Nigel Hunter and myself went on a four day (three night) excursion to examine a few wetlands in the Great Rift Valley north of Nairobi. The most distant of these was to be Lake Kamnarok National Reserve in the Kerio Valley. This was to try and find the Abyssinian Ground Hornbills that Ben Mugambi has seen on a number of occasions.
We were not successful in this aim, but the locals of the area know the bird well, and say that it is a wet season visitor to the area. 
The other major centres that we were visiting were Hippo Camp on Lake Naivasha, the northern end of Lake Nakuru and Olbainita Swamp near Kampi ya Moto on the Baringo Road. We stopped a few times to and from these main objectives, and were amazed on writing up our list of species recorded to find that we had exceeded 320 species Nairobi and back to Nairobi.
We left Nairobi at 8.30am on the 6th Nov and drove directly to KWS Hippo Camp, then after a couple of hours departed for Lake Nakuru NP arriving through the Lanet Gate and departing at 5.30pm out of the Main Gate. Our overnight was in the Kunste Hotel, where we had a twin suite for Ksh3000 which was very comfortable. We left at 6.00am on the 7th Nov, and were at Olbainita and hour later, all of our birding on the swamp was from the raised bank just past the old pump house. We departed here at 11.30am for Kabarnet, checked into the Kabarnet Hotel for a two-night stay. We had Room 210; it was comfortable, well furnished and clean. At the princely sum of Ksh1800 per night (that was Ksh900 each) that included cooked Breakfast, it has to be amongst the best value in the country. The menu was either Chicken or Goat with a choice of Ugali, Chips or Rice. We had the Chicken and Chips both nights, and the chicken was very well prepared and very tasty and tender, whilst the chips were excellent. Soup, Main Course, a huge bowl of Fruit Salad and Tea or Coffee was a total of 500Ksh each, and this too is very good value. The staff was excellent and had our breakfast on the table when we had asked for it at the unreasonable time of 6.00am!
After a short rest we had a brief excursion along the Tot Road for some 12kms before turning back, and on the 8th Nov, we drove 20km to the junction for the 5km entrance to Lake Kamnarok, a total of 25km from the Kabarnet-Kerio River road, whilst the sign at the junction tells you that it is 38km to Lake Kamnarok which is a load of rubbish. KWS must have selected a figure at random that has no relationship with reality! For residents the entrance is Ksh100 per person and Ksh 100 for the vehicle. Alfred is in charge and very pleasant, we had two guides William and Simpson who were both keen. Although only a couple of hours at the Lake, we spent the entire day in the Kerio looking at the riverine forest near the bridge over the gorge in the late afternoon. On the 9th Nov, we left the Kabarnet Hotel at 7.00am and stopping a couple of times on the decent road to Marigat, the pull-off look-out over Lake Baringo, and the last luggar some two kilometres before the junction. Leaving at 11.30am we departed straight for Nairobi getting back in just under four hours.

Throughout the region we visited, the landscape was green and attractive, there had been recent rain and many trees showed new foliage. Hippo Camp was incredible, the water now comes right to the base of the causeway, and you can use the vehicle as a hide and watch birds five metres away. The water is the highest for many many years, and presumably with the apparently wet period we are experiencing will climb even further.
We drove past the log that still blocks the road down towards Hippo Point, the road is fine. The water has come up, and the only indication of the creek is a line of grass protruding above the water where the banks are submerged. The Acacias are underwater.
On the northern shore, the water has flooded the flats and formed numerous sedge-fringed lagoons that are well worth investigation. The lake edge has many bays where fresher water soaks are an attraction, and large concentrations occur. Olbainita looks a little more full than it did two months ago. It is still the most important wetland that we have for breeding waterbirds, and was magnificent. Finally Lake Kamnarok was a large pan with white Nympha caerulea water-lilies, entirely encircled by oozy mud, and has an extraordinary concentration of crocodiles.  To walk all the way around would take the better part of a day, and we were only able to walk a kilometre in a clockwise direction until blocked by the delta of its feed river, which was flowing into the lake. By taking an anti-clockwise approach it would have been possible to cover most of the lake. From a raised point under a stand of acacias it is possible to scope the entire lagoon, but smaller shorebirds cannot be identified, as the distance is too great. Lake Kamnarok is a must to visit at present and is attracting impressive numbers of waterbirds.
So all of the four water-bodies that we visited were avian paradises, areas so vast and with so much cover that in spite of the numerous exciting finds we knew that we were only scratching the surface.
The details are broken into firstly the Palearctic presence, then interesting records relating to Afrotropicals, as Lake Kamnarok has not received much attention, a complete list of the species we recorded there, followed by a complete list of species recorded.

