Hi Mark and Alison,
I was going to suggest you contact Adam as he has been seeing them
around Naibor since he has been there. Also they arrived at Klein's
Camp in northern Serengeti for the first time a couple of years ago,
so it seems the species is spreading out from the vicinity of Lake
Victoria.
Best for now
Brian

On 9/30/10, Adam Kennedy <adamscottkennedy@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi Mark and Alison,
>
> I hope you enjoyed your time at the Beaton's place; I've yet to visit but
> hear it is stunning!
>
> I'm based in the central Masai Mara Reserve and have also been hearing Swamp
> Nightjar all season (mid-August onwards). I've also had brief flight views
> at dusk but no decent images to speak of yet. As you say, it's off course
> according to F&S but it's certainly here.
>
> Alastair Kilpin, who used to work in nearby Siana Springs area, also
> reported this bird's presence to me a few months back when I first arrived
> here.
>
> I'd be very keen to see your list from your Mara visit if you get the time.
>
> Warmest regards,
>
> Adam Scott Kennedy
> Naibor Camp, Masai Mara
>
>
>
> On 29 September 2010 20:53, mullerm_52 <mullerflatt@botsnet.bw> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> I have just recently returned from a 3 week trip to Kenya. We finished off
>> by spending six nights at Topi cottage in the Olio Orok conservancy in the
>> Mara. On our first night there we heard what I was certain was a Swamp
>> Nightjar calling, this species is well known to us from bird monitoring
>> work
>> that we have carried out here in the Okavango Delta.
>>
>> I was surprised to find on reading up the bird in Stevenson's reference
>> book that it has not been recorded from the Mara system. The next morning
>> I
>> checked with the guides who were with us and none of them were aware of
>> the
>> species.
>>
>> Accordingly two nights later when the bird was again heard calling I
>> walked
>> out into the garden & called the bird up using the tapes I allways travel
>> with. The bird responded immediately & flew in over our heads on a full
>> moon
>> evening giving it's lovely fluting flight call & then landed in the garden
>> and immediately started giving it's normal "Chuck, Chuck" ground call. We
>> heard this bird (there could easily have been more than one) calling on
>> five
>> of the six nights that we were staying at Topi cottage. I would like to
>> hear
>> back from the Kenya bird bofs what they think of this record.
>>
>> Thanks - best regards - Mark Muller & Alison Flatt.
>>
>>
>>
>