Some interesting April Masai Mara Records

12th: Marsh Harrier 1 female
          Steppe Eagle  several
          Collared Pratincole 1 (Strangely does not appear on any Mara list)
15th: Lesser Grey Shrike 1 in beautiful plumage
16th: Eleonora's Falcon 2
19th: White Storks  20+
20th: Lesser Grey Shrike,1 could be the same individual as on the 15th
22nd: Open-billed Storks  100s arrived with the rains
          European Hobby 1
          Barn Swallows 1,000 roosting in trees
24th:  European Bee-eaters small numbers passing through
25th: Lesser Kestrel 2
27th: Lizard Buzzard 1
29th: Yellow Wagtail 1
30th: Yellow Wagtail 1 (a different individual)

Bat Hawk 1 seen from time to time at Little Governors' Camp also at the BBC 
Big Cat Dairy Camp nearby.
Long-toed Plover 1 resident in Musiara Swamp
House Sparrows  a number breeding at Governors' Camp

Dave Richards
Dave Richards,
PO Box 24545, Karen, 00502, Kenya.


"We travel together on a little space ship,
dependent upon its vulnerable reserves of air and soil,
committed for our safety to its security and peace,
preserved from annihilation only by the care, the work,
and I will say, the love we give our fragile craft"

Adlai Stevenson 1900-1968, US Statesman