PALEARCTIC SPECIES RECORDED

KWS Hippo Camp, Lake Naivasha

Western Marsh Harrier (2), Osprey (1 possibly 2), Common Sandpiper (2), Wood Sandpiper (25), Green Sandpiper (1), Common Greenshank (10), Marsh Sandpiper (5), Common Snipe (6), Curlew Sandpiper (1), Little Stint (5), Black-tailed Godwit (25), Ruff (50), White-winged Black Tern (3), Common Swift (20), Barn Swallow (200), Sand Martin (5), Yellow Wagtail (10 all flava), Northern Wheatear (1)

North Shore/Njoro River Mouth, Lake Nakuru National Park

Western Marsh Harrier (2), Steppe Eagle (2), Common Sandpiper (6), Wood Sandpiper (150), Green Sandpiper (3), Common Greenshank (15), Marsh Sandpiper (15), Curlew Sandpiper (15), Little Stint (1000), Temminck's Stint (1), Black-tailed Godwit (2), Ruff (5000+), Ruddy Turnstone (1), Common Ringed Plover (60), White-winged Black Tern (20), Common Swift (15), Barn Swallow (3000), Sand Martin (200), Yellow Wagtail (20 all flava), Red-throated Pipit (1), Northern Wheatear (1), Spotted Flycatcher (2), Willow Warbler (1)

Olbainita Swamp

Black Stork (1), Western Marsh Harrier (8), Montagu's Harrier (1), Lesser Kestrel (8), Northern Shoveler (10), Common Sandpiper (1), Wood Sandpiper (2), Green Sandpiper (1), Common Greenshank (1), Common Snipe (1), Black-winged Pratincole (8), White-winged Black Tern (2), Common Swift (20), Eurasian Bee-eater (6), Barn Swallow (500), Sand Martin (50), House Martin (1), Yellow Wagtail (15 flava, 1 thunbergi), Northern Wheatear (2), Isabelline Wheatear (2), Pied Wheatear (1), Spotted Flycatcher (1)

Lake Kamnarok

Western Marsh Harrier (1), Pallid Harrier (1), Northern Hobby (1), Northern Shoveler (20), Northern Pintail (6), Garganey (3), Common Sandpiper (5), Wood Sandpiper (50), Green Sandpiper (1), Common Greenshank (10), Marsh Sandpiper (10), Common Snipe (20), Curlew Sandpiper (1), Little Stint (30), Temminck's Stint (1), Ruff (150), Common Ringed Plover (6), Little Ringed Plover (1), White-winged Black Tern (3), Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (1), Yellow Wagtail (30 flava), Red-throated Pipit (1), Willow Warbler (1), Isabelline Wheatear (1), Spotted Flycatcher (2)

OTHER SITES

White Stork  Kabarak (12), Naivasha Road (20)
Common Buzzard Kabarak (3)
Common Cuckoo Kerio Valley (1)
Eurasian Bee-eater Baringo Road (30)
Eurasian Roller Kabarak (1)
Tree Pipit Kabarnet (3)
Grey Wagtail Kabarnet (2)
Nightingale Kerio Valley (2)
Northern Wheatear Kerio Valley (2)
Isabelline Wheatear Kerio Valley (3)
Spotted Flycatcher Widespread singles
Olivaceous Warbler nr Marigat (5)
Blackcap Kabarnet (6)
Garden Warbler Kerio Valley (2)
Willow Warbler Widespread singles
Red-tailed Shrike Kerio Valley (3)
Eurasian Golden Oriole Kabarak (1)

INTERESTING AFROTROPICALS RECORDED

Great Crested Grebe Hippo Camp, Lake Naivasha Pair with four dependant young,                                                          ………                      Olbainita Swamp two pairs each with two dependant young


