These come a little after the ringing at Ngulia is over (end of Dec) with a total of 
    19,160 birds ringed. We thought these records would be of interest to those who 
    receive this email listing.

Ringing took place at Ngulia in Tsavo West NP as usual over the new moons in
    November from 15th Nov to 6th Dec and again from 20-30 December. There 
    were a few real surprises in terms of species caught - amazing that after 35 
    years we are still catching new species for the list there! We also caught 3 
    Marsh Warblers with foreign rings on (termed 'controls' in ringing jargon) from 
    the Czech Republic, Germany and Sweden. There were also some interesting 
    observations:

    Records from Ngulia, Nov/Dec 2003
    26th Nov a superb movement Amur Falcons mid morning with c.430 counted in
    about an hour moving through to the south together with at least one Eurasian 
    Hobby and over 140 Eurasian Rollers. Another 110 Amurs pased west over 
    lodge at 0600 on 3rd Dec
    Sooty Falcon - nice adults on 26 Nov and 3 Dec plus a juv on the evening of 18 
    Nov.
    Steppe Eagle - a trickle of birds moving through on most days
    Booted Eagle - both pale and dark morph birds seen and at least three birds 
    involved last week of November
    Lesser Spotted Eagle - three on separate days 15-20th Nov.
    Lesser Cuckoo - one ringed on 5th Dec
    Eurasian Scops Owl - single bird caught at night on 26th Nov, 12rg for Ngulia
    Eurasian Wryneck - a single first-year bird was caught and ringed on 1st Dec, 
    2nd for Ngulia
    Common Redstart - single male caught and ringed on 2nd Dec, 10th for Ngulia
    Chiffchaff - one heard singing in front of the lodge on 26th Nov, 2nd record for 
    Ngulia (one had been caught and ringed in 1988)
    Mangrove Kingfisher - first record for Ngulia; a bird ringed on 1st Dec.
    Tambourine Dove - one ringed on 4th Dec, first for Ngulia.
    Nubian Nightjar - one ringed 28 Dec
    Grey-headed Silverbill - 3 ringed on 1st Dec were also the first in 35 years of 
    ringing.

David Pearson, Graeme Backhurst, Colin Jackson