birds because Jonathon's camera hadn't been unpacked but we took a couple.

We made up for it on the following couple of days, concentrating on birds on two of our outings.

Tawny Eagle (LHS) and Bataleur (RHS) - both juvenile

Tawny Eagle

Harrier

Black-chested Snake-Eagle

Black-chested Snake-Eagle

Black-headed Weaver (AKA Village Weaver)

Blue-capped Cordon-bleu

Capped Wheatear

Crowned Lapwing

White Stork

Fischer's Sparrow-Lark

Fischer's Sparrow-Lark

Fischer's Lovebirds

Greater and Lesser Flamingo

Grey-breasted Spurfowl

Greater Kestrel

Greater Kestrel

Lilac-breasted Roller

Grey-backed Shrike

Grey-backed Shrike

Marabou Stork

Pygmy Falcon

Lesser Masked Weaver

Lesser Masked Weaver

Rufous-tailed Weaver

Secretary Bird

Speckle-fronted Weaver

Speke's Weaver

Tawny Eagle

Tawny Eagle

Two-banded Courser

Usambiro Barbet

Vitelline Masked Weaver

White-bellied Bustard

White-bellied Canary

White-winged Black Tern

African Harrier-Hawk (aka Gymnagene)

Bateleur (Juvenile)

Black-shouldered Kite

Black-winged Lapwing

Blue-capped Cordon-bleu

Coqui Francolin

European Roller

Grey-backed Camaroptera

Helmeted Guineafowl (digging around in elephant dung)

Lesser Kestrel

Long-crested Eagle

Long-crested Eagle

Northern Wheatear

Common Ostrich

Common Ostrich

Rattling Cisticola

Red-tailed Shrike AKA Isabelline Shrike

Common Rock-Thrush

Slate Coloured Boubou

Southern Red Bishop

Superb Starling

Usambiro Barbet

Usambiro Barbet

Vitelline Masked Weaver

Variable Sunbird (F)

Variable Sunbird (M)

Von der Decken's Hornbill

Hildebrandt's Starling

Common Ostrich

Superb Starling

Greater and Lesser Flamingo

African Silverbird

Black-headed Heron
(very unusual to see one with red eyes apparently)

Black-winged Stilt

Blacksmith Lapwing

Kittlitz's Plover

Little Bee-eater

Little Bee-eaters

Marsh Sandpiper

Red-billed Teal

Rufous Chatterer

Speckle-fronted Weaver

White Stork

Three-banded Plover

Wood Sandpiper

Ring-necked Dove

Bare-faced Go-away Bird

Bataleur

Common Sandpiper

Yellow Wagtail

It was really interesting to see these Black-lored Babblers grooming / preening each other. Not something we've seen before. As you can see, they were a bit damp.

Black-lored Babbler

Crowned Lapwing

Crowned Lapwing

Grassland Pipit

Green Sandpiper

Grey breasted Spurfowl

African Grey Flycatcher

Southern Ground-Hornbill

Southern Ground-Hornbill

Helmeted Guineafowl with young

Lesser Kestrel (F)

Lesser Kestrel (F)

Lilac-breasted Roller (a very wet one!)

Little Bee-eaters

Little Bee-eaters

Little Bee-eater

Magpie Shrike with a long tailed starling

Ruppell's Long-Tailed Starling

Ruppell's Long-Tailed Starling

Rattling Cisticola

Red-billed Hornbill

Rufous-naped Lark

Tawny Eagles

Three-banded Plover

Van der Decken's Hornbill

Wattled Starling

White-browed Coucal (AKA Bottle Bird)

Northern White-crowned Shrike

Green Sandpiper

Green Wood-hoopoe (AKA Red-billed Wood-hoopoe)

Green Wood-hoopoe (AKA Red-billed Wood-hoopoe)

Ruppell's Long-tailed Starling

Grey Hornbill

African Grey Hornbill

White-headed Buffalo Weaver

Tawny Eagle

Tawny Eagle

White Stork

Egyptian Goose - it was good to see both parents taking an active part in child care - with this many goslings, it was probably essential.

Egyptian Goose

Common Moorhen

Red-billed Teal

Red-billed Teal

Black-bellied Bustard

Black-bellied Bustard

Kori Bustard

Grassland Pipit

Little Stint

Marabou Stork

Ruff and Marsh Sandpiper

Ruff enjoying a puddle bath

Ruff and Wood Sandpiper

White-winged Black Tern

Bateleur

Black Crows

Laughing Dove

Shelley's Francolin

Dark Chanting-Goshawk

Dark Chanting-Goshawk

Dark Chanting-Goshawk

Short-tailed Lark

Speckled Pigeon

Tawny Eagle

Temminck's Courser

White-bellied Bustard

Yellow-throated Sandgrouse

Somali and Athi Short-toed Lark

Black-shouldered Kite

Croaking Cisticola

Fischer's Sparrowlark (F)

Fischer's Sparrowlark (M)

Grey-breasted Spurfowl

Hartlaub's Bustard

Red-capped Lark

Rosy-breasted Longclaw

White-bellied Bustard

Yellow-throated Longclaw

Dark Chanting-Goshawk

Bateleur

Hammerkop eating a bullfrog

Hammerkop eating a bullfrog

Hammerkop

It was amazing to see these vultures all drying their wings at the same time. There's a combination of a variety of vulture species here including Rupells, Hooded, White Back and Nubian. There's also a Maribou Stork on the right.

Vultures (Hooded, White Backed and Rupells)

Hooded Vulture

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