tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87647842189974631242024-03-16T01:10:06.536+00:00Birding for a LarkLoved Libyan, Saudi and Omani birding. Now birding in Mauritania and where ever else life takes meAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272387208549049665noreply@blogger.comBlogger1300125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764784218997463124.post-11844925676231842312018-10-02T10:26:00.003+01:002018-10-02T10:26:41.200+01:00Robert ToveyFor those who have not heard, I am afraid I have some bad news to share. Rob, my brother, died suddenly at home in Mauritania from a heart attack on the 9th September. <div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272387208549049665noreply@blogger.com145tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764784218997463124.post-29400276663383805592018-09-03T18:53:00.004+01:002018-09-03T19:50:27.787+01:00Forty three species at the waste water site<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Yesterday I went to the waste water site again. It is my "local" patch these days since the demise of F-Nord lake. The lake was pumped dry by overzealous city planners and a large fresh water magnet for birds was lost in a city in the semi-desert.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">North Nouakchott waste water site does its best. Yesterday was a good day.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">No fewer than ten types of warbler were seen:<br /><i><b>Western Bonelli's Warbler</b></i>, <i><b>Willow Warbler</b></i>, <i><b>Common Chiffchaff</b></i>, <i><b>Western Olivaceous Warbler</b></i>, <i><b>Melodious Warbler</b></i>,<i><b> Sedge Warbler</b></i>, <i><b>Eurasian Reed Warbler</b></i>,<i><b> Common Grasshopper Warbler</b></i>, <b><i>Western Orphean Warbler</i></b>, <i><b>Spectacled Warbler</b></i>. All are migrants.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Other migrants included <i><b>roller</b></i>, <i><b>nightingale</b></i>, <i><b>rufous bush-robin</b></i> and <i><b>European turtle dove</b></i></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Three different <i><b>sedge warbler</b></i> were photographed near each other.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">A <i><b>grasshopper warbler</b></i> shown about 20 metres from where I saw one two weeks earlier</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">One of the <i><b>European reed warbler </b></i>felt so secure it was asleep during daylight. This presumed after a long migratory flight.</span></span></li>
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Green Sandpiper </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272387208549049665noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764784218997463124.post-78126649739550338912018-09-01T09:10:00.000+01:002018-09-01T09:10:37.747+01:00More August passage at the waste water site<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Last Sunday I returned to the waste water site, just north of the city. 34 species were seen but that was actually slightly down on the bumper week before. It was down slightly both in terms of species and overall numbers of warblers. Sunday August 19th had been special.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Four very early <i><b>European roller</b></i> which reminded unphotographed</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Green sandpiper</b></i> which is surprisingly uncommon in the Nouakchott area especially compared with <i><b>common sandpiper </b></i>and <i><b>wood sandpiper</b></i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Plenty of<i style="font-weight: bold;"> western Bonelli's warbler</i>. It is very much an August bird in Nouakchott though it winters not much further south.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Four <i><b>great white pelican </b></i>flying over head, thinking about landing and then wisely not doing so. I have seen this played out several times now.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A full list of species is at the bottom of the blog.</span></li>
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Laughing Dove </div>
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House Sparrow </div>
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Sudan Golden Sparrow </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272387208549049665noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764784218997463124.post-71372572070197732832018-08-31T13:55:00.000+01:002018-08-31T13:55:06.382+01:00A walk near the fish market<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last Saturday, I went for a walk with a new work colleague near the coastal fish market. This was not a full blown birding session. My colleague is not a birder and birding was not the main objective.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A <i><b>European cuckoo </b></i>was seen for the second week running in the Nouakchott area</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Many <i><b>black tern</b></i> are obviously migrating south. Unlike the other marsh terns, they primarily migrate along the coast</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a nice flock of <i><b>little egret</b></i> were earnestly flying south over the sea</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In contrast a larger flock of <i><b>great white pelican </b></i>were flying north. There is much movement all year of resident <b><i>great white pelican</i></b> moving back and forth between Banc d'Arguin and the Senegal River Delta</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Very few gulls near the lagoon.</span></li>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272387208549049665noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764784218997463124.post-10978732957486742242018-08-29T06:00:00.000+01:002018-08-29T07:24:08.575+01:00Heavy passage and a lifer<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My first birding in the Nouakchott area since returning from my summer break was at the waste water site.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It was on August 19th and was much better than expected.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">there was a large warbler passage: <i><b>western Bonelli's warbler</b></i>, <i><b>willow warbler</b></i>, <i><b>common chiffchaff</b></i>, <i><b>western olivaceous warbler</b></i>, <i><b>melodious warbler</b></i>, <i><b>sedge warbler</b></i>, <i><b>eurasian reed warbler</b></i></span>,<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <i><b>co</b></i></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>mmon grasshopper warbler</b></i></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, <i><b>s</b></i></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>pectacled warbler</b></i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>western olivaceous warbler</b></i>, <i><b>western Bonelli's warbler</b></i> and <i><b>melodious warbler</b></i> were early passage last year.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>common grasshopper warbler</b></i> was a target bird. It is known to winter in West Africa and even south west Mauritania. However, it was lifer for me and number 306 on my Mauritanian list.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Though seen by me in country before, I photographed a <b style="font-style: italic;">European cuckoo </b>for the first time here.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There was a good cross section of early waders including a <i><b>curlew sandpiper</b></i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A full list of species seen is at the bottom of the blog</span></li>
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Whimbrel </div>
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Little Stint </div>
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Common Sandpiper </div>
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Common Greenshank </div>
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Wood Sandpiper </div>
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Common Redshank </div>
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Osprey </div>
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Eurasian Hoopoe (Eurasian) </div>
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Blue-cheeked Bee-eater </div>
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Great Grey Shrike (Sahara) </div>
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Barn Swallow </div>
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Western Bonelli's Warbler </div>
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Willow Warbler </div>
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Common Chiffchaff </div>
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Western Olivaceous Warbler </div>
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Melodious Warbler </div>
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Sedge Warbler </div>
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Eurasian Reed Warbler </div>
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Common Grasshopper Warbler </div>
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Spectacled Warbler </div>
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Spotted Flycatcher </div>
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Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272387208549049665noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764784218997463124.post-72420383772816558872018-08-28T18:08:00.000+01:002018-09-06T07:36:35.104+01:00Around Lake Mal<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On Sunday 12th August, Mohamed Vall and I headed due east out of Aleg to Lake Mal. This lake is probably the largest one in the country by the end of the rainy season. However, we had only visited it once before.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On arrival, we could see that it had got very low due to last year's poor rains though unlike Lake Jintu and Lake Aleg it may not have completely dried up.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Poor visibility that day</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Relatively few birds compared with records from other months</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Plenty of <i><b>spur-winged goose</b></i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Known for wintering palearctic ducks. A few <i><b>garganey </b></i>had already arrived. I am hopeful for <i>ferruginous duck</i> and possibly <i>tufted duck<b> </b></i>in a few months</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>African swamphen </b></i>out in the open</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">a large flock of <i><b>black-tailed godwit </b></i>present</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">in woodland by the side there were <i><b>fulvous babbler</b></i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>white throated bee-eater</b></i> and <i><b>blue-cheeked bee-eater</b></i> around</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">woodland with streams partially full of water</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">excellent southern rainy season habitat</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>woodland kingfisher</b></i> was number one target rainy season bird for the trip. Finally seen.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>African grey hornbill </b></i>present too</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Apparent <i><b>long-legged buzzard</b></i> flying overhead (reddish tail, broad dark trailing edge, dark carpals spots)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><u>Woodland, midway between Aleg and Lake Mal</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">first African grey hornbill</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272387208549049665noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764784218997463124.post-15578235225113256222018-08-27T06:30:00.000+01:002018-08-27T07:43:56.581+01:00Towards Kaedi<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After Bogue on the morning of Saturday 11th August, Mohamed Vall and I pressed on eastward to the very outskirts of Kaedi. We diverted from the main road twice towards the banks of the Senegal River. These were at Mbhane, Gorgol and Mbagne, Brakna. Both places were new to us and both had habitats similar to each other. However, both had less cover next to the river and less wetland (ie none) compared with several sites we already know between Rosso and Bogue.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Mbagne and Mhbane were seemingly sites with less potential compared with others next to the river further west or indeed much further east (Gouraye). The banks of the river near Kaedi will not make it into our list of top hotspots in Mauritania.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Grey-headed kingfisher </b></i>was the best rainy season bird. Both of us had only seen one other before in Mauritania.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A large <i><b>blue-cheeked bee-eater</b></i> colony was active in the sand cliffs at Mbagne.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A potentially good site in Mbagne was private and only seen over a fence.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Having said all this, a newcomer to Mauritania would have been very happy with the representative list of southern resident birds and early palearctic migrants. I suspect we would have enjoyed the places more with just one new bird. It's getting tough now 305 has been achieved.</span></li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272387208549049665noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764784218997463124.post-64643401499766347442018-08-26T07:46:00.000+01:002018-08-26T07:46:02.710+01:00Around Bogue<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On Saturday 11th August in the early morning, Mohamed Vall and I headed south from Aleg towards Bogue. We were looking particularly for rainy season birds. We visited Lake Jintu and woodland east of the city of Bouge towards Kaedi.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Two good birds of prey were seen still roosting on the electric pylons between Aleg and Bogue. These were a <i><b>lanner falcon</b></i> and <i><b>barbary falcon</b></i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Lake Jintu looked like it had emptied out during the spring just like Lake Aleg had. This is unusual and caused by extremely poor rains in 2017.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Lake Jintu had murky water suggesting it had only recently started filling again. So it was too early to get most benefit from the lake this season</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The only rainy season birds were <i><b>yellow-billed kite</b></i> and <i><b>northern red bishop</b></i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Unlike Aleg, <i><b>blue-cheeked bee-eater</b></i> is probably partially resident this far south and not counted as a rainy season bird.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Early palearctic migrants were <i><b>common sandpiper</b></i> and <i><b>woodchat shrike</b></i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">In Bogue, </i>very large numbers of <i><b>African silverbill </b></i>attracted to grain laid out to dry.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On my return to Mauritania, Mohamed Vall and I went south to Brakna province to see what effect the beginning of the Sahel rains had had on the bird life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">While Nouakchott typically gets 100 mm of rain a year. Brakna gets 200-300mm. Most rain falls in mid July to early October. Several species push up with the rains either to breed or just to disperse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We used the Medina Hotel, Aleg as our base. We arrived in Aleg in time to do some late afternoon birding on Friday 10th August. We did not bird the lake but this time chose the western woodland.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There were patches of water in the river bed running through the woodland but it was not yet full</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Rainy season birds were: <i><b>white-throated bee-eater</b></i>, <b><i>blue-cheeked bee-eater</i></b>, <i><b>yellow-billed kite </b></i>and <i><b>wattled lapwing. </b></i> <i><b>Abyssinian roller </b></i>was more numerous too but some of this species linger all year.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">No additions to my Mauritanian list were made but we enjoyed our first "southern" birding for three months.</span></li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272387208549049665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764784218997463124.post-91390886658634823632018-08-24T07:20:00.000+01:002018-08-24T07:20:58.107+01:00Djibouti<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's difficult for me to write positively about Djibouti. I have visited 106 countries out of 193 in the United Nations. This place is towards the bottom in terms of my fulfilment.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I was delayed at the airport and asked questions as to whether they would let me in despite having a pre-paid e-visa.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It is highly militarised. The country gains significant income by selling itself for naval and other military bases. That is not in itself a problem for me. I don't have any ideological prejudice. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">However, it seems to have rubbed off on the people, who were highly suspicious almost everywhere of a person with binoculars. (the binoculars were only brought out when facing a bird). I was stopped by members of the public several times and asked to explain myself. There are security guards everywhere on private buildings and hotels. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There was a lot of opportunistic begging.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Taxi drivers would not stick to an agreed price.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the same vein, I popped into a restaurant on a birding walk to see if they would sell me some water and coca cola. They doubled the price after a conversation between two staff.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hotel staff weren't knowledgeable about their surrounding area. The biggest air-conditioned western supermarket was 200 metres from my hotel but the receptionist had no idea where I could get provisions. I found it myself. The hotel was the most expensive of my trip but had arguably the least facilities.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I wasn't allowed in departures at the airport for check in until two hours before the flight left. I had to sit in arrivals. There was no toilet in the departure lounge.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I knew it would be very hot. It was 40c each day. July is not a good time to visit. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Overall and in conclusion, the city appears soulless, unfriendly, expensive and militarised.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There may be better places outside the city.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The wifi was very strong in my hotel and the aircon worked well. It had to.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Doula waste treatment plant (WTP) was a very good recommendation from a locally based expat birder.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">visited three sites: Doula WTP, heron beach and the coast near the Sheraton</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">31 species seen</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">No lifers but several birds seen for the first time in Africa which I know well from Arabia e.g <i><b>crab plover</b></i> and <i><b>white-eyed gull</b></i></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><u>Doula WTP</u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The waste water plant is about five kilometres south east out of the city. A clean water stream apparently used to run the full 2.5 kilometres from the plant to the mangroves on the coast near-by. However, water has been diverted off for small scale farming and mesquite bushes (introduced) have overrun much of the route. Nevertheless, the birding was good next to the works themselves and on the small scale allotments.</span>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><u>Coast near the Sheraton, east side of the city</u></span><br />
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31 species seen on 24th July and 25th July<br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">1 Rock Dove Samo hotel </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">2 Ring-necked Parakeet Samo hotel </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">3 House Crow Samo hotel </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">4 Speckled Pigeon Douda WTP </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">5 African Collared Dove Douda WTP </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">6 Laughing Dove Douda WTP </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">7 Namaqua Dove Douda WTP </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">8 Common Moorhen Douda WTP </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">9 Kentish Plover Douda WTP </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">10 Whimbrel Douda WTP </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">11 Common Sandpiper Douda WTP </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">12 Crab-Plover Douda WTP </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">13 Abdim's Stork Douda WTP </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">14 Western Reef-Heron Douda WTP</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">15 Cattle Egret Douda WTP </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">16 Sacred Ibis Douda WTP </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">17 White-throated Bee-eater Douda WTP</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">18 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Douda WTP </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">19 Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Douda WTP </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">20 Barn Swallow Douda WTP </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">21 Graceful Prinia Douda WTP </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">22 African Scrub-Robin Douda WTP </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">23 Rüppell's Weaver Douda WTP </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">24 Sooty Gull Heron beach </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">25 Shining Sunbird Heron beach </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">26 House Sparrow Heron beach</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">27 Red-billed Firefinch Heron beach </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">28 Eurasian Curlew Area outside Sheraton </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">29 White-eyed Gull Area outside Sheraton </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">30 Lesser Black-backed Gull Area outside Sheraton </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">31 Lesser Crested Tern Area outside Sheraton </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272387208549049665noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764784218997463124.post-47974642063736301912018-08-23T07:25:00.000+01:002018-08-23T07:25:01.428+01:00More time at the Maansour hotel<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On July 22nd I flew out of Somaliland. I had time in the morning for some birding around the hotel. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There were no new species for my country list though I did manage better photos of several birds. Notably I got better photos of both <i><b>shining sunbird </b></i>and <b style="font-style: italic;">variable sunbird</b>. I got my only pictures of <i><b>northern crombec</b></i> in country too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The last stop of my East African trip was Djibouti. I will blog about that country next.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272387208549049665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764784218997463124.post-64247330759172883402018-08-22T09:56:00.000+01:002018-08-22T13:06:23.844+01:00Away day in Somaliland<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">July 21st was the biggest single day's birding in my East African tour. It was in Somaliland and I was guided by Abdi Jama of Nature Somaliland. It was the undisputed highlight of my whole tour.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Abdi and Nature Somaliland, abdi.jama@ymail.com</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">speaks fluent English and spent much of his life in the USA. He responses fast to correspondence</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">very friendly and knowledgable about wildlife in general</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">arranged a letter of invitation for me so I could pick up a visa on arrival. It was impossible for me to visit Somaliland's representive offices in London, Addis Ababa or Djibouti. This is not a well publicised method of entry but without it I couldn't have gone.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">provided a 4x4 for travel and drove. The 4x4 is open to the elements at the side and has been used for safaris in southern Africa. The openness makes birding much easier than in enclosed vehicles. The temperatures in highland Somaliland are mild and so aircon isn't needed or wanted.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">arranged an armed police escort for the day. This is necessary for all travel in Somaliland outside Hargeisa though I never felt threatened.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">His rate is $400 a day but it includes visa arrangement, pick up from hotel for the day trip, vehicle, police escort, fuel, water, lunch and tea. I reckoned this was value despite me being the only passenger. Obviously for a party of 2 or 3 birders the cost per person is much less. I understand he does discounts for multiple days.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The trip logistics</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">left the hotel at 5.30am</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">headed east until 4pm when we finished birding and headed back (using the main road) to Hargeisa to be back at hotel just before dusk</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">after the airport, we followed the route of the old British colonial road towards Berbera. It effectively runs parallel with the modern road but typically 10 kilometres further south.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">most of the road is only fit to be travelled by 4x4</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Trip results and comment</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">July is between the long rains and the short rains. It is an uncommon time for foreign birders to visit. The two rainy seasons probably offer more as do the passage times and mid-winter for wintering birds. Nevertheless, that is when my long vacation from work must be so I didn't really have a choice.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">all the birds seen are recorded with location at the bottom of the blog</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">nearly 60 species were observed</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">21 species were lifers</span></li>
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<i><b>Somali Starling<o:p></o:p></b></i></div>
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<i><b>Somali Fiscal<o:p></o:p></b></i></div>
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<i><b>White-crowned Starling<o:p></o:p></b></i></div>
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<i><b>Abyssinian Scimitarbill<o:p></o:p></b></i></div>
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<i><b>Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver<o:p></o:p></b></i></div>
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<i><b>White-bellied Bustard<o:p></o:p></b></i></div>
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<i><b>Somali Courser<o:p></o:p></b></i></div>
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<i><b>Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill<o:p></o:p></b></i></div>
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<i><b>Somali Bee-eater<o:p></o:p></b></i></div>
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<i><b>Mouse-coloured Penduline-Tit<o:p></o:p></b></i></div>
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<i><b>Pale Prinia<o:p></o:p></b></i></div>
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<i><b>Somali Bunting<o:p></o:p></b></i></div>
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<i><b>Yellow-spotted Petronia<o:p></o:p></b></i></div>
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<i><b>Blue-capped Cordonbleu<o:p></o:p></b></i></div>
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<i><b>Straw-tailed Whydah<o:p></o:p></b></i></div>
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<i><b>Somali Tit<o:p></o:p></b></i></div>
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<i><b>Nubian Woodpecker<o:p></o:p></b></i></div>
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<i><b>Greyish Flycatcher<o:p></o:p></b></i></div>
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<i><b>Red-billed Oxpecker<o:p></o:p></b></i></div>
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<i><b>White-bellied Canary<o:p></o:p></b></i></div>
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<i><b>White-headed Buffalo-Weaver</b></i><o:p></o:p></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Apparently we birded more intensively and nearer to the city than with most clients. We birded within 60 kilometres.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Our first stop was a small rubbish dump which unfortunately the authorirties are now burning at dawn most days. It used to be guarenteed place for <i>Marabou stork</i>. Locals said that one or two still come around midday. Local baboons are not put off by the smoke.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The rest of the trip went much more smoothly. We stopped at Ina Qarboosh and several other villages as well as a farm on the way to the plains.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ina Qarboosh was a great start. Each other stop had different habitat including one farm and two watering holes.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The plains at the end used to be home to many tens of <i>Kori bustard</i>. Unfortunately hunters from UAE have exterminated the whole population in the space of 5 years.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">baboons eating at a smoking dump just outside the city</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">female chestnut-bellied sandgrouse</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><u>Ina Qarboosh</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">red-billed quelea</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><u>After Ina Qarboosh</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Eastern chanting goshawk</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272387208549049665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764784218997463124.post-92080402046530310032018-08-21T07:00:00.000+01:002018-08-21T08:27:37.545+01:00Arrival at Maansour hotel, Hargeisa<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On 20th July I had a restful day within the grounds of the Maansour Hotel, Hargeisa, Somaliland ahead of a full day out on July 21st with Abdi Jama of Nature Somaliland. That trip was very eventful and will be subject of the next blog.</span><br />
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Maansour hotel was chosen for its large gardens although I found only a relatively small section was wild enough for good birding</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Maansour hotel is one of the two relatively upscale hotels in the city and was adequate for my needs. It is highly secure though I din't feel unsafe at any time while in the country. The menu was quite cosmopolitan and the rooms satisfactory. Remember Somaliland is a poor country. The Maansour did well enough.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I saw 20 species</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Four were lifers: <i><b>Swainson's sparrow</b></i>, <i><b>Somali crow</b></i>, <i><b>variable sunbird</b></i> and <i><b>chestnut weaver</b></i></span></li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272387208549049665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764784218997463124.post-50258330278447452872018-08-20T07:32:00.000+01:002018-08-20T07:32:30.743+01:00Remera Valley revisited<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On July 18th, I revisted Remera Valley but I went much further down. I braved going through the shanty suburb. Actaully I found the people there freiendly and I felt safe all the time. </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There is no real need to bird very early. The altitude keeps temperatures down to at most 25 or 26 C. Birds are active all day.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The valley gets wetter further down and the species begin to change.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">29 species were seen in all.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Three lifers were: <i><b>western citril</b></i>, <i><b>Holub's golden-weaver</b></i> and <i><b>green-winged pytilia</b></i>.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I flew the next day to Hargeisa in Somaliland</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Just before the shanty town there are few small pools. These attract swallows and of course <i><b>malachite kingfisher</b></i>. </span><br />
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Hamerkop </div>
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Sacred Ibis </div>
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Northern Fiscal </div>
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Pied Crow </div>
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Bronze Mannikin </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272387208549049665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764784218997463124.post-19514564199585395712018-08-19T07:00:00.000+01:002018-08-19T09:34:55.827+01:00Around Kigali<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">July 17th was my first full day in Kigali. I birded self-found Remera Valley early in the morning followed by a short taxi ride to "City Park" for the rest of the day's birding.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I found Remera vally birding was at least as good as that at a know city hotspot called "City Park".</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">City Park is birders' name for the undeveloped valley next to the city's main golf course. It has as very small wetland and lake as well a grassland and trees.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Remera Valley is more cultivated but the two were complementary in terms of the types of species present.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Two lifers were seen in Remera Valley: <i><b>augur buzzard</b></i> and <i><b>angola swallow</b></i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Two lifers were also seen at City Park:<i><b> McKinnon's shrike</b></i> and <i><b>Cinnamon-chested bee-eater</b></i>.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I know nothing about the diet of <i><b>augur buzzard</b></i> but it was sitting just below a bee hive.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This <i><b>village indigobird</b></i> was fearless. The shadow over it was me. It also walked up to my feet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">cinnamon-chested bee-eater</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>MacKinnon's fiscal</b></i> is separated from <i><b>grey-backed fiscal</b></i> by it white outer tail and its lack of white wing patch.</span><br />
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<u>Remera district, Kigali, Ville de Kigali, RW</u></div>
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20 species</div>
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Red-eyed Dove </div>
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Yellow-billed Stork </div>
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Black-headed Heron </div>
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African Goshawk </div>
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Black Kite (Yellow-billed) </div>
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Augur Buzzard </div>
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Speckled Mousebird </div>
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African Paradise-Flycatcher </div>
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Pied Crow </div>
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Angola Swallow </div>
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Wire-tailed Swallow </div>
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Common Bulbul (Dark-capped) </div>
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African Thrush </div>
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Yellow-fronted Canary </div>
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Northern Grey-headed Sparrow </div>
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Baglafecht Weaver </div>
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Red-billed Firefinch </div>
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Village Indigobird </div>
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Nyarutarama Lake and Golf Course, Ville de Kigali, RW a.k.a "city park"</div>
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Hamerkop </div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272387208549049665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764784218997463124.post-28852268978848521802018-08-18T06:00:00.000+01:002018-08-19T19:17:32.622+01:00Arrival in Kigali<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The flight from Entebbe to Kigali is so short and Rwandan time is one hour behind Ugandan time. The two factors actually allowed me to do some late afternoon birding on July 16th in Kigali near my hotel in the Remera district. I had birded the garden of my hotel in Entebbe in the morning.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Kigali is built on hills and Remera has a good under-developed valley between hills which I birded.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the one hour of birding, I added <i><b>bronze sunbird,</b></i> and <i><b>northern fiscal</b></i> to my life list.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I could see the potential of the valley for further birding</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I originally wrote in this blog </span> "I<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> don't believe there are any sub-species of <i><b>red-billed firefinch </b></i>but the male birds in Uganda and Rwanda appear to have blacker underbellies than the ones I see in West Africa. Furthermore the females appear to have grey-brown fronts whereas those I see have more lemony-brown fronts in Mauritania. I am sure the colour difference is real".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Thanks to Martin Pitt in the comments who alerted me to the possibility that they could be <i>African firefinch </i>(<i>blue-billed firefinch</i>). This prompted me to do some research. There are indeed several sub-species of <i style="font-weight: bold;">red-billed firefinch </i><i>after all</i>. It appears the variation is explained best by that.</span><br />
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<u>16th July 2018 early evening, Remera Valley, Kigali</u><br />
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Blue-billed Firefinch </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272387208549049665noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764784218997463124.post-64745258034255645772018-08-17T16:24:00.002+01:002018-08-17T18:56:00.991+01:00End of time at Entebbe<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On July 16th, I got caught in a downpour at Entebbe Botanical Gardens and had to curtail birding. I soon realised my camera had been waterlogged as a result. It was put in a closed container packed with dry rice overnight. The next day it had mostly recovered though the image stabilisation was the last function to come back.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This blog covers what I saw in the Botanical Gardens that day and what I saw in the hotel gardens adjacent to the Botanical Gardens the morning after. </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">38 species seen before the rain came down</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">67 species seen overall at the Botanical Gardens</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Lifers seen on the last two visits were: <i style="font-weight: bold;">black and white shrike-flycatcher </i>and<i style="font-weight: bold;"> northern black flycatcher</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A <i><b>gaber goshawk</b></i> landed in the hotel gardens</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Next stop on my East African tour was Kigali, Rwanda</span></li>
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<u>July 15th 2018. Entebbe Botanical Gardens</u></div>
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Red-knobbed Coot </div>
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Marabou Stork </div>
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Striated Heron </div>
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Hadada Ibis </div>
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Shikra </div>
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<u>July 16th, 2018. Gardens of Egg Botanical View</u></div>
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Eastern Plantain-eater </div>
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Little Egret </div>
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Cattle Egret </div>
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Hadada Ibis </div>
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Gabar Goshawk </div>
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Black Kite (Yellow-billed) </div>
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Tawny-flanked Prinia </div>
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Northern Black-Flycatcher </div>
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Rüppell's Starling </div>
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Scarlet-chested Sunbird </div>
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Red-chested Sunbird </div>
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Northern Grey-headed Sparrow </div>
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Red-billed Firefinch </div>
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Bronze Mannikin </div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">July 14th was my third day at Entebbe Botanical Gardens. It was overcast again but the rain mostly held off. I managed my longest session that day.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">46 species seen</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I concentrated on smaller birds for the first time.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Smaller birds identified included <i><b>winding cisticola</b></i>, <i><b>swamp flycatcher</b></i>, <i><b>red-chested sunbird</b></i> and <i><b>little weaver</b></i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A partially identified female sunbird was probably <i><b>copper sunbird</b></i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Lifers were <i><b>swamp flycatcher</b></i>, <i><b>Ross's turaco</b></i>, and <b><i>yellow throated longclaw</i></b> </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Swamp flycatcher</b></i> was seen in bushes right next to Lake Victoria. I can see why people say it looks superficially like a <i>banded martin</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Yellow-throated longclaw</b></i> liked the long grass.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Winding cisticola</b></i> was only seen next to the Lake.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Good to see <i><b>grey parrot</b></i> wild and free.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">malachite kingfisher</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This one lacked the streaking expected on the undersides of a <i><b>red-chested sunbird</b></i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The bird appears to have dark ear coverts and a weak supercilium as well as parallel pale line below the ear coverts. <i><b>Copper sunbird</b></i> looks the best fit. It is recorded in the gardens.</span><br />
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Ring-necked Dove </div>
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Great Blue Turaco </div>
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Ross's Turaco </div>
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Red-knobbed Coot </div>
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African Openbill </div>
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Hamerkop </div>
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Grey Heron </div>
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Little Egret </div>
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Cattle Egret </div>
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Striated Heron </div>
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Hadada Ibis </div>
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Crowned Hornbill </div>
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Grey Parrot </div>
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Pied Crow </div>
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Winding Cisticola </div>
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African Yellow White-eye </div>
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Swamp Flycatcher </div>
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Rüppell's Starling </div>
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Red-chested Sunbird </div>
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Copper Sunbird </div>
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African Pied Wagtail </div>
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Yellow-throated Longclaw </div>
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Little Weaver </div>
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Orange Weaver </div>
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Village Weaver </div>
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Bronze Mannikin </div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272387208549049665noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764784218997463124.post-51562818862503730422018-08-10T07:33:00.000+01:002018-08-10T07:33:31.552+01:00Entebbe day 2<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">July 13th was my second day at Entebbe Botanic Gardens but my first full day.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Cloudy and drizzly. July should have been the driest month but locals said not so this year.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I visited all corners of the gardens. Near the lake had the most activity.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">32 species seen</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Large numbers of <b>Marabou stork</b> as well as <b>openbill</b> and <b>hamerkop</b> in the north east corner near the lake.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Lifers were:<b> <i>long-crested eagle</i></b>, <b><i>great blue turaco</i></b>, <i><b>black-and-white-casqued hornbill</b></i>, <i><b>African pygmy-kingfisher</b></i>, <i><b>African hobby</b></i>, <i><b>black-headed paradise-flycatcher</b></i> and <i><b>red-chested sunbird</b></i></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There are three speices of monkey in the gardens but only one is a <i>red-tailed monkey</i></span><br />
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<u>Species seen on July 13th 2018 at Entebbe Botanic Gardens</u></div>
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Little Egret </div>
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Little Weaver </div>
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Bronze Mannikin </div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">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.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">20 metres walk each day to the front gate of the Botanic Gardens. The equator runs though and it is on Lake Victoria</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Plenty of birds of prey, either in the air or perched. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><i>African Harrier-Hawk </i></b></span></div>
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<u>Entebbe botanic gardens. July 12th 2018</u></div>
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Little Egret </div>
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Cattle Egret </div>
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Hadada Ibis </div>
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African Harrier-Hawk </div>
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Banded Snake-Eagle </div>
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Lizard Buzzard </div>
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Shikra </div>
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Black Kite (Yellow-billed) </div>
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African Fish-Eagle </div>
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Red-eyed Dove </div>
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Eastern Plantain-eater </div>
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Crowned Hornbill </div>
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Pied Kingfisher </div>
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Common Bulbul (Dark-capped) </div>
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White-browed Robin-Chat </div>
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African Thrush </div>
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Red-chested Sunbird </div>
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Orange Weaver </div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The rainy season in southern Mauritania is July to mid October</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Nouakchott normally gets 2 or 3 heavy rains almost any time during that period</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It amounts often amounts to only 100 mm at that time</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Mid June is before any potential rain</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Most palearctic migrants have gone</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">No possible rainy season birds have arrived. In the case of this site that especially means <i>blue-cheeked bee-eater</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At the waste water site</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Resident <i><b>spur-winged lapwing</b></i> appear to be making scrapes for nests</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Still a few migrants namely <i><b>woodchat shrike</b></i>, <i><b>willow warbler</b></i>, <i><b>blackcap</b></i> and <i><b>western olivaceous warbler</b></i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><i>Sudan</i></b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><i> golden sparrow</i></b> more numerous than in winter and spring</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Similarly with <i><b>Namaqua dove</b></i></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Please note a series of blogs will follow reporting on my tour of Uganda, Rwanda, Somaliland and Djibouti in July.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sudan<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> golden sparrow</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">willow warbler 1</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272387208549049665noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764784218997463124.post-77910165233014577942018-08-07T22:39:00.000+01:002018-08-09T07:30:32.132+01:00Late large passage<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On June 3rd, I visited the waste water site north of Nouakchott.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">28 species seen</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A dust storm was taking place follow days of exceptional cool weather and a cool spring generally</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Many late warblers (see types in the list at the end)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Evidence of opportunistic breeding by<b><i> western olivaceous warbler</i></b> whose numbers were high</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Barn swallow</b></i>s as expected but also <i><b>house martin</b></i>s and a <b><i>red-rumped swallow</i></b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A single late <i><b>European bee-eater</b></i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Very few waders except the resident <i><b>spur-winged lapwing</b></i></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The<i><b> western olivaceous warbler</b></i> above has a yellow gape suggesting a young bird. The species may have bred here in spring. It was much cooler than average.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A few warblers were obviously late through illness as the <i><b>willow warbler</b></i> above but this was not the rule.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The small pool above always holds many migrants during the right seasons.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A sulking <i><b>nightingale</b></i> was seen on three visits running. It could have been the same bird each time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A <i><b>pied flycatcher</b></i> was also there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Elsewhere was a<i><b> spotted flycatcher</b></i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Southern grey shrike</b></i> is resident.</span><br />
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Species seen at North Nouakchott waste water site. June 3rd 2018</div>
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Spur-winged Lapwing </div>
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Common Ringed Plover </div>
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Little Stint </div>
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Speckled Pigeon </div>
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Laughing Dove </div>
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Namaqua Dove </div>
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Blue-naped Mousebird </div>
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European Bee-eater </div>
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Common Kestrel </div>
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Southern Grey Shrike </div>
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Woodchat Shrike </div>
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Crested Lark </div>
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Barn Swallow </div>
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Red-rumped Swallow </div>
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Common House Martin </div>
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Willow Warbler </div>
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Eastern Olivaceous Warbler </div>
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Western Olivaceous Warbler </div>
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Melodious Warbler </div>
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Eurasian Reed Warbler </div>
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Eurasian Blackcap </div>
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Spotted Flycatcher </div>
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Common Nightingale </div>
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European Pied Flycatcher </div>
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House Sparrow </div>
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Sudan Golden Sparrow </div>
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272387208549049665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764784218997463124.post-62820116092255922952018-08-06T18:20:00.003+01:002018-08-06T18:20:52.767+01:00Nouakchott coast at the end of May<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My work load is making blogging even more difficult. I have also been on a holiday round east Africa with birding in mind.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This birding was on 29th May along the beach at Noukachott, starting at the old wharf and walking north to the fish market.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Macroccanus</i> <i><b>great cormorant</b></i> seen with local <i>lucidus </i>white-breasted cormorant on the wharf</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Still haven't seen an<i> arctic tern</i> despite several tens of <i>common tern</i> over the past two years</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">50 or more lesser <i><b>black-backed gull</b></i> over-summering</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One probably adult <i><b>kelp gull</b></i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Plenty of over-summering immature <i><b>Audouin's gull</b></i> too.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Waders that remain include a fair proportion of damaged birds except <i><b>Kentish plover</b></i></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">two subspecies of great cormorant</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The immatures and non-breeding terns were also <i><b>common tern</b></i>. The longish legs and broad carpal bar were strong indications.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">third non-breeding common tern</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A good cross-section of other terns were seen on the walk up the beach. See the list at the end.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">great white pelican</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">lesser black-backed gull</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Probable <i><b>kelp gull</b></i> as indicated by darker mantle and wings than the <i><b>lesser black-backed gull</b></i> found in Mauritania, the broad white trailing edge, the apparent big bill and the health of this adult bird. Only unhealthy adult <i><b>lesser black-backed gull</b></i> over-summer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">probable adult kelp gull</span></div>
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Great White Pelican </div>
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Little Tern </div>
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Royal Tern </div>
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Little Swift </div>
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Barn Swallow </div>
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House Sparrow </div>
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<u>On or near the old Wharf 29th May</u></div>
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Great White Pelican </div>
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Common Tern </div>
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Royal Tern </div>
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Little Swift </div>
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Barn Swallow </div>
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House Sparrow </div>
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Sudan Golden Sparrow </div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the meantime, here is one last blog to finally bring me up-to-date. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I went out to the waste water site two weeks ago. It was still surprisingly cool and it was Mid-May.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There were still some warblers about though the proportion with some sort of illness was higher than peak season. I will say more about that later.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There were no such worries about the health of the <i><b>blackcap </b></i>seen. They can be healthy and late.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I suspect the reason this <i><b>European reed warbler</b></i> was lingering was its lack of any tail feathers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It did have its white under-tail coverts though making very strange looking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Despite, its lose, it is always to good to see <b style="font-style: italic;">European reed warbler </b>as clearly as I often do at the waste water site.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The dappled look on the head of the <i><b>willow warbler</b></i> below is just the sun shining through the leaves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">However, you can probably just make out that the <i><b>willow warbler </b></i>has some sort of skin infection near the base of its bill. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As usual I spent some time at the main body of water. The <i><b>spur-winged lapwing</b></i> were even more aggressive than usual. With no birds of prey to mob, they turned their attention to me a few times.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There were no <i>wood sandpiper</i> present for the first time since last summer. <i><b>Kentish plover</b></i> was the most numerous wader.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There were a few <i><b>common ringed plover</b></i> present too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It is May and that means a good chance of seeing <i><b>golden oriole </b></i>at the site. Five of them did not disappoint though they were very shy. I couldn't get within 35 metres of them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's been a long time since I haven't seen <i><b>Sudanese golden sparrow</b></i> at the site.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have commented on this before but <i><b>woodchat shrike</b></i> have very long passage seasons here though they are not seen mid-winter. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There was still the odd <i><b>spotted flycatcher</b></i> present.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just occasionally there are very many of one dove species or another at the site. It can be <i><b>speckled pigeon</b></i> or <i><b>laughing dove</b></i> but this time it was <i><b>Namaqua dove</b></i>. There were at least 40 and most were flocking together</span>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am now going out to the coast just as I post this.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272387208549049665noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764784218997463124.post-10062116826550797762018-05-26T19:11:00.002+01:002018-05-26T19:11:21.814+01:00Late April in Nouakchott<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I managed to snatch a visit to the waste water lake in Nouakchott in late April despite it being a very heavy time for work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It was worth the effort. The prize bird was a <i><b>short-eared owl</b></i>. I almost walked into it where it had been roosting in a tree. I had time to recognise it but not to get a photo as it actually flew right at me before veering late. Two hours later I once again walked into it. This time it seems to have been resting on the ground in a completely different part of the site. I am pretty upset about not getting a photo. It became species 304 on my Mauritanian list.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Altogether, it was a peak time for passage. No bird was there in great numbers but there was great variety.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Birds included <i><b>spotted flycatcher </b></i>and <i><b>common redstart</b></i>. These are staples of the two palearctic migration seasons around Nouakchott. <i><b>Common nightingale</b></i> and <i><b>Rufous bush-robin</b></i> are less numerous. All were seen on this trip.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There were several <i><b>willow warbler</b></i> and at least two <i><b>western olivaceous warbler</b></i>. There was a solitary <i><b>western bonelli's warbler</b></i>. The latter bird in particular has larger numbers in autumn. However, you have to come early as so many come back through in August and early September.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blackcap's close cousin is <i><b>garden warbler</b></i>. It can be easily over-looked with its lack of really distinctive features. It's grey collar is quite apparent, though, in the bird on the left.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have been disappointed in the main water body itself over recent visits. The variety of waders has been lacking. Throughout the winter <i><b>wood sandpiper</b></i> and <i><b>little stint </b></i>were the mainstays along with the seemingly resident <i><b>spur-winged lapwing</b></i>. However, on this visit the former two birds' numbers had started to dropped off.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Dunlin </i>aren't very common in spring for some reason. Indeed the one bird below, I veer towards <i><b>curlew sandpiper</b></i>. It has a broad supercilium and a long bill though I can't tell the leg length.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All the waders were alert and easily spooked. This is almost certainly because two <i><b>marsh harrier</b></i> were lingering at the site on their northern passage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Most harriers of which ever type don't normally hang around. They move on fast.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All <i><b>white wagtail </b></i>had gone by late April.<i><b> Yellow wagtail</b></i> were still coming through.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just where do all those <i><b>woodchat shrike</b></i> go. They appear incredibly numerous in both passage seasons. They also winter barely 100 kilometres further south so I wonder if the numbers aren't as great as they first appear. I wonder instead if they use the Nouakchott area as a staging most in late autumn and in spring. In other words, could I be seeing the same birds time and again?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In this visit, it was the first time for six weeks that I hadn't seen a <i><b>European bee-eater</b></i>. Just before I left, one turned up. It was a bumper season for them this spring.</span><br />
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<b>Species seen at the waste water site, Nouakchott</b><br />
Western Marsh Harrier </div>
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Ruff </div>
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Garden Warbler </div>
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Rufous Bush Robin </div>
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Common Nightingale </div>
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Common Redstart </div>
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Northern Wheatear </div>
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Western Yellow Wagtail </div>
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House Sparrow </div>
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