Spent a few hours birding on Saturday afternoon in woodland heading from Green Park towards the south of the lake.There was a dead Verreauxs Eagle Owl by the road. Found two others but they were alive and well in a fever tree. We stopped there and had 2 pearl spotted owlets calling and a few other birds attracted in to mob. However, the main reason for this report was the small family of Schalows wheatears we found on the rocky hillside  on our right. Both James and Zackary were confused by the males appearance..the front was all black, including belly! We have photographs but are not sure where to post them. Female and young apeared as normal. Any one see this before?  
  
Visit information  
  

Location * Lake Naivasha IBA 

Date * 07/03/2009 
Start time to finish time 15:30 to 18:30 
Actual time spent birding * 5 Hrs 0 Mins 
Number of observers 6 
Did you record all birds seen/heard? Yes 
Were no birds seen? No 
Did weather, visibility, disturbance etc affect your counts? No 
Purpose (if for a particular project) Birdwatching 
Other notes for the visit  

Observers (other users taking part in the visit)  

Total species observed during visit 67   



Species Count Activity Activity Notes Private 
Augur Buzzard     
African Hawk Eagle     
Emerald-spotted Wood Dove     
Red-eyed Dove     
Ring-necked Dove     
Laughing Dove     
Feral Lovebird     
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl     
Pearl-spotted Owlet     
Montane Nightjar     
Nyanza Swift     
Mottled Swift     
Little Swift     
Speckled Mousebird     
White-fronted Bee-eater     
Hoopoe     
African Grey Hornbill     
Red-fronted Tinkerbird     
Cardinal Woodpecker     
Grey Woodpecker     
Rufous-naped Lark     
Plain Martin     
Barn Swallow     
Red-rumped Swallow     
Rock Martin     
Black Saw-wing     
African Pied Wagtail     
Common Bulbul     
Common Fiscal     
Brown-crowned Tchagra     
Tropical Boubou     
Cape Robin-Chat     
White-browed Robin-Chat     
Abyssinian Black Wheatear   male, young and female. male was all black on front.  
White-shouldered Cliff Chat     
Little Rock Thrush     
Willow Warbler     
Rattling Cisticola     
Tawny-flanked Prinia     
Grey-backed Camaroptera     
Yellow-breasted Apalis     
Grey-capped Warbler     
Red-faced Crombec     
Buff-bellied Warbler     
African Dusky Flycatcher     
Pale Flycatcher     
Chin-spot Batis     
African Paradise Flycatcher     
Amethyst Sunbird     
Scarlet-chested Sunbird     
Variable Sunbird     
Bronze Sunbird     
Abyssinian White-eye     
Golden-breasted Bunting     
Brimstone Canary     
Streaky Seedeater     
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu     
Purple Grenadier     
Rufous Sparrow     
Chestnut Sparrow     
Baglafecht Weaver     
Spectacled Weaver     
Red-headed Weaver     
Yellow Bishop     
Black-headed Oriole     
Common Drongo     
Pied Crow