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