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thank you @PeterHG

 

542.K201. White-browed Scrub Robin  Cercotrichas leucophrys      

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Selenkay Conservancy           07.09.2019

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I am really pleased we are able to go ahead with another Big Year, so seeing how many people have already been busy I thought I should get started!   1.UK1. Dunnock  Prunella modularis 

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15.UK15. Barn Owl  Tyto alba Upton Warren, Worcestershire           05.01.2018 It was pretty dark, but we had arrived early in attempt to see the Barn Owl - so were delighted. Taken at

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339.Ic50. Snow Bunting  Plectrophenax nivalis          (m) Flatey Island    12.06.2019 (m) Flatey Island    12.06.2019 (f) Flatey Island    12.06.2019 Common on Flat

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533.K202. White-Browed Sparrow-Weaver  Plocepasser mahali melanorhynchus  

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Selenkay Conservancy           07.09.2019

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534.K203. White-Crested Helmet-Shrike  Prionops plumatus           

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Selenkay Conservancy           05.09.2019

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535.K204. White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher  Melaenornis fischeri           

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Nairobi National Park  04.09.2019

The only sighting. Grabbed a quick shot and it was gone!

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536.K205. White-Faced Whistling Duck  Dendrocygna viduata        

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Nairobi National Park  04.09.2019

Again the only (distant) sighting

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537.K206. White-Headed Buffalo-Weaver  Dinemellia dinemelli boehmi      

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Selenkay Conservancy           06.09.2019

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538.K207. White-Headed Mousebird  Colius leucocephalus turneri  

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Selenkay Conservancy           05.09.2019

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Selenkay Conservancy           05.09.2019

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539.K208. White-Headed Saw-Wing/Rough-Wing  Psalidoprocne albiceps albiceps

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Mara Naboisho Conservancy  14.09.2019

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Mara Naboisho Conservancy  14.09.2019

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540.K209. White-Winged Tern  Chlidonias leucopterus        

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Amboseli National Park           06.09.2019

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Great catch of the Sawwing! 

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Thank you @michael-ibk

 

And so to the final run-in for Kenya!

 

541.K210. White-Winged Widowbird   Euplectes albonotatus eques

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Nairobi National Park  04.09.2019

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(to show the face markings) Nairobi National Park  04.09.2019

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542.K211. Wire-Tailed Swallow  Hirundo smithii smithii        

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Mara North Conservancy        09.09.2019

Swallows are usually difficult to photograph, but these were kind enough to sit on a bush!

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K212. Wood Sandpiper  Tringa glareola        

Already seen in India

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Amboseli National Park           06.09.2019

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543.K213. Yellow Bishop  Euplectes capensis crassirostris  

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Kicheche Mara Camp (Mara North)    09.09.2019

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Kicheche Mara Camp (Mara North)    09.09.2019

These were taken when sitting outside our tent

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544.K214. Yellow-Billed Oxpecker  Buphagus africanus africanus   

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Mara North Conservancy        09.09.2019

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Mara North Conservancy        09.09.2019

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545.K215. Yellow-Billed Stork  Mycteria ibis  

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Amboseli National Park           06.09.2019

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546.K216. Yellow-Breasted Apalis  Apalis flavida     

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Kicheche Mara Camp (Mara North)    10.09.2019

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547.K217. Yellow-fronted Canary  Crithagra mozambica      

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Mara Naboisho Conservancy  14.09.2019

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548.K218. Yellow-Necked Spurfowl  Francolinus leucoscepus         

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Nairobi National Park  04.09.2019

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549.K219. Yellow-Spotted Petronia  Petronia pyrgita

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Mara Naboisho Conservancy  14.09.2019

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550.K220. Yellow-Throated Sandgrouse  Pterocles gutturalis saturatior      

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Mara North Conservancy        10.09.2019

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551.K221. Yellow-throated Longclaw  Macronyx croceus     

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Nairobi National Park  04.09.2019 

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Mara North Conservancy        11.09.2019

So that is it for Kenya. 221 birds altogether and 201 species for the Big Year List

We kept a record of what we saw in the different areas (though it may not be accurate for the later sites as we may not have bothered photographing/recording species we had seen a lot of in other places). MrsQ saw 2 or 3 that I didn't see.

Obviously we also spent a lot of time looking at mammals!

Nairobi National Park 65 species. (a 1 day visit)

Selenkay/Amboseli 119 species. Amboseli National Park is particularly good for water birds, but the whole region has many different birds to the Mara region.

Mara North 80 species

Mara Naboisho 62 species

 

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Absolutely amazing! I hope next year I could follow your numbers.

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Excellent stuff!

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