Vipingo Birds

Always keen to see a new spot I accepted an invitation to the new golf complex being developed at Vipingo, getting the invitation extended to include Kevin Mazera. This is on the left hand side of the road coming from Mombasa to Malindi and covers some 2,800 acres. The development looks very impressive but not being a golfer.....Anyway as a birding area it proved very interesting. The first lovely sighting was a group of Senegal Plovers followed by our first Northern Wheatear (m) of the season. There is a big dam, but only a sole African Jacana on the water. However the surrounding trees were full of Eurasian Golden Orioles, the first large group we have seen this season. Barn Swallows plenty. Indigenous species of note Black Throated Wattle Eyes, Whalberg's Eagle. Lizard Buzzard, Striped Kingfisher which seems rather rare these days and about 25 other more common species. As we didn't do any prolonged or intensive birding this promises to yield many more species on more focused visits. (Marlene Reid, Kevin Mazera - Mombasa)