Dwarf Bittern Hippo Camp, Lake Naivasha (1 sub-ad)
Maccoa Duck Olbainita Swamp (5, two males-three females)
White-backed Duck Olbainita Swamp (near 100, breeding)
Lesser Moorhen Olbainita Swamp (only two seen)
Purple Swamphen Olbainita Swamp (12)
Senegal Thick-knee Lake Kamnarok (8)
African Skimmer North Shore, Lake Nakuru (1)
White-crested Turaco east of Kabarnet (1)
Freckled Nightjar Kabarnet Hotel resident on roof
Woodland Kingfisher Olbainita Swamp on territory
Southern Black Flycatcher nr Marigat (1)
Stripe-breasted Seedeater Baringo Lookout point east of Kabarnet (5)

SPECIES RECORDED IN LAKE  KAMNAROK NATIONAL RESERVE

GREY HERON	
BLACK-HEADED HERON	
SQUACCO HERON	
CATTLE EGRET	
GREAT EGRET	
LITTLE EGRET
YELLOW-BILLED EGRET
HAMERKOP	
YELLOW-BILLED STORK	
HADADA IBIS		
GLOSSY IBIS	
SACRED IBIS	
AFRICAN SPOONBILL	
FULVOUS WHISTLING DUCK	
WHITE-FACED WHISTLING DUCK	
EGYPTIAN GOOSE	
NORTHERN PINTAIL	
NORTHERN SHOVELER	
GARGANEY	
SPUR-WINGED GOOSE
KNOB-BILLED DUCK
EURASIAN MARSH HARRIER	
PALLID HARRIER
AFRICAN HARRIER HAWK
GABAR GOSHAWK
FISH EAGLE
SAKER FALCON
NORTHERN HOBBY
CRESTED FRANCOLIN
HELMETED GUINEAFOWL
GREY CROWNED CRANE
BLACK CRAKE
AFRICAN JACANA	
LITTLE RINGED PLOVER	
RINGED PLOVER
LONG-TOED PLOVER	
SPUR-WINGED PLOVER
COMMON SANDPIPER
WOOD SANDPIPER	
GREENSHANK	
GREEN SANDPIPER	
MARSH SANDPIPER
COMMON SNIPE	
CURLEW SANDPIPER	
LITTLE STINT
TEMMINCK'S STINT
RUFF
BLACK-WINGED STILT	
PIED AVOCET
SENEGAL THICK-KNEE	
COMMON PRATINCOLE
WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN	
GULL-BILLED TERN
NAMAQUA DOVE
RING-NECKED DOVE	
AFRICAN MOURNING DOVE
RED-EYED DOVE	
LAUGHING DOVE
EMERALD-SPOTTED WOOD DOVE	
GREEN PIGEON
BROWN PARROT
WHITE-BELLIED GO-AWAY BIRD	
KLAAS' CUCKOO
AFRICAN CUCKOO
WHITE-BROWED COUCAL
EURASIAN SWIFT
SPECKLED MOUSEBIRD
BLUE-NAPED MOUSEBIRD
PIED KINGFISHER
STRIPED KINGFISHER
GREY-HEADED KINGFISHER
WHITE-FRONTED BEE-EATER
BLUE-CHEEKED BEE-EATER
LITTLE BEE-EATER
LILAC-BREASTED ROLLER
GREEN WOOD-HOOPOE
AFRICAN SCIMITARBILL
ABYSSINIAN SCIMITARBILL
RED-BILLED HORNBILL
JACKSON'S HORNBILL
RED-FRONTED BARBET	
RED-FRONTED TINKERBIRD
D'ARNAUD'S BARBET
LESSER HONEYGUIDE	
NUBIAN WOODPECKER	
CARDINAL WOODPECKER
GREY WOODPECKER
BARN SWALLOW	
SAND MARTIN	
RED-THROATED PIPIT	
YELLOW WAGTAIL
COMMON BULBUL
SPOTTED MORNING THRUSH
ISABELLINE WHEATEAR
LESSER SWAMP WARBLER
WILLOW WARBLER
BROWN-TAILED APALIS
GREY-BACKED CAMAROPTERA
RATTLING CISTICOLA
RED-FACED CISTICOLA
BUFF-BELLIED WARBLER
TAWNY-FLANKED PRINIA	
RED-FACED CROMBEC	
GREY FLYCATCHER	
SPOTTED FLYCATCHER
BLACK-HEADED BATIS
CHIN-SPOT BATIS
PARADISE FLYCATCHER
BROWN BABBLER
WHITE-BELLIED TIT	
MOUSE-COLOURED PENDULINE-TIT
EASTERN VIOLET-BACKED SUNBIRD
BEAUTIFUL SUNBIRD
VARIABLE SUNBIRD
GREY-BACKED FISCAL	
NORTHERN PUFFBACK
SLATE-COLOURED BOUBOU	
SULPHUR-BREASTED BUSH-SHRIKE	
BRUBRU
WHITE-CROWNED SHRIKE
WHITE HELMET-SHRIKE	
AFRICAN DRONGO
BLACK-HEADED ORIOLE	
RED-BILLED OXPECKER
RUPPELL'S LONG-TAILED GLOSSY STARLING
SUPERB STARLING
GREY-HEADED SPARROW
WHITE-BROWED SPARROW WEAVER	
SPECKLE-FRONTED WEAVER
BLACK-HEADED WEAVER
LESSER MASKED WEAVER
GOLDEN-BACKED WEAVER
LITTLE WEAVER
CHESTNUT WEAVER
RED-CHEEKED CORDON-BLEU
RED-BILLED FIREFINCH
WHITE-BELLIED CANARY

