Thursday 9 August 2018

Entebbe day 1

I have a serious ambition to visit every country in the world (that are in the UN). This July I added four more: Uganda, Rwanda, Somalia (Somaliland) and Djibouti. This involved lots of flying and this can be quiet tiring. I compensate by not generally doing much travel within each country though there are always exceptions. In the case of Uganda, I stayed in Entebbe for four nights and only birded the botanic gardens.

  • Stayed at Egg Botanic View (recommended)
  • 20 metres walk each day to the front gate of the Botanic Gardens. The equator runs though and it is on Lake Victoria
  • Arrived early afternoon on July 12th
  • Birded straight after a hot shower in the hotel
  • 23 species seen. I concentrated on large birds
  • Plenty of birds of prey, either in the air or perched. 
    African Harrier-Hawk  
    Banded Snake-Eagle  
    Lizard Buzzard  
    Shikra  
    Black Kite (Yellow-billed)  
    African Fish-Eagle

  • The snake eagle was the best find.
  • Lifers included orange weaver, black-headed gonolek, lizard buzzard and crowned hornbill
  • The gardens are a known hotspot and I meet other birders on each visit.

squirrels

cattle egret

common bulbul (dark capped)

black-headed gonolek

Lake Victoria

yellow-billed kite

red-eyed dove

crowned hornbill 1

crowned hornbill 2

hadada ibis

orange weaver 1

orange weaver 2

great cormorant and long-tailed cormorant

African harrier-hawk 1

African harrier-hawk 2

Egg Botanic View

Entebbe botanic gardens. July 12th 2018
Long-tailed Cormorant  
Great Cormorant  
Hamerkop  
Little Egret  
Cattle Egret  
Hadada Ibis  
African Harrier-Hawk  
Banded Snake-Eagle  
Lizard Buzzard  
Shikra  
Black Kite (Yellow-billed)  
African Fish-Eagle  
Red-eyed Dove  
Eastern Plantain-eater  
Crowned Hornbill  
Pied Kingfisher  
Black-headed Gonolek  
Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher  
Common Bulbul (Dark-capped)  
White-browed Robin-Chat  
African Thrush  
Red-chested Sunbird  
Orange Weaver  


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