sightings

The information on this page is drawn largely from sightings reported on Kenyabirdsnet a mailing list whose primary aim is to improve the communication between Kenyan birders and others who are interested in Kenyan birds. The sightings are reproduced by kind permission of Itai Shanni the group's moderator.

Abbreviations used: NNP = Nairobi National Park

2002/2003/2004 RECORDS

Latest Reports

• 23/03/05: Loresho - Small flocks of Jackson's Widowbirds in breeding plumage. (Fleur Ng'weno)

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All Sightings in Chronological Order

• 23/03/05: Loresho - Small flocks of Jackson's Widowbirds in breeding plumage. (Fleur Ng'weno)
• 13/03/05: Njoro River - Barbary Falcon. (Nigel Hunter)
• 12/03/05: Lake Naivasha - Temminck's Stint, Spotted Redshank, Great Crested Grebe. (Nigel Hunter)
• 24/02/05: Embakasi - Eurasian Nightjar. (Moses Khazalwa)
• 03/02/05: Mara - African Crake (Paul Kirui)
• 22/01/05: Mumias - Red-necked Falcon. (David Fisher)
• 22/01/05: Mungatsi - Speckle-breasted Woodpecker, Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle and Red-faced Lovebird. (David Fisher)
• 21/01/05: Kakamega Forest - Semi-collared Flycatcher. (David Fisher)
• 20/01/05: Kiboino - Gambaga Flycatcher. (Brian Finch)
• 18/01/05: Lake Nakuru - Black-headed Gull. (David Fisher)
• 17/01/05: Nyahururu - Lesser Jacana. (David Fisher)
• 20/01/05: Pemba Channel - Shy Albatross. (Maia Hemphill)
• 11/01/05: Jabinin - Angola Swallow. (Itai Shanni)
• 09/01/05: Naibor Camp, Mara- Karamoja Apalis (Brian Finch)
• 30-31/12/04: Sabaki Estuary - Probable Lesser Frigatebird plus 1 Black-headed Gull, 4 Superb starlings, 1 Cut-throat Finch and 1 Abyssinian White-eye.(Simon Valle)
• 29/12/04: Governor's Camp, Mara - Both Cinnamon-chested Bee-eaters and Blur Flycatchers breeding. (Dave Richards)
• 20-23/12/04:Rukinga (Taita Discovery Centre) - Tawny Pipit. (Nigel Hunter)
• 19/12/04: Suswa - Lesser Spotted Eagle. (Itai Shanni)
• 05/12/04: Hopcroft Ranch - Levant Sparrowhawk. (Brian Finch)
• 02/12/04: Pemba Channel - Probable Greater Frigate Bird. (Pat and Maia Hemphill)
• 20/11/04: 8 miles off Mombasa - Shy Albatross. (Pat and Maia Hemphill)
• 09/11/04: Mombasa Club - 2 Brown-breasted Barbets. (Pat and Maia Hemphill)
• 03/11/04: Proposed Biodiversity Park (Nairobi) - Dwarf Bittern (Fleur Ng'weno)
• 30/10/04: Paradise crossing point (Masai Mara) - Brown-chested plover. (Paul Kitui)
• 30/10/04: Arboretum (Nairobi) - Grey-olive Greenbul. (Chege Kariuki, Alan Johnston)
• 25/10/04: Sabaki Estuary - Sandwich Terns (3). (Colin Jackson)
• 16/10/04: Sabaki Estuary - Isabelline Wheatear, Eurasian Marsh-Harrier. (Colin Jackson)
• 29/09/04: Small dam off Magadi Road in Langata - Madagascar Squacco Heron. (Fleur Ng'weno)
• 22/09/04: Farm next to Ondiri Swamp, Kikuyu - Red-throated Wryneck. (Fleur Ng'weno)
• 20/09/04: Mida - Broad-billed Sandpiper. (Colin Jackson)
• 16/09/04: Pemba side of the Pemba Channel - Wedge-tailed Shearwater. (Pat and Maia Hemphill)
• 15/09/04: Nairobi river at National Museums of Kenya. (Fleur Ng'weno)
• 08/09/04: Nairobi Arboretum - African Golden Oriole. (Shailesh Patel)
• 27/08/04: Lake Nakuru - Slender-billed Gull. (Brian Finch)
• ??/08/04: Lembus Forest - Common Wattle-eye, Kenrick’s Starling. (Darcy Ogada)
• 25/08/04: Masai Mara - Karamoja Apalis. (Phil Showh, Itai Shanni)
• 06/08/04: Esiket Forest (Mara) - Buff-throated Apalis. (Chege Kariuki)
• 14/4: Mbololo, Taita Hills: Sharpe's Starling (small flock). id Gitau)
• 11/07/04: Makalia River, Lake Nakuru NP: Pair of Lesser (Mongolian) Sand Plovers. (Fleur Ng'weno)
• 11/07/04: Makalia River, Lake Nakuru NP: Pair of Lesser (Mongolian) Sand Plovers. (Fleur Ng'weno)
• 11/07/04: The Aberdares NP: Pair of African Green Ibis nesting. (Itai Shanni, Brian Finch and Mike Davidson)
• 10/07/04: Njoro River mouth, Lake Nakuru NP: Two Grey Crowned Cranes. (Fleur Ng'weno)
• 07/07/04: The Musiara Airfield Pit - Madagascar Squacco Herons (18 in one group) plus a pair of Long-toed Plovers (rare in the area) with a single chick (poss a new breeding record for the Mara). Also Lemon Dove on the road at Kichwa Tembo, Little Rock Thrush on the Oloololo Escarpment. (Brian Finch)
• 02/07/04: Magadi Rd - 3 Scaly Chatterers at 1st bridge. (Fleur Ng’weno, Shailesh Patel, Chege Kariuki, Itai Shanni)
• 27/06/04: Lake Solai - more than 24 Grey Crowned Cranes, a pair of Greater Painted-Snipe, and an immature Great Spotted Cuckoo. (Fleur Ng'weno).
• 27/06/04: Shampole - 10 Madagascar Squacco Herons also around few Glossy Ibis and one immature Saddle-billed Stork. Also one breeding pair of Collared Pratincole were found near the bridge over the Ewaso Nyiro. Towards the hot springs a pair of Pied Avocets with 3 chicks and also about 40 Curlew Sandpipers in full breeding plumage. (Itai Shanni)
• 26/06/04: NNP - Athi Basin, Rosy-breasted Longclaw. Athi Dam, Gull-billed Tern plus one summer plumage Greenshank. Hyena Dam - Madagascar Squacco Herons (large numbers) plus Afican Darter (1) and Purple Swamphen (1). (Itai Shanni, Chege Kariuki)
• 23/06/04: Arabuko-Sokoke Forest - Spotted Ground Thrush seen near the Mida entrance. (David Ngala, Fleur Ng'weno).
• 20/06/04: Gitiligini on the Escarpment overlooking the Kedong Valley - Moustached Green Tinkerbird and the race albicauda of White-headed Barbet. (Fleur Ng'weno).
• 15/06/04: Wajee Nature Park - Red-throated Wryneck. (Benson Mugambi, Duncan Himes)
• 02/06/04: Murram pit near Musiara airstrip (Mara) - Madagascar Squacco Herons (4). Also many Open billed Storks and 2 Woolly-necked Storks, Musiara Swamp. (Dave Richards)
• June '04: Mpala research Centre in Laikipia - Bush Pipit (subadult) if record accepted this is range extension. (Chege Kariuki)
• 30/05/04: Tana Primate Reserve - Ashy Flycatcher (locally common), Little Yellow Flycatcher, Black-backed Puffback (affinis race with all black wings), Mombasa Woodpecker (locally common), Brown-breasted Barbet. (Ben Mugambi, Andrew Kamiti)
• 29/05/04: Mwaluganje Elephant Sanctuary - Brown-headed Parrots (several pairs), Black-collared Barbets (locally common), Black-bellied Starlings (large flocks), plus there were the high number of Snake-Eagles (3 adult Black-chested and 5 Brown Snake Eagles). (Ben Mugambi, Andrew Kamiti)
• 26/05/04: Arabuko-Sokoke Forest. Two pairs of Spotted Ground Thrush. (Albert Baya)
• 26/05/04: Sabaki Estuary. Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver (9). (Simon Valle)
• 25-28/05/04: Nyumbeni Hills (Ngaia Forest) - Mountain Buzzard (pair), Lemon Dove, Brown-backed Woodpecker, Cabanis' Greenbul, Terrestrial Brownbul, Eastern Nicator, Retz's Helmet-shrike, Black-throated Wattle-eye, Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher, White-tailed Crested Flycatcher, Black-and-white Flycatcher, Hinde's Babbler. (Brian Finch)
• 24/05/04: Sabaki Estuary. Zebra Waxbills (4). (Albert Baya)
• 21/05/04: Magadi Road - Great Spotted Cuckoo, Wahlberg's Honeybird, Bare-eyed Thrush, Steel-blue Whydah. (Brian Finch)
• 19/05/04: Two Ayres' Hawk-Eagles soaring and diving above the Nairobi Arboretum. (Fleur Ng'weno)
• 18/05/04: Nature Trail area of Mwamba Bird Observatory and Field Study Centre - Eastern Green Tinkerbird. (Colin Jackson)
• 16/05/04: Magadi Rd - possible new sub-species of Pringle's Puffback (silvery appearance with different wing covert pattern). (Itai Shanni, Brian Finch)
• 16/05/04: Magadi Rd - male Golden Pipit displaying and chasing a female. This may very well be the first possible breeding record for this usually northern/eastern species in this area. (Itai Shanni, Brian Finch)
• 16/05/04: Olorgesailie Prehistoric Site off Magadi Road - Pied Wheatear, male in brilliant breeding plumage, also Great Spotted Cuckoo. (Fleur Ng'weno)
• 14/05/04: Mwamba - netting resulted in the first 2 Red-capped Robin Chats of the season, also an immature Mangrove Kingfisher followed by an adult. (Colin Jackson)
• 13/05/04: Sukari Ranch - 4 Broad-billed Rollers plus and a flock of Cardinal Queleas that were feeding on the tall grass around the area marked 'pond 7'. (Ben Mugambi)
• 11/05/04: Magadi Rd - 1st big bridge, 2 Golden-winged Sunbirds. (Itai Shanni, Brian Finch, Fleur Ng'weno and Shailesh Patel)
• 06/05/04: Mwamba - Sedge Warbler (the first record for Mwamba Bird Observatory). (Colin Jackson)
• 04/05/04: Mwamba - African Pygmy Kingfisher (1st for year). (Colin Jackson)
• 01/05/04: Thika Kinangop Rd - 2 kms from Thika Road - pair of Grey-olive Greenbul plus a pair of Spur-winged Goose. Kieni Forest - Bar-tailed Trogon, African Hill Babblers. Kinagop Grasslands - Sharpe’s Longclaw plus many Black-winged plovers. Roslyne River Flower Garden next to Village Market - pair of African Black Ducks. (Ben Mugambi)
• 01/05/04: Mpala Research Centre, Laikipia District - African Hawk-Eagle, Common Button-quail, Black-and-White Cuckoo, Black Cuckoo, Donaldson-Smith's Nightjar, Common House Martin, Lesser Grey Shrike, Black-capped Social Weavers, a Northern Grosbeak Canary [Female], Alpine Swift and Wahlberg's Honeybird. (Shailesh Patel)
• 19/04/04: Upper Hill, Nairobi - Eastern Honeybird singing in flight. (Fleur Ng'weno)
• 18/04/04: Near KARI Kathumani, about 9 km southeast of Machakos - Greater Honeyguide (singing male) and Wahlberg's Honeybird, in riverine woodland and thicket. Also a pair of Red-throated Tits. (Fleur Ng'weno)
• 18/04/04: Mara - Migrants still present including large flocks of white storks, a few Caspian Plovers, Barn Swallows, a couple of Eurasian Rollers, Steppe eagles, Blackcaps and Willow Warblers. (Paul Kirui)
• 17/04/04: Mount Suswa - Pallid Honeyguide, seen at close range in enormous fig tree at entrance to lava caves. Also, two Kori Bustards on grassland north of Mount Suswa. (Fleur Ng'weno)
• 14/04/04: Loresho Road, Nairobi - Scaly-throated Honeyguide, chased by White-headed Barbet, end of Loresho Road near entrance to Kabete Campus of University of Nairobi. (Fleur Ng'weno)
• 14-16/04/04: Tsavo East National Park - Within 10 km of Buchuma Gate a group of 8 Amur Falcons were seen in one > tree. Seen on the Voi River road east of Aruba Dam about 8 km a pair of Violet-tipped Coursers. At signpost entrance to Satao Camp approx a dozen Temmicks Coursers. Fire-fronted Bishops (approx 200 males) seen along road from Buchuma to Aruba, and sporadically throughout the park. Also Levaillants Cuckoo plus Violet Woodhoopoe along Voi River. (Duncan Himes)
• 13/04/04: Kakamega - Bar-tailed Trogons (2 pairs one with juvenile). Eldoret - large group of Southern Pochard. (Dino Martins)
• 10/04/04: NNP - Lesser Grey and Red-backed Shrikes (at least 20 individuals of each), Willow Warblers and Spotted Flycatcher in various corners of the park. Plus 3 Hobbies, 4 Lesser Kestrels, a Black Stork, 2 Tree Pipits, a Garden Warbler and one Whinchat along with a few Montague’s Harriers. Marsh Sandpipers, Greenshanks and one Little Stint can still be found at Athi basin dam. On the junction to Ruai Dam a fresh plumage Icterine Warbler. Zebra Waxbill in the tall grass near Kisembese ridge on the way to Olomanyi dam and 4 Rosy-breasted Longclaws next to Hyena dam and the Vulture pool. Also near Hyena dam, one Black-bellied Bustard (calling). (Itai Shanni, Brian Finch and Fleur Ng'weno)
• 07/04/04: Sokoke - numerous Asian Lesser Cuckoos, including several of the strange red-headed and red-rumped forms, also a Thick-billed Cuckoo. A few Eurasian, and a single Black-and-White Cuckoo were also amongst the migrants feasting on the caterpillars.(Brian Finch, Anne Bishop, Richard Bishop, Simon Valle and John Hornbuckle)
• 06/04/04: Sokoke - There was a marked passage of Eurasian Rollers moving over the forest, and Red-backed Shrikes inside the forest. Sabaki - 60 Avocets plus 1000 Madagascar Pratincoles already. Also Osprey, a migrant Peregrine, a single Red-throated Pipit, a Rufous Bush Chat, 3 Eurasian Rock-Thrushes, a couple of Willow Warblers a half-a-dozen Red-backed Shrikes, and a Spotted Flycatcher. There were also a few lutea and flava Yellow Wagtails along the rivers edge.(Brian Finch, Anne Bishop, Richard Bishop, Simon Valle and John Hornbuckle)
• 05/04/04: Shimoni - dark Eurasian Honey Buzzard. Camp Eden - Brown-headed Parrots. Along the Shimoni Road a pair of Collared Palm Thrushes. Shimba Hills - Green-headed Orioles at Shimba Hills Lodge and Makadara Picnic Site. (Brian Finch, Anne Bishop, Richard Bishop, Simon Valle and John Hornbuckle)
• 31/03/04: Splash, Langata - Eurasian Nightjar, Barn Swallow, Yellow Wagtail, Spotted Flycatcher, Sedge Warbler (singing), Olivaceous Warbler (singing), Willow Warbler and outside the grounds, a Parasitic Weaver (singing). (Fleur Ng'weno)
• 28/03/04: Ruiru Sports Club - Eurasian Nightjar (3), Green-capped Eremomela (pale eyed race), Grey-rumped Swallows and Wahlberg's Honeybird. (Shailesh Kumar Patel)
• 13-14/03/04: Lake Kwenia (Kedong Valley, SW of Nairobi in Kajiado District) - Eurasian Cuckoo (calling!) - NB This was later identified as an African and not an Eurasian Cuckoo, Great Spotted Cuckoo, Eurasian Hobby, White-tailed Lark and Egyptian Vulture. (Shailesh Kumar Patel, Munir Virani)
• 19/02/04: Sabaki River Mouth - Saunders' Terns (large numbers between 10,000 to 25,000 at various times). Plus Eurasian Marsh Harrier (ad male), Isabelline Shrike (very pale female) and Olivaceous Warbler. (Colin Jackson)
• 17/02/04: Mara (along the Talek River) - Blackcap, Caspian Plover. (Paul Kirui)
• 16/02/04: Keresoi Dam - Aberdare Cisticola, Sharpe's Longclaw plus Wing Snapping Cisticola, Northern Pintail, African Snipe, Black Winged Plover, Red Capped Lark. (Eric Harris)
• 15/02/04: Sabaki River Mouth - Red-throated Pipit. (Colin Jackson)
• 12/02/04: Pemba Channel (N) - 2 White-tailed Tropicbirds. (Maia and Pat Hemphill)
• 01/02/04: Sabaki River Mouth - Caspian Plover (7), Pallid Harrier (1), Red-throated Pipit (3). (Colin Jackson)
• 01/02/04: Gongoni Saltworks - Eurasian Oystercatcher. (Colin Jackson)
• Jan/04: Masai Mara - Caspian Plovers. (Dave Richards)
• Jan/04: Nairobi-Nyeri road, 5-6 kms S of Sagana Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah in breeding-plumage. (Terry Stevenson)
• 31/01/04: Lake Chemchem - Spotted Redshank. (David Fisher and Mel Ogola)
• 30/01/04: 25 Km out of Lokichokio on the Lodwar Rd - Little Grebe in winter plumage. (Itai Shanni, Bill Clark)
• 30/01/04: 27 Km out of Lokichokio on the Lodwar Rd - Black-winged Stilt (5). (Itai Shanni, Bill Clark)
• 30/01/04: 1 Km out of Lokichokio town - Common Rock Thrush (1 male). (Itai Shanni, Bill Clark)
• 29/01/04: Nananm village - Pied Crow (pair). (Itai Shanni, Bill Clark)
• 29/01/04: 5 Km SE of Nanam village (Lokichokio region) - One Short-toed Snake Eagle. (Itai Shanni, Bill Clark)
• 28-30/01/04: Lokichokio town - Feral Pigeons. (Itai Shanni, Bill Clark)
• 28-29/01/04: Flying above the Lotikip plains and also near the Oropoi junction - Plain Martin. (Itai Shanni, Bill Clark)
• 28/01/04: 25 Km out of Lokichokio on the Lodwar Rd - Upcher's Warbler (1). (Itai Shanni, Bill Clark)
• 28/01/04: Flying above Oropoi - House Martin (approx 20). (Itai Shanni, Bill Clark)
• 28/01/04: 20 Km out of Lokichokio on the Lodwar Rd - Malachite Kingfisher (1). (Itai Shanni, Bill Clark)
• 28/01/04: 19 Km out of Lokichokio on the Lodwar Rd - A pair of Barbary Falcons. (Itai Shanni, Bill Clark)
• 28/01/04: 25 Km out of Lokichokio on the Lodwar Rd - Possible pair of Grey-headed Batis (1st for Kenya). (Itai Shanni, Bill Clark)
• 28/01/04: 20 Km out of Lokichokio on the Lodwar Rd - Green-backed Heron (2). (Itai Shanni, Bill Clark)
• 28/01/04: 20 Km out of Lokichokio on the Lodwar Rd - Senegal Thick-knee (2) - displaying territorial behaviour - poss with young. (Itai Shanni, Bill Clark)
• 25/01/04: Just after the Delamare estate (between Naivasha and Gilgil) an adult Grasshopper Buzzard. Also at Lake Nakuru: 2 Greater Spotted Eagles, 1 Lesser Spotted Eagle plus many many Steppe Eagles. (Itai Shanni, Bill Clark)
• 24/01/04: Lake Naivasha - African Open-billed Stork (10). (Fleur Ng'weno)
• 24/01/04: Upper Hill, Nairobi - Cuckoo Hawk. (Fleur Ng'weno)
• 23/01/04: Lake Naivasha (KWSTI "Annex" next to KWS Hippo Camp) - Partially albino pipit (prob Grassland). (Fleur Ng'weno)
• 23/01/04: Northern shore of Lake Elmenteita - flock of House Martins. (Fleur Ng'weno)
• 21/01/04: Private land in Karen-Langata area, - small flock Jackson's Widowbird. Also 5 pairs of African Spoonbill nesting in Casuarina tree. (Fleur Ng'weno)
• 20/01/04: Lake Nakuru - Greater Sand Plover. Plus at Mogotio - Common Redshank. (Mel Ogola)
• 19/01/04: Lake Bogoria - Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weavers (small flock of 4). (Benson Mugambi, Mark Smith)
• 18/01/04: Thika sewage ponds - Spotted Redshank, Garganey (large flock), Northern Pintails, Black-crowned Night Heron (approx 15) and a pair of Common Teal. Also Yellow-crowned Bishops, Common Kestrel (at adjacent swamp). (Shailesh Patel)
• 18/01/04: Qljoro Dondori Rd near Uhuru Primary School - Lesser Jacana (3). (Mel Ogola)
• 17/01/04: Mountain Lodge - Pair of Buff-spotted Flufftail. (Mel Ogola)
• 16/01/04: Hell's Gate National Park - Red-throated Tit. (Benson Mugambi, Mark Smith)
• 10/01/04: Lake Navivasha - Dark morph Eurasian Marsh Harrier. (Bill Clark)
• 09/01/04: Magadi Rd - Olive-tree Warbler. (Itai Shanni)
• 30/12/03-02/01/04 - Flock of White throated Bee eaters in the garden and a Carmine Beeeaters hawking over the entrance to the Wasin channel. (Pat and Maia Hemphill)
• 30/12/03: Long legged buzzard - near El Molo Island Lake Turkana. (Richard and Anne Bishop)
• 30/12/03: Off Chale Island - Arctic Skua. (Bernd de Bruijn)
• 29/12/03: Centre of Pemba Channel - Masked Booby. Plus Eurasian Roller in garden. (Pat and Maia Hemphill)
• 28/12/03: Baobab Resort grounds - Possible group of up to 50 Forbes-Watson's Swifts seen each morning. (Bernd de Bruijn)
• 27/12/03: Brown babbler x 4 - Roberts campsite Baringo; Swainson's Sparrow - Marsabit Town rubbish dump and Kalacha campsite; Booted eagle 1 light and 1 dark phase together - Marsabit lodge; White backed duck 50+ - Lake Paradise Marsabit; Boran cisticola - several in song Marsabit lodge, House sparrow - pair nesting at Marsabit petrol station. (Richard and Anne Bishop)
• 25/12/03: Eldoret - hundreds of White Storks feeding in the harvested wheat fields and freshly ploughed fields. Also a large flock flying above Sergiot Hill north of Eldoret, about half-way to Iten. (Dino Martins)
• 22/12/03: Talek, Masai Mara - a huge flock of White Storks, 15,000+ birds flying in 4 groups. (Itai Shanni)
• 17/12/03: Pemba Channel (the Pemba Island side) - 1 Wedge tailed Shearwater. (Pat and Maia Hemphill)
• 14/12/03: Naivasha Country Club - a non-breeding adult Slender-billed Gull; Kieni - 3+ Sharpe's Longclaw. (Brian Finch, Itai Shanni)
• 13/12/03: Nakuru NP - 2 resident Dimorphic Egrets (reported from Nakuru for that last 5 years), 2 Western Reef Heron, Black-headed Gulls, juvenile Lesser Spotted Eagle. (Brian Finch, Itai Shanni)
• 12/12/03: Limuru - Common Teal; Hippo Point, Naivasha - 2 Great Crested Grebes. (Itai Shanni, Brian Finch)
• 08/12/03: Dunga Beach, near Kisumu, Lake Victoria - Caspian Tern. (Gonçalo Elias, Rui Brito and Bernard Chege)
• 07/12/03: Watamu - adult brown morph Red-footed Booby (washed up on the beach but subsequently died). (Colin Jackson)
• 06/12/03: NNP (Kingfisher Picnic site) - sub-adult Imperial Eagle and Sooty Falcon. (Itai Shanni, Gonc'alo Elias, Rui Vrito and Brian Finch)
• 06/12/03: NNP (Vulture Pool) - Eurasian Griffon Vulture and 3+ Pink-breasted Longclaws. (Itai Shanni, Gonc'alo Elias, Rui Vrito and Brian Finch)
• 05/12/03: Sabaki - Caspian Plover. (Colin Jackson)
• late November/early December: Amboseli - Black Heron along with 300 Common Pratincoles; Along the road to Namanga from Amboseli - a pair of Orange-bellied Parrots; Mountain Lodge - Kenrick's Starling and a pair of Doherty's Bush-Shrikes; Naro Moru - a large mixed party of Eurasian Swifts and House Martins with a Pallid Swift over the fields - also noted unusual behaviour with the resident Green Woodhoopoes sharing a roosting hole with an adult White-headed Hoope; On the Solio Road from Naro Moru across to the Nyahururu Road - Greater Short-toed Lark, 2 Sharpe's Longclaw plus an adult male Amur and an immature Sooty Falcon; Nakuru - immature Great Spotted Eagleplus a fully adult Imperial Eagle; At the mouth of the Njoro was a Greater Sand Plover, and at the southern end of the lake a pair of Lesser Sand Plovers - also seen at Nakuru two Black-headed Gulls and two Temminck's Stints; Chagaik Arboretum near Kericho - Yellow-spotted Barbet, Yellow-billed and a pair of nesting Stuhlmann's Starlings; plus the western species Least Honeyguide, Mackinnon's Shrikes and both Banded and White-chinned Prinias; Masai Mara, Sabaringo Valley - female Black-backed Cisticola, pair of Rock Cisticolas; Siana Springs - ten Magpie Shrikes. (Brian Finch)
• 28-29/11/03: Centre of the Pemba Channel off Shimoni - small flock of Red Necked Phalaropes. (Pat and Maia Hemphill)
• 28/11/03: Solio plains: probable Greater Short-toed Lark (if confirmed this will be only the 3rd EA record). (Brian Finch)
• 23/11/03: Migrants seen at seasonal wetlands near the Carnivore Restaurant (Nairobi) - Yellow Wagtail, Northern Wheatear, Great Reed Warbler, Common Whitethroat and Willow Warbler. (Fleur Ng'weno)
• 10/11/03: Arabuko-Sokoke Forest - possible Forbes-Watson's Swift. (Bernd de Bruijn, Klaas de Jong, Colin Jackson, Francis Argyle, Willy Kombe and Jonathan Mwachongo)
• 10/11/03: Sabaki River mouth - a White Wagtail, Red-necked Falcon as well as small numbers of Broad-billed Sandpipers. (Bernd de Bruijn, Klaas de Jong, Colin Jackson, Francis Argyle, Willy Kombe and Jonathan Mwachongo)
• 13/11/03: Lake Chemchem - Temminck's Stint, a Little Ringed Plover and a pair of Malindi Pipits. (Bernd de Bruijn, Klaas de Jong, Colin Jackson, Francis Argyle, Willy Kombe and Jonathan Mwachongo)
• 07-08/11/03: Mouth of the Nderit river on the Southern Shore of Lake Nakuru - juvenile Greater-spotted Eagle. (Richard and Anne Bishop).
• 02/11/03: NNP - Black Stork, Common Whitethroat, Blackcap, Eurasian Hoopoe. Towards Kingfisher picnic site 2 groups of Swifts (around 20-25 birds) were seen, both looked as Pallid Swifts with the brownish appearance, medium size and pale edge secondaries. At the junction, a Lizard Buzzard was sitting on a small Acacia. Also seen was a Eurasian Thick-knee. Hyena dam (by the bridge (where the tarmac ends) a Eurasian Cuckoo and a Black & White Cuckoo. Plus at Olomanyi dam a sub-adult Imperial Eagle. (Brian Finch, Itai Shanni, Richard and Anne Bishop)
• 01/11/03: Ngong road forest sanctuary - African Crowned Eagle. (Joseph Kariuki)
• 31/10/03: NNP - Immature Imperial Eagle. (Bernd de Bruijn)
• 26/10/03: Sirikwa Safari Camp near Kitale - Western Violet-backed Sunbirds were nesting. (Helen Harris, Paul Harris, Ben Mugambi, Bernard Gitari and Betty Mugambi)
• 25/10/03: Juvenile Great Crested Grebe at Ziwa (44km from Eldoret on the pools along the Matunda Rd). (Helen Harris, Paul Harris, Ben Mugambi, Bernard Gitari and Betty Mugambi)
• 24/10/03: Lake Bogoria - Banded Snake Eagle (Circaetus cinerascens). This was seen in the woodland at the southern end of the lake (just after the turn off to the public campsite). (Helen Harris, Paul Harris, Ben Mugambi, Bernard Gitari and Betty Mugambi)
• 24/10/03: Off Funzi, South Coast - Brown Booby. (Pat and Maia Hemphill)
• 24/10/03: Off Funzi Island, north of Shimoni - Juvenile Red Footed Booby. (Pat and Maia Hemphill)
• 18/10/03: A small group of approx 15 Crested Guineafowl at Mwea National Reserve. (Helen Harris, Paul Harris, Ben Mugambi, Bernard Gitari and Betty Mugambi)
• 16/10/03: Ukunda - 6 Red-necked Phalaropes. (Pat and Maia Hemphill)
• 14/10/03: Lake Jipe. White-cheeked Tern. (Helen Harris, Paul Harris, Ben Mugambi, Bernard Gitari and Betty Mugambi)
• 12/10/03: KWS Hippo picnic-site (Naivasha)- Great Crested Grebe. (Richard and Anne Bishop)
• 12/10/03: Near Kinango in dry scrubby bush - Narina Trogon. (Karen & Patrick Plumbe)
• 09/10/03: In the small swamp at the end of Loresho Ridge - a Madagascar Squacco Heron plus a flock of about 60 Parasitic Weavers.(Bernd de Bruijn)
• 08/10/03: In dry grass near a roadside swamp a few kms north of Ramisi river - a possible Blue Quail was flushed. (Bernd de Bruijn)
• 06/10/03: 30 Km south of Diani, a Madagascar Pratincole was spotted migrating south. Possibly the latest ever this species has been seen in Kenya. (Bernd de Bruijn, Shailesh Patel, Gert Spierenburg, Itai Shanni)
• 05/10/03: Shimoni - Streaky Seedeater. (Pat and Maia Hemphill)
• 05/10/03: Sabaki - Northern Wheatear and a very early Willow Warbler plus Fire-fronted Bishops, African Cuckoo-Hawk. (Colin Jackson, Jonathan Mwachongo, Jonathan Baya and Nancy Munene)
• 05/10/03: On the way to Lunga-Lunga - a pair of African Orange-bellied Parrot (possibly a first recorded sighting for the area). (Bernd de Bruijn, Shailesh Patel, Gert Spierenburg, Itai Shanni)
• 04/10/03: Dwarf Bittern at Sabaki Bridge, Superb Starling at Ngomeni(comment from CJ: "the only family ... I know of for about 100km"), Ruppell's Long-tailed Starling by the road. In the porini beyond Marereni - Sokoke Pipit, Fischer's Turaco, African Barred Owlet and a high density of African Scops Owls together with Fiery-necked Nightjars after dark. Also Thick-billed Cuckoo and a pair of Brown-headed Parrots. (Colin Jackson, Jonathan Mwachongo, Jonathan Baya and Nancy Munene)
• 04/10/03: Lake Chemchem - Allen's Gallinule, a couple of late Madagascar Pratincoles migrating south, Pallid Honeyguide, African Cuckoo-Hawk, 3 African Pygmy Geese and 60 Red-billed Teal (very large no. for around here). A pair of Malindi Pipits together with Grassland Pipits plus a single Yellow Wagtail and 5 Sand Martins At the Saltworks - Broadbilled Sandpiper and a Eurasian Oystercatcher along with an adult Ayre's Hawk Eagle. (Colin Jackson, Jonathan Mwachongo, Jonathan Baya and Nancy Munene)
• 04/10/03: Pemba Channel - Adult Red-footed Booby (white morph) group of 4 Eurasian Oystercatcher flying South. (Bernd de Bruijn, Shailesh Patel, Gert Spierenburg, Itai Shanni)
• 04/10/03: Turn-off to Shimoni (roughly 3 Km from the junction towards Shimoni) 8+ Collared Palm Thrushes. Plus African Marsh Harrier on a small swamp (5Km from the Shimoni junction towards Lunga-Lunga). (Bernd de Bruijn, Shailesh Patel, Gert Spierenburg, Itai Shanni)
• 28/09/03: Amboseli - group of 12 Zebra Waxbills. (Mel Ogola)
• 18/09/03: Juja southeast of Thika (on Mark Harries farm on the banks of Ruiru river, not very far from Ol Donyo Sabuk) a group of around 8 Hinde's Babblers. (John Musina, Gert Spierenburg, Bernd de Bruijn)
• 08-10/09/03: Ngaia Forest in Nyambeni Hills, north of Maua near Kioteni - Fischer's Greenbul proved to be common also noted Peter's Twinspots, Red-capped Robin-Chat (with juvenile), Eastern Nicator and Bat Hawk. (Bernd de Bruijn and Quentin Luke)
• 04/09/03: Busia at the sides of Lelekwe river in the Sikoma area - three Brown-chested Plovers. (Kariuki Ndang'ang'a and Onesmus Kioko)
• 01/09/03: Muya's causeway, Nakuru - 3 Lesser Jacana. (Ben Mugambi)
• 24/08/03: NNP - 2+ African silverbills, near the Athi Basin dam. A male buttonquail on a track also near Athi basin dam. Three different African Marsh owls in different locations on the outer circuit on the way out.(Richard and Anne Bishop)
• 20/08/03: Shimoni, South Coast, Kenya - Southern Banded Snake Eagle heard calling from a Baobab tree. (Pat and Maia Hemphill)
• 06/08/03: Nairobi - on the rocky hillside with seasonal springs and pools near the Carnivore restaurant - three Brown Parrots feeding on Acrocarpus flowers and a Madagascar Squacco Heron feeding on tadpoles. (Fleur Ng'weno)
• 02/08/03: Mbagathi river - White-backed Night Heron. (Itai Shanni, Brian Finch, Will Knocker)
• 31/07/03: Mbagathi/Embakasi River just above Maasai Lodge - Pel's Fishing Owl. (Will Knocker)
• 27-31/07/03: Sabaki Bridge - two pairs of African Pygmy Goose, about 30 Knob Billed Ducks, over 200 White-Faced Whistling Ducks, Madagascar Squacco Heron and 5+ African Darters. Also in the pools were Fan-tailed Windowbirds, Zanzibar Red Bishops, Black-Winged Red Bishops, Mangrove Kingfishers. (Ben Mugambi)
• 27-31/07/03: Sabaki Estuary we saw several Black-Headed Gulls in non-breeding plumage among the huge mixed flocks of sooty Gulls, Lesser and Greater Creasted Terns and Saunders Terns and Pied Avocets. There were good numbers of Curlew Sandpipers, Grey Plovers and Terek Sandpipers and probably first arrivals of Ruddy Turnsones, which were very mottled. Between the dunes and the shoreline there was a flock of Lesser Flamingos and Several Greater's. Also 2 pairs of Golden Pipits. Out towards Gongoni Salt Pans several Fire-fronted Bishops. (Ben Mugambi)
• 23/07/03: South Coast in an area between Diani and Chale - 1 early Common Tern, many Sand Plovers (Greaters and Lessers), Grey Plovers and Curlew Sandpipers. Also a lone Crab Plover in South Coast (unusual S of Watamu). In the Kaya forest (NB - this is not any of the IBA Kayas) Black-collared and Brown-breasted Barbets plus a few other coastal 'specials' (like Mombassa Woodpecker, Red-tailed Ant Thrush). (Itai Shanni)
• 23/07/03: The June Mombasa Birdwalk visited a Nyali garden and, despite worries about only seeing Indian House Crows and House Sparrows the short walk recorded - three species of Swallow (Ethiopian (in large numbers), Lesser Striped and Mosque), a fantastic view of a male Black Winged Bishop and a close encounter with 4 White Browed Scrub Robins displaying madly and in open view. (Marlene Reid)
• 19/07/03: Ngong' Forest - Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon and Violet-backed Starling. (Ayub Kariuki)
• 16/07/03: Rose-coloured Starling 6 km from Ololoolo Gate in the Mara (a 1st for East Africa). (Terry Stevenson)
• 12-15/07/03: Red Patas's and Red-necked Falcon at Alupe. Lesser Jacana at the Eldoret airport dam. Pale breasted Illadopsis at Yala and also Yellow-bellied Wattleye in both Yala reserve and the Grid. House Sparrow in the petrol station at the Mumias/Busia junction. (Richard and Anne Bishop)
• 09/07/03: 8 Black-lored Babbler, Naregei Engare, 35kms east of Narok.(Brian Finch, Mel Ogola, Edwin Selempo)
• 09/07/03: 2 Taita Fiscal at tarmac end on road to Keekerok Mara.(Brian Finch, Mel Ogola, Edwin Selempo)
• 09/07/03: Grey-headed Sparrow very common in Narok.(Brian Finch, Mel Ogola, Edwin Selempo)
• 09/07/03: Southern Red Bishop near Siana Springs Mara.(Brian Finch, Mel Ogola, Edwin Selempo)
• 08/07/03: 4 Madagascar Squacco Heron at Musiara Airstrip Pool, Mara. (Brian Finch, Mel Ogola, Edwin Selempo)
• 08/07/03: 2 Joyful Greenbul in Sabaringo Valley, Mara.(Brian Finch, Mel Ogola, Edwin Selempo)
• 07/07/03: Montagu's Harrier immature male Mara. (Brian Finch, Mel Ogola, Edwin Selempo)
• 06-08/07/03: 6 Athi Short-toed Lark at Mara Intrepids.(Brian Finch, Mel Ogola, Edwin Selempo)
• 06/07/03: Ndashant wetland - 2 Lesser Moorhen and 2 Baillons Crake along with a pair of Crowned Crane with chicks. (Nigel Hunter)
• 06/07/03: Blue-spotted Wood Dove at Lion Hill Nakuru. (Brian Finch, Mel Ogola, Edwin Selempo)
• 06/07/03: 3 Yellow-spotted Barbet at Kericho Arboretum.(Brian Finch, Mel Ogola, Edwin Selempo)
• 05/07/03: Arctic Tern in NNP. (Brian Finch)
• 05/07/03: 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper with other palearctic waders Nakuru. (Brian Finch, Mel Ogola, Edwin Selempo)
• 05/07/03: 5 Grey-crested Helmet-Shrike at Nakuru NP.(Brian Finch, Mel Ogola, Edwin Selempo)
• 05/07/03: NNP - Zebra Waxbill was eating near point 4 (where the tarmac road ends). Immature White-headed Vulture near Rhino circuit (near point 11C). (Iatai Shanni, Alex Georgiev and Elizabeth Hamilton)
• 04/07/03: Dusky Turtle Dove at Baringo. (Brian Finch, Mel Ogola, Edwin Selempo)
• 04/07/03: 2 White-eared Barbet at Mountain Lodge.(Brian Finch, Mel Ogola, Edwin Selempo)
• 29/06/03: 4 White-headed Mousebird 13kms along road from Main Entrance, inside Amboseli NP. (Brian Finch, Mel Ogola, Edwin Selempo)
• 29/06/03: Fire-fronted Bishop 2 males and a few females in Amboseli NP.(Brian Finch, Mel Ogola, Edwin Selempo)
• 29-30/06/03: Montagu's Harrier immature male Amboseli NP. (Brian Finch, Mel Ogola, Edwin Selempo)
• 26/06/03: African Cuckoo-Hawk at NNP. (Brian Finch, Mel Ogola, Edwin Selempo)
• 22/06/03: Sabaki River Mouth - Parastic Weavers (group of 6) - This is the first confirmed record away from the highland and western range that they're known to occur in other than a few records from Pemba Island. Also 25 or so Senegal Plovers, pair of Pangani Longclaw, Curlew Sandpipers, 3-4,000 terns and gulls way out on the estuary 1/2 of them being Sooty Gulls, single juvenile Greater Flamingo, over 700 Lesser Flamingo and a lone first year Black-headed Gull. (Colin Jackson)
• 19/06/03: Mokoyeti River (NNP) - African Finfoot. (Gert Spierenburg, Bernd the Bruijn and Itai Shanni)
• 15/06/03: Ruma National Park - African Crake, Black Coucal, Rufous-chested Swallow, Fawn-breasted Waxbill, Marsh Tchagra. Also several huge flocks, some of maybe three to four thousand birds, of what appeared to be Abdim's storks circling very high overhead. (Chris Hill)
• 14/06/03: Kilaguni - an adult Barbary Falcon was seen flying very fast and low above the grass in front of the lodge (very unusual June sighting). (Itai Shanni)
• 13/06/03: Tsavo West NP - 2 pairs of Friedmann's Larks were seen and heard in an area close to "Shitani Lava". (Itai Shanni)
• 10/06/03: Lake Nakuru National Park - 5 Grey-crested Helmet Shrikes up about 15 m high on the Acacia xanthphloea trees at the gate. Also despite a recent decline in numbers of Lesser Flamingo in the Lake Kariuki estimates over 100000 individuals at the lake. (Joseph Kariuki)
• 07/06/03: Eremit - at least ten territories of Fire-fronted Bishops, possibly tens of thousands of Cardinal Queleas, also Freckled Nightjars and a very late House Martin flying feeding on a small piece of flood water in the morning (Brian has never seen a House Martin this late) and a dark Dimorphic Egret at the hot springs at Magadi. (Brian Finch)
• 01/06/03: Mida Creek - Eurasian Oystercatcher and a pair of Broad-billed Sandpipers (very late in the year for a sighting). (Itai Shanni and David Ngala)
• 01/06/03: Magadi Road (adjacent to the seasonal pool on the left hand side of the road at the base of the descent, a couple of kilometers on the Nairobi side of Oltepes) - Fire-fronted Bishop. Also Capped Wheater on the entrance track into Orlegasaille prehistoric site, along with several Cardinal Queleas in full breeding plumage, and numerous breeding Chestnut Weavers all over the general area. There was also a male and female house sparrow present at Orlegasaille (a 1st for Richard and Anne at this location). (Richard and Anne Bishop)
• 01/06/03: Savage Camp (82kms from Nairobi, just before Sagana town) - Little Sparrowhawk, Purple-crested Turacos, Alpine Swift,Zanzibar Sombre Greenbul, Yellow-bellied Greenbul, Violet-backed Starlings and African Golden Weaver. (Shailesh Patel)
• 31/05/03/03: Sabaki River - large numbers of Madagascar Pratincoles along with Senegal Plover, Red-necked Falcon, Plain Nightjar, Greater Painted Snipe, Sooty Gull, White-fronted Plover and Saunders Tern. (Mike Davidson and Joseph Kariuki)
• 31/05/03: Ntashat seasonal wetland - Dwarf Bittern. (Chris Hill)
• 29/05/03: Near Tsavo gate a pair of Jameson's Firefinches were feeding in the bushes along with a group of Purple Indigobirds. (Itain Shanni)
• 28/05/03: Along the Magadi Rd. Pringle's Puffback gave very good views (this population looks very distinct and different from the regular birds that are much darker on the mantle and wing coverts). (Itai Shanni)
• 25/05/03: Approaching the Massai Mara from the Sabaringo Valley Long-tailed Cisticola. (Itai Shanni)
• 24/05/03: Mungatsi - Great Snipe and large numbers of Greater Swamp Warblers along with a flock of roughly 4000 Open-billed Storks flying over Nambale. (Itai Shanni)
• 23/05/03: Kakamega - 5 different territories of Yellow-bellied Wattle-eyes and a breeding male Yellow-backed Weaver out of the forest. (Itai Shanni)
• 22/05/03: Nakuru (Muya's Causeway) - Over 20 Lesser Jacana counted in the area. (Mel Ogola)
• 22-23/05/03: Kilgoris (60kms to the north of Masai Mara GR on the High plateau above the Oloololo escarpment). Dark-capped Yellow Warbler, Arrow-marked Babbler, Black Cuckoo-shrike, Darnaud's barbet(Usambiro race), Red-collared Widowbird, Yellow-billed Kite, Ovambo Sparrowhawk. (Paul Kirui)
• 20/05/03: Kakamega forest reserve (Isecheno) - pair of Yellow-bellied Wattle-eyes (found some distance northeast of the forest rest house), Buff-spotted Flufftail, African Broadbill (displaying) plus a pair of Blue-headed Bee-eaters was present. Another Broadbill was found in Yala reserve along with Chapin's Flycatcher, Red-chested Owlet and Little Grey Greenbuls (these seem to be rather common). The pumphouse trail proved best for Great Blue Turaco (5-7 birds), and a male Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon (a acomparitively rare sight) was also seen. NB: In addition to the Stonechats around Kapsabet (the larger swamp along the C39 road) which have been reported as having black wings and apparently lacking any red (originally reported by Brian Finch and Itai Shanni). Bernd saw a similar Stonechat in Kalunya glade in Kakamega forest, a small white wing-patch was only visible in flight. (Shailesh Patel and Bernd de Bruijn)
• 19/05/03: Mountain Lodge - a male Abbott's Starling and around 30 Oriole Finches. Entering Nakuru NP pair of Grey-rumped Swallows flew past (another pair was seen again in Massai Mara on the 26th). (Itai Shanni)
• 18/05/03: Seasonal lake at the back of the Ngong Hills (Ntashat). About about 200 Whiskered Terns, and among them were two White-winged Terns that missed the migration. (Fleur Ng'weno)
• 17/05/03: Buffalo Springs - plains were filled with Somali Short-toed Larks (megaensis subspecies). Also a large number of Somali Coursers. (Itai Shanni)
• 16/05/03: Mombasa Island - Broad-billed Roller(in a tudor garden on the creek). (Marlene Reid)
• 10/05/03: Lake Chemchem - Mangrove Kingfisher (with two more around Mwamba). This species appears to be migratory around here, disappearing for many months and reappearing around now. The Red-capped Robin Chats are now back mimicing Crowned Eagles and Emerald Cuckoos and other species not recognised from their breeding grounds. (Colin Jackson)
• 10/05/03: Sabaki River Mouth - Over 450 Madagascar Pratincoles apparently foraging over the scrubland and woodland. Further numbers down on the estuary (probably 650-900 in total). (Colin Jackson)
• 09/05/03: Common Whitethroat near the TDC gate and on the road to Umani Springs Camp a Western Banded Snake-Eagle was seen and photographed near the swamp (this Western species is known from Meru forest and from few records in NE Tanzania). (Bernd de Bruijn, Brian Finch and Itai Shanni)
• 08/05/03: Taita Discovery Center (TDC) - Four-coloured Bush-shrike were calling in the forest (Mt. Kasigao). Plus Greyish Eagle Owl (what used to be the northern Subspecies of Spotted Eagle Owl "B. cinerascens") was seen twice near the camp. This may be the 1st record for this Subspecies/species south of the Equator. (Bernd de Bruijn, Brian Finch and Itai Shanni)
• 07/05/03: Mida Creek - Madagascar Pratincoles and Eurasian Oystercatcher. (Colin Jackson)
• 07/05/03: Lake Chem Chem - 200 Collared Pranticoles and a few Lesser Grey Shrikes were seen (both are migrants that have normally gone by now). (Ben Mugambi)
• 05/05/03: Hunter's Lodge - Madagascar Squacco Heron feeding in the small dam. Near Umani Springs (Kibawzi), Four-coloured Bush-shrikes calling from the bushes (this might be the most western record for the species in Kenya). (Bernd de Bruijn, Brian Finch and Itai Shanni)
• 05/05/03: NNP - Hyena dam two Saddle-billed Stork; Embakasi pond Red backed shrike and Red-tailed Shrike (migrants which have normally left) plus 3 Grey rumped Swallow perching. Rock No.18A African Crake. (Joseph Kariuki)
• 04/05/03: Maweni Beach Cottages (near Capricon Beach Hotel, a kilometer from Kwale junction on Likoni-Diani road) - Purple-Banded, Olive and Mouse-Coloured Sunbirds seen in numbers, Black-Headed Batis, Black-Collared Barbet and Brown-Breasted Barbet plus an adult male Orange-Winged Pytilia. (Ben Mugambi)
• 03/05/03: First Spotted Ground Thrush for the year was seen on the nature trail in Arabuko-Sokoke near Gede Forest Station.(Colin Jackson)
• 12-30/04/03: Maasai Mara - 12th: Marsh Harrier, Steppe Eagle, Collared Pratincole (strangely does not appear on any Mara list). 15th & 20th: Lesser Grey Shrike. 16th: Eleonora's Falcon. 19th: White Storks. 22nd: Open-billed Storks (100s arrived with the rains), European Hobby, Barn Swallows 1,000 roosting in trees. 24th: European Bee-eaters. 25th: Lesser Kestrel. 27th: Lizard Buzzard. 29th&30th: Yellow Wagtail. Also dueing period - Bat Hawk seen from time to time at Little Governors' Camp also at the BBC Big Cat Dairy Camp nearby. Long-toed Plover resident in Musiara Swamp. House Sparrows breeding at Governors' Camp. (Dave Richards)
• 30/04/03: Nairobi - rocky hillside with seasonal pools near the Carnivore. 2 Saddle-billed Storks, approx 41 African Open-billed Storks. Also some migrants still around - 2 Wood Sandpipers, 1 Common Cuckoo, many Willow Warblers, a Sedge Warbler and a Red-backed Shrike. (Fleur Ng'weno)
• 28/04/03: Abdim's Stork reported from the proposed "Seasonal Wetlands Biodiversity Park", on the rocky hillside near the Carnivore(Fleur Ng'weno)
• 26/04/03: Along the Magadi Rd - Little Bittern (the nominate Palearctic race, minutus) along the Olorgasailie River. Still some Sedge Warblers and few Barn Swallows around. About 35 km south of Kisemese - a adult male Golden Pipit and Lesser Grey Shrike. Plus the first African Cuckoo for the season was calling at one point! (Brian Finch, Bernd de Bruijn and Itai Shanni)
• 25/04/03: Feral Lovebird, Namaqua Dove and Madagascar Squacco Heron (3 new species for the Mwamba list). Plus 13 Blue-naped Mousebirds (only the 2nd record for Mwamba). Also Marsh Warbler on the observatory nature trail. And recently 100 Collared Pratincoles over the Gede plantations on the edge of Arabuko-Sokoke along with Ayre's Hawk Eagle. Plus the first migrants are returing with Nightingale and Garden Warbler (more of a western than an eastern species) being spotted. (Colin Jackson)
• 24/04/03: Woolly-necked Stork at a swamp in a forest east of Eldama Ravine and also at Lake Nakuru. (Dino Martins)
• 23/04/03: Red-throated Wryneck reported from the proposed "Seasonal Wetlands Biodiversity Park", on the rocky hillside near the Carnivore(Fleur Ng'weno)
• 23/04/03: Black Crake with white wings! This unusually colured Black Crake was spotted on the Wednesday birdwalk in Nairobi around the constructed wetlands at Splash. (Fleur Ng'weno)
• 18-21/04/03: Just outside Saiwa Swamp 40-50 European White Storks on a ploughed field (seemed rather late in leaving but others have also noted the same this year). Also Eurasian Bee Eaters were still to be found. On a small dam/swamp near Saiwa Hartlaub's Marsh Widowbird (in non-breeding plumage). Also around the swamp; Marsh Tchagra, Black-billed Weaver, Grey -winged Robin, Mountain Illadopsis. At Kongelai and Suam River; House Martin, Lesser Blue-eared Starling, Bronze-tailed Starling. Finally at the Marich Pass, Sigor and the Wei Wei Valley; Shining Sunbird and a pair of Lead coloured Flycatchers. (Heather Elkins)
• 16/04/03: Barn Owl, pair and two feathered young, in old Hamerkop nest by the Nairobi Snake Park, National Museum grounds. Visible from road above Kikuyu homestead, best seen from inside the Snake Park. Found by Muoki Kioko on 15 April 2003, seen by WMB participants on 16 April. (Fleur Ng'weno)
• 15/04/03: Levaillant's Cuckoo and Booted Eagle (light morph) at Ngog Forest. (Joseph Kariuki)
• 09/04/03: Brown-chested Alethe, Karura Forest. (James Kiptoo)
• 09/04/03: Little Rock Thrush at Narumoru River Lodge. (Ben Mugambi)
• 09/04/03: African Whit-backed Duck, African Marsh Harrier at Nkunga Sacred Lake Ecotourism Project (at the end of Nkunga Forest-part of Mt. Kenya Forest. (Ben Mugambi)
• 08/04/03: Northern Pied Babbler and Eurasian Golden Oriole on the Embu-Siakago-Masinga road - driving to Masinga Dam. (Ben Mugambi)
• 08/04/03: At Masinga Dam KENGEN station gate, an Adult Eurasian Honey Buzzard, pearching on the acacias and near Masinga Dam Resort a Little Sparrowhawk. (Ben Mugambi)
• 07/04/03: Steel-Blue Whydah on the Embu-Siakago road. (Ben Mugambi)
• 03-04/04/03: Yellow-spotted Barbet, Southern Hyliota, Bocage's Bush-shrike and Luhder's Bush-shrike. (Shailesh Patel)
• 03/04/03: Udo's camp (Kakamega) possible female Semi-Collared Flycatcher on the edge of the forest. (Shailesh Patel)
• 30/03/03: Siakago road (1st entrance from Embu town) - Hinde's Babbler, Peter's Twinspot, Lead-coloured Flycatcher, Eurasian Golden Oriole, Common Whitethroat, Violet Wood-hoopoe. Plus a possible Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah which, if confirmed by the rarities committee, is a very exciting sighting indeed as this bird was believed to be extirpated from Kenya. (Richard & Ann Bishop, Brian Finch, Itai Shanni)
• 29/03/03: Mwea Rice Scheme - Glossy Ibis, Booted Eagle, Lesser Spotted Eagle and a Peregrine Falcon from the northern ssp (calidus). Along the road to Siakago (the 3rd entrance from Embu town, signposted 11 Km) - Eastern Nicator, Zanzibar Sombre Greenbul, Yellow-bellied Greenbul, Black-headed Batis and Black-bellied Sunbird (very common in the valleys). (Richard & Ann Bishop, Brian Finch, Itai Shanni)
• 25/03/03: The Black-eared Wheatear that was claimed from Mpala research station late last year is still around and can be seen on the Red soils in the ranch. (Titus Imboma)
• 25/03/03: Large numbers (30+) of Eurasian Golden Orioles - in the Neem trees and casuarinas at Watamu Beach. Caspian Plover at Mida. (Colin Jackson)
• 24/03/03: immature Brown Booby Watamu Beach. (Colin Jackson)
• 23/03/03: Lesser Frigatebird (immature) circling Mwamba Field Study Centre/Bird Observatory if accepted by the Rarities Committee will be only the third record for Kenya. (Colin Jackson)
• 23/03/03: Barred Warbler in NNP (south of Athi Basin dam). (Shailesh Patel, Bernd de Bruijn)
• 21-24/03/03: Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird, Blue-headed Coucal and Slender-billed Weaver at Dunga beach. (Joseph Kariuki)
• 21-24/03/03: Crested Guineafowl, Purple-throated Cuckoo-shrike and Dusky Crested Flycatcher in the Kakmega Forest. (Joseph Kariuki)
• 19/03/03: In NNP - two Long-legged Buzzards (one an immature pale morph) were seen in the area of Olomanyi dam. Near Masai Gate, a single Pallid Swift. In Olomani dam, possible Pintail Snipe (later confirmed as a probable Common Snipe). (Brian Finch, Itai Shanni, Bernd de Bruijn)
• 19/03/03: 13 Woolly-necked Stork plus 1 Lomg-toed Plover at Musiara Swamp Masai Mara NR. (Dave Richards)
• 18/03/03: Lizard Buzzard, 1 Masai Mara NR. (Dave Richards)
• 17/03/03: Long-legged Buzzard, 2 Nr. Kisumu plus a Brown-hooded Kingfisher also Nr. Kisumu (nb. this is a long way west of its normal range!. Also Fischers' Lovebird, 1 Dunga Beach. (Dave Richards)
• 16/03/03: In NNP - 3 Lesser Spotted Eagles, pale morph Long-legged Buzzard, Common/Steppe Buzzard, sub-adult Imperial Eagle, 3 Eurasian Griffon Vultures (at the Vulture Pool near the Athi Dam), Eurasian Honey Buzzard (Langata gate). (Itai Shanni, Brian Finch)
• 14-16/03/03: Turner's Eremomela, a number seen - question from Dave - are they increasing? (Dave Richards)
• 14/03/03: Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher, Kakamega. (Dave Richards)
• 13/03/03: Senegal Thicknee, L. Baringo. (Dave Richards)
• 12/03/03: 56 White-backed Ducks and 23+ Maccoa Ducks, plus a few Garganey, Northern Pintail and Northern Shovelers in breeding plumage at Manguo Pond, Limuru. (Fleur Ng'weno)
• 10/03/03: Grasshopper Buzzard Isiolo - Archers Post Road. (Dave Richards)
• 10/03/03: Lesser Jacana, 1 Lily Pond Nr. T Falls also several White-backed Duck and several Purple Galinule. (Dave Richards)
• 09/03/02: Purple Grenadier, pair near Intrepids Lodge. (Dave Richards)
• 09/03/03: Upcher's Warbler in NNP in the bushes along the fence near the "Bamburi Cement" factory. (Itai Shanni, Brian Finch)
• 08/03/03: Broad-billed Roller at Mukoma ridge (the area of IUCN offices, overlooking the NNP plains). Also while birding in the forest Ayres's Hawk-Eagle, dark morph immature Long-legged Buzzard and a Lemon Dove were seen. (Itai Shanni, Brian Finch)
• 07-10/03/03: Lilac-throated Roller, very common Samburu/Buffalo Springs NRs. (Dave Richards)
• 05/03/03: This afternoon 2 Eurasian Griffon Vultures were seen in Nairobi National Park. (Bernd de Bruijn and Itai Shanni)
• Mar/03: Adult Eurasian Wryneck at Naro Moru River Lodge. Mountain Rock Lodge (Bantu Lodge) at the dam two pairs of African Black Duck. Kilaguni Lodge Standard-winged Nightjar, Green Pigeon, Black-Bellied Starling, Little Yellow Flycatcher. (Ben Mugambi)
• 22/02/03: During late morning, a Short-toed Snake Eagle was spotted hunting around Nagolomon dam (the 1st dam from the Main Gate) in Nairobi National Park. (Brian Finch)
• 16/02/03: Thika Settling Ponds - Gadwall, Tufted Duck, Ferruginous Duck, Spotted and Common Redshanks. Isiolo road into Shaba - Grasshopper Buzzard and juvenile Red-necked Falcon. William's and Masked Larks on the black lava at Shaba. A pair of displaying Barbary Falcons on the Shaba Gate road, nearing Shaba Hill. Wood Warbler in Meru Forest. (Brian Finch, Ann & Richard Bishop)
• 15/02/03: Large flock (around 200) Collared Pratincoles at KWS Hippo Camp, Naivasha. (Fleur Ng'weno)
• 09/02/03: Pel's Fishing Owl on a big Fig tree along the Mbagathi river in Nairobi NP. (Brian Finch)
• 02/02/03: Great Black-headed Gull at KWS Hippo Camp, Naivasha. (Brian Finch)
• 01/02/03: Malindi Pipit at Sabaki. (Colin Jackson)
• 01/02/03: 8 Black-tailed Godwit, 15 Northern Pintail and a "mad" number of Garganey (over 160) on Lake Chemchem inland from Malindi. (Colin Jackson)
• 26/01/03: Adult Lesser Spotted Eagle, in Vulture pool at Athi, the same individual was seen later on at Ruai Dam, NNP. Also probable Icterine Warbler on the Rhino Circuit along with a pair of Violet Wood-hoopoes. (Brian Finch)
• 26/01/03: Woodchat Shrike on the lakeshore near KWS Hippo Camp (annex to KWSTI), Naivasha. (Bernd de Bruijn)
• 25/01/03: Upcher's Warbler along Magadi Rd in the scrub just before Magadi town. (Gideon Perlman and Itai Shanni)
• 24/01/03: Thika sewage ponds - Common Redshank, Spotted Redshank, Female Tufted Duck, Female/Juv Gadwall. (Itai Shanni and Brian Finch)
• 21/01/03: Beaudouin's Snake Eagle at Munami, along the road between Mumias and Busia. Although mentioned to occur in Kenya in leading handbooks, no records have so far been accepted by the Rarities Committee, so this could be a potential first! (Brian Finch and Itai Shanni)
• 20/01/03: Ferruginous Duck at Thika sewage ponds. (Bernd de Bruijn)
• 13/01/03: Spotted Crake at Nakuru. (Nicholas Nalianya)
• 11/01/03: Ferruginous Duck on the Caldwell's dam up at Timau. (Rose Caldwell, Karen & Patrick Plumber)
• 28/12/02: A pair and two single Bush Pipits were in the area west of Ngong Hills (along the road from Kisamese to Endashant), which seems to be out of their usual 'season' here. (Brian Finch and Bernd de Bruijn)
• 28/12/02: White Wagtail along the large seasonal river a few kms past Olepolos, on Magadi Road. (Brian Finch and Bernd de Bruijn)
• 26/12/02: A probable black morph Black-and-white Cuckoo was seen in a small Balanites tree about half a km southwest of Hyena Dam (NNP). It was a crested, long-tailed, all black cuckoo with a white wing patch. (Fleur Ng'weno)
• 22/12/02: A pair of Yellow-backed Weavers with the male in a breeding plumage were spotted in Nairobi National Park just at the tip of Hyena dam. (Brian Finch)
• 14/12/02: Pallid Swift, Adult Greater-Spotted Eagle in Nairobi National Park, towards Maasai Gate. Also Marsh Warbler and a Brown Parisoma towards the river. Near the Athi dam a very strange "Phoenicuroides" Red-talied Shrike was spotted (very red in the flanks and without any pronounced white above the eye). (Itai Shanni)
• 13/12/02: An adult brown morph Red-footed Booby was ringed and released from the beach in front of the A Rocha centre in Watamu. (Colin Jackson)
• 12/12/02: Buff-spotted Flufftail. 4 or 5 birds calling around the hotel 'spring' area - in mountain slopes behind Ngulia Lodge. (Bob Medland)
• 12/12/02: Pair of Somali Bee-eatera approx ½-way along road from Ngulia to Tsavo gate. (Bob Medland)
• 08/12/02: An adult dark morph Long-legged Buzzard above Ngulia Lodge heading south. (Itai Shanni)
• 06/12/02: At least 3 Common Button-Quails and 1 Corncrake on the climb up the escarpment close to Ngulia Lodge. (Itai Shanni)
• 04/12/02: Probable immature Eurasian Spoonbill at Olomanyi dam in Nairobi National Park. (Tony Archer)
• 02/12/02: 3 Amur Falcons, a sooty Falcon and an immature Short-toed Snake-Eagle in the Mara. (Brian Finch)
• 01/12/02: Madagascar Squacco still in full winter plumage at the Hippo Picnic Site nr Naivasha. (Brian Finch)
• 30/11/02: Temminck's Stint at Mogotio. (Brian Finch)
• 29/11/02: Senegal Thick-knee, immature Barbary Falcon along the lake edge close to Lake Baringo Club. (Brian Finch)
• 29/11/02: Adult male Black-eared Wheatear near the basalt cliffs behing Lake Baringo Lodge. (Brian Finch)
• 28/11/02: Ten or so Amur Falcons at Naro Moru alongside Solio Ranch,along with a lorti Lilac-Breasted Roller. (Brian Finch)
• 25/11/02: 20 Stone Curlews 100m outside the Irinito gate (off the pipeline road) in Amboseli NP. The birds had been discovered by Melogola (East African Ornithological Safaris) and had been wintering in this area over the last 10 years. (Brian Finch)
• 23/11/02: Cape Eagle-Owl (Mackinder's Eagle-Owl) at the cliff's near the central tower in Hell's Gate. (Anne and Richard Bishop)
• 23/11/02: Swallow-tailed Kite in the Mara around Musiara Airstrip near Governors Camp. (Willis Okech)
• 23/11/02: 2 eclipse Green-winged Teal in Amboseli National Park. (Brian Finch)
• 21/11/02: 2 male Purple Indigobirds near Mtito Andei, just over the railway track on the Tsavo East National Park road into Tsavo Safari Camp. (Brian Finch)
• 19/11/02: Several Lesser Spotted Eagles at Shompole Hill near lake Natron. (Willis Okech)
• 16/11/02: Yellow-bellied Greenbul and Black-throated Wattle-eye at Ngong Forest. (Joseph Kariuki)
• 05/11/02: Eurasian Cuckoo and Jackson's Widowbird at Splash Water Park and Grand Prix Go-Cart racetrack, Nairobi. (Fleur Ng'weno)
• 03/11/02: Upcher's Warbler, Open-bill Stork and Black Stork in the Athi Basin. (Itai Shanni)
• 02/11/02: Temminck's Stint at Peponi Dam. (Itai Shanni)
• 30/10/02: Honey Buzzard in the Mara and near Isiolo. (Brian Finch)
• 30/10/02: Eurasian Sparrowhawk at the Oloololo Escarpment. (Brian Finch)
• 30/10/02: Black-backed Cisticola in the Sabaringo Valley, Maasai Mara. (Brian Finch)
• 30/10/02: Western Red-footed Falcon in the Sabaringo Valley, Maasai Mara. (Brian Finch)
• 28/10/02: Eurasian Sparrowhawk passed over with 20 Common Buzzards just east of Narok. (Brian Finch)
• 27/10/02: A Lesser Grey Shrike and a Black-eared Pied Wheatear near Lake Elementeita. (Brian Finch)
• 27/10/02: Great Crested Grebe, Sanderling and Temminck's Stint at Lake Naivasha Club. (Brian Finch)
• 27/10/02: Lizard Buzzard on a pole near the Isiolo/Timau junction. (Brian Finch)
• 26/10/02: Osprey at Naivasha. (Brian Finch)
• 26/10/02: Great Spotted Eagle at Nakuru. (Brian Finch)
• 22/10/02: Black-and-White Flycatcher at Meru Forest. (Brian Finch)
• 22/10/02: Mottled Spinetails around Mountain Lodge. (Brian Finch)
• 21/10/02: Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo at Kieni. (Brian Finch)
• 16/10/02: 25 to 30 Eurasian White Storks near the Kiserian Pipeline Road. (Munir Virani)
• 10/10/02: Long-legged Buzzard (pale morph) on Mt Longonot. (Munir Virani)
• 09/10/02: Broad-billed Roller, and a small flock of Zebra Waxbills at the University of Nairobi demonstration plots at the end of Loresho Ridge. (Fleur Ng'weno)
• 07/10/02: Grey-rumped Swallow at the Carnivore in Nairobi. (Fleur Ng'weno)
• 06/10/02: Brown-chested Plover in the Masai Mara at Il Moran Camp. (Dave Richards)
• 06/10/02: 4 Red-necked Phalarope at the Gongoni Salt ponds, north of Malindi. (Itai Shanni)
• 05/10/02: Green-headed Oriole on the Kararacha trail, in the Arobuko-Sokoke Forest and a late Spotted Ground-Thrush, in the nature trail near the forest station. (Itai Shanni)
• 02/10/02: Woolly-necked Stork at Rosslyn River Garden Centre at Gigiri on the Limuru Road. (Fleur Ng'weno)
• 09/10/02: European Turtle Dove in the Maasai Mara. (Joseph Kariuki)
• 08/10/02: African Skimmer at Lake Naivasha. (Joseph Kariuki)
• 15/09/02: Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk in Kereita Forest. (Fleur Ng'weno)
• 15/09/02: Brown Babbler at Mbita Point. (Paul and Helen Harris)
• 14/09/02: Baillon's Crake in Sukari Dam. (Itai Shanni)
• 13/09/02: Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher in Kakamega. (Brian Finch)
• 11/09/02: Gambaga Flycatcher in the Kerio Valley. (Benson Mugambi)
• Late Aug/Early Sep: A pair of Gambaga Flycatcher on the slopes of Mt. Lolokwe (about 30km north of Archer's Post in Samburu). Hemprich Hornbill in Sigor near Marich Pass. 10 Caspian Terns on Lake Turkana's Elia springs. (Chege Bernard)
• 18/08/02: African Marsh Harrier, 40+ Grey Crowned Cranes, Long-toed Plover at Sukari Dam, Waunyomu Ngeke Ranch, Gicheha Farms, Ruiru. (Fleur Ng'weno)
• 12/08/02: Fan-tailed Raven over Loresho in northwest Nairobi. (Bernd de Bruijn)
• Late July: Dickinson's Kestrel along the road to the Thika settling ponds. (Nigel Redman)
• 31/07/02: Golden-tailed Woodpecker at the Mbagathi Ridge, behind the Karen Blixen Museum in Karen, Nairobi. (Fleur Ng'weno)
• 24/07/02: Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo in the Arabuko-Sokoke Forest. (Colin Jackson)
• 22/07/02: Common Button Quail at Ol-Topesi. (Itai Shanni)
• 17/07/02: African Cuckoo Hawk and at least two Red-throated Wrynecks at the University of Nairobi crop demonstration plot at the end of Loresho Ridge. (Fleur Ng'weno)
• 13/07/02: Grey Cuckoo-Shrike near the Ngong Road end of Tree Lane. (Richard Bishop)
• 06/07/02: Arctic Tern (summer adult) at Sabaki River mouth. Possible 1st for Kenya - (descriptions and pictures submitted to the Rarities Committee). (Jan Bisschop)
• Early July: Dunlin in summer plumage at the northern end of Lake Nakuru. (Steve Easly)
• 29/06/02: Booted Eagle (light morph) in the area around Isiolo town. (Itai Shanni)
• 29/06/02: Somali Coursers in the area around the Buffalo Springs pool. (Itai Shanni)
• 29/06/02: Denham's Bustard at Bila Shaka Lugga, Masai Mara. (Dave Richards)
• 23/06/02: 2 Little Bitterns plus Greater Painted Snipe at Sukari dam (Peponi school). (Itai Shanni)
• 22/06/02: Northern Brownbuls along the Ol Kedong River near Emerit. (Brian Finch)
• 19/06/02: African Cuckoo-Hawk at the Highland Arboretum in Tigoni. (Itai Shanni)
• 16/06/02: African Pitta in Arabuko-Sokoke Forest along the Nyari Track. (Willy Kombe)
• 14/06/02: Woolly-necked Storks nesting on the cliffs at Baringo. (James Kiptoo)
• 12/06/02: Grey-rumped Swallow at the Carnivore, Nairobi. (Itai Shanni)
• 07/06/02: African Pitta in Thika. (Itai Shanni)
• 03/06/02: Bush Pipits (3 territories) in the Kedong Valley below Kiamese (on the Magadi Road). (Brian Finch)
• 02/06/02: 1,335 Southern Pochard along with 82 Maccoa Duck reported at Lake Oloidien, Naivasha. (Colin Jackson)
• 01/06/02: 54 Whiskered Terns at Manguo Pond, Limuru - including 17 nests with birds apparently incubating. (Colin Jackson)
• 30/05/02: Friedmann's Lark at Shaba/Archer's Post. (Colin Jackson)
• 26/05/02: Lesser Moorhen, Steel-blue Whydah, Fire-fronted Bishop at the first major roadside pool on the Magadi road immediately after the descent from the Highlands, before reaching Oltepesi and Orllegasaillie. (Richard Bishop)
• 19/05/02: Grey Cuckoo-Shrike at the Ngong race course, Nairobi. (Itai Shanni)
• 19/05/02: Male Golden Pipit at Oltepesi (Magadi road). (Shailesh Kumar Patel)