PARTIALLY ANNOTATED LIST OF SPECIES RECORDED.

GREAT CRESTED GREBE
Firstly a pair with no less than four dependant young at Hippo Camp, Lake Naivasha, then two individual pairs each with two dependant young at Olbainita Swamp. This is a very encouraging sign for this almost locally extinct species.	
BLACK-NECKED GREBE
Two on Lake Nakuru only. Where are the large flocks that should be there?
LITTLE GREBE
Widespread, but in flocks of many hundreds	on Lake Nakuru.
WHITE PELICAN
Numbers at Lake Nakuru remain small.	
LONG-TAILED CORMORANT	
GREAT CORMORANT
Several all black nominate-looking adults at Lake Naivasha.	
DWARF BITTERN
At Hippo Camp, Lake Naivasha a sub-adult bird perched for half-an hour on the same bush that two months ago had an adult. Maybe they bred here, along the dense bushy-lined creek near the causeway.	
GREY HERON	
GOLIATH HERON
Just one at Hippo Camp.	
BLACK-HEADED HERON	
PURPLE HERON
Only three at Hippo Camp.		
SQUACCO HERON	
CATTLE EGRET	
STRIATED HERON	
GREAT EGRET	
LITTLE EGRET
YELLOW-BILLED EGRET
Numerous at many locations, at some the commonest egret.
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON		
HAMERKOP	
WHITE STORK
Twelve at Kabarak and twenty on the highway in Merula Farm.	
BLACK STORK
One flying over Olbainita.	
SADDLE-BILLED STORK
One bird at Lake Nakuru.	
MARABOU STORK	
YELLOW-BILLED STORK	
HADADA IBIS		
GLOSSY IBIS	
SACRED IBIS	
AFRICAN SPOONBILL	
LESSER FLAMINGO
Birds are packed along the northern shoreline, but are nowhere else around Lake Nakuru. Numbers whilst impressive must be well down.	
GREATER FLAMINGO
Possibly some hundreds in with the Lesser Flamingos on Lake Nakuru.	
FULVOUS WHISTLING DUCK
By far the most numerous Afrotropical duck, large numbers at Hippo Point, even more at Olbainita, and eight at Kamnarok.	
WHITE-FACED WHISTLING DUCK	
EGYPTIAN GOOSE	
NORTHERN PINTAIL
Six at Kamnarok.	
CAPE WIGEON
Some 350 birds were in a dense flock at Lake Nakuru.	
NORTHERN SHOVELER
One at Lake Nakuru, ten at Olbainita and twenty at Kamnarok.	
RED-BILLED TEAL	
HOTTENTOT TEAL	
GARGANEY	
Three at Kamnarok.
YELLOW-BILLED DUCK
SOUTHERN POCHARD
MACCOA DUCK
Two males and three female-plumaged birds at Olbainita, sadly no evidence of breeding.
SPUR-WINGED GOOSE
KNOB-BILLED DUCK
WHITE-BACKED DUCK
Up to a hundred at Olbainita, many large young associating with the adults.
AFRICAN WHITE-BACKED VULTURE
EURASIAN MARSH HARRIER
Singles Hippo Point, Lake Nakuru and Kamnarok, but at least eight at Olbainita.	
PALLID HARRIER
One at Kamnarok.
MONTAGU'S HARRIER
Singles Olbainita and Kabarak.
AFRICAN HARRIER HAWK
BROWN SNAKE EAGLE
BLACK-CHESTED SNAKE EAGLE
SHIKRA
GREAT SPARROWHAWK
STEPPE EAGLE
AUGUR BUZZARD
COMMON BUZZARD
Three at Kabarak were the only birds recorded.
LONG-CRESTED EAGLE
GABAR GOSHAWK
DARK CHANTING GOSHAWK
FISH EAGLE
YELLOW-BILLED KITE
BLACK-SHOULDERED KITE	
OSPREY
One, possibly two at Hippo Point.
LANNER FALCON
A huge and stocky immature chasing ducks at  Kamnarok. Saker cannot be ruled out completely, but the bird showed a fairly strong moustacial, and the sides of the flanks were paler than the belly. The crown was all whitish without the forehead bar, but the superciliary was quite dark and pronounced.
LESSER KESTREL
A party of eight at Olbainita.
NORTHERN HOBBY
Two singles in the Kerio Valley.
CRESTED FRANCOLIN
HELMETED GUINEAFOWL
GREY CROWNED CRANE
LESSER MOORHEN
Only two birds seen at Olbainita.
COMMON MOORHEN
BLACK CRAKE
PURPLE SWAMPHEN
At least a dozen birds at Olbainita.
RED-KNOBBED COOT
AFRICAN JACANA	
LITTLE RINGED PLOVER
One at Kamnarok.	
RINGED PLOVER
Sixty at Lake Nakuru and six at Kamnarok.
KITTLITZ'S SANDPLOVER	
THREE-BANDED PLOVER
BLACKSMITH PLOVER	
CROWNED PLOVER	
LONG-TOED PLOVER
A few at Hippo Point and Olbainita, and one at Kamnarok.	
SPUR-WINGED PLOVER
COMMON SANDPIPER
Small numbers widespread, but nowhere common.
WOOD SANDPIPER	
Good numbers Hippo Point, particularly Lake Nakuru and Kamnarok, but only singles at Olbainita.
GREENSHANK
Small numbers at all four water bodies, most numerous Lake Nakuru.	
GREEN SANDPIPER
Widespread in small numbers.	
MARSH SANDPIPER
A few Hippo Point and Kamnarok, fifteen or more at Lake Nakuru.
COMMON SNIPE
A few at Hippo Point, one at Olbainita but at least twenty at Kamnarok.	
CURLEW SANDPIPER
Singles Hippo Point and Kamnarok, ten or so at Lake Nakuru.	
LITTLE STINT
A few at Hippo Point and Kamnarok, over a thousand at Lake Nakuru.
TEMMINCK'S STINT
Singles at Lake Nakuru and Kamnarok.
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT	
Over twenty at Hippo Point, and a couple at Lake Nakuru.
RUFF
Widespread but well over 5000 at Lake Nakuru including a couple of all white-headed males.
RUDDY TURNSTONE
One at Lake Nakuru.	
BLACK-WINGED STILT	
PIED AVOCET
A concentration of over two-hundred at Lake Nakuru, a single bird at Kamnarok.
SENEGAL THICK-KNEE
Eight on the waters edge at Kamnarok.	
BLACK-WINGED PRATINCOLE
Eight birds watched for over an hour as they fed over Olbainita.
COMMON PRATINCOLE
Six at Kamnarok, maybe migrants.
GREY-HEADED GULL
WHISKERED TERN
Very numerous Hippo Point, Lake Nakuru and Olbainita, but no real evidence that there has been any breeding.
WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN
At all four water-bodies, numbers very small both Hippo Point and Lake Nakuru.	
GULL-BILLED TERN
At all four water-bodies, but only a single at Kamnarok.
AFRICAN SKIMMER
One adult at Lake Nakuru.
SPECKLED PIGEON
NAMAQUA DOVE
RING-NECKED DOVE	
AFRICAN MOURNING DOVE
RED-EYED DOVE	
LAUGHING DOVE
EMERALD-SPOTTED WOOD DOVE	
GREEN PIGEON
YELLOW-COLLARED LOVEBIRD
BROWN PARROT
WHITE-BELLIED GO-AWAY BIRD	
ROSS'S TURACO
A few in the Tugen Hills, but a pair in the open country of the Kerio Valley was less expected.
WHITE-CRESTED TURACO
Several in the Kerio Valley, but one flying over the road on the Baringo side of the Tugens was unexpected and the first I have seen east of the Kerio although there are old records from Baringo.	
DIDRIC CUCKOO	
KLAAS' CUCKOO
GREAT SPOTTED CUCKOO
A pair at Hippo Point were very noisy and active, one individual was feeding on bone-fragments on the road and videoed doing this. Is this for egg-shell production?
EURASIAN CUCKOO
One in the Kerio.
AFRICAN CUCKOO
Two adults in the Kerio. An adult at Kamnarok was also picking up items from the sandy ground, but it could no be determined what this was.
WHITE-BROWED COUCAL
PEARL-SPOTTED OWLET
FRECKLED NIGHTJAR
Living as always on the roof of the Kabarnet Hotel.
LITTLE SWIFT
EURASIAN SWIFT
Scattered throughout, but no large concentrations.
SPECKLED MOUSEBIRD
BLUE-NAPED MOUSEBIRD
GIANT KINGFISHER
Only one at Lake Nakuru.
PIED KINGFISHER
MALACHITE KINGFISHER
STRIPED KINGFISHER
GREY-HEADED KINGFISHER
WOODLAND KINGFISHER
Calling at Olbainita, was farther east than normal.
EURASIAN BEE-EATER
Only a few small parties, but at least thirty along the Baringo Road.
WHITE-FRONTED BEE-EATER
The Kerio population is still healthy and all through the valley, with one concentration of fifteen.
BLUE-CHEEKED BEE-EATER
A single bird at Kamnarok.
LITTLE BEE-EATER
LILAC-BREASTED ROLLER
EURASIAN ROLLER
Just one bird at Kabarak.
RUFOUS-CROWNED ROLLER
AFRICAN HOOPOE
GREEN WOOD-HOOPOE
AFRICAN SCIMITARBILL
Strangely found in open forest around Kamnarok.
ABYSSINIAN SCIMITARBILL
BLACK-AND-WHITE CASQUED HORNBILL
Five near the Kabarnet Hotel.
CROWNED HORNBILL
RED-BILLED HORNBILL
At Kamnarok, very long-billed, marble-shouldered, all staringly white-eyed birds were seen. At times similar birds are on the bird-table at Baringo. It seems that two forms must approach each other in the Kerio.
JACKSON'S HORNBILL
GREY HORNBILL	
RED-FRONTED BARBET	
SPOTTED-FLANKED BARBET	
WHITE-HEADED BARBET
Several individuals of the all black-tailed, black-bellied, white-spotted wings nominate birds in the Kerio Valley.
BLACK-THROATED BARBET
YELLOW-RUMPED TINKERBIRD
RED-FRONTED TINKERBIRD
D'ARNAUD'S BARBET
RED-AND-YELLOW BARBET	
BLACK-THROATED HONEYGUIDE
LESSER HONEYGUIDE	
NUBIAN WOODPECKER	
CARDINAL WOODPECKER
GREY WOODPECKER
BEARDED WOODPECKER
RED-CAPPED LARK
RUFOUS-NAPED LARK	
HOUSE MARTIN
A few seen, but more numerous in the Tugen Hills.	
LESSER STRIPED SWALLOW
ROCK MARTIN	
BARN SWALLOW	
WIRE-TAILED SWALLOW
BLACK SAW-WING	
PLAIN MARTIN	
SAND MARTIN
Widespread, but at Lake Nakuru a major movement was taking place.	
RED-THROATED PIPIT
Singles at Lake Nakuru and Kamnarok.	
PLAIN-BACKED PIPIT
GRASSLAND PIPIT	
TREE PIPIT	
Several around Kabarnet.
AFRICAN PIED WAGTAIL
GREY WAGTAIL
Two on a forest stream near Kabarnet.	
MOUNTAIN WAGTAIL	
YELLOW WAGTAIL
A few flava at Hippo Point, ten flava at Lake Nakuru, some twenty flava at Olbainita included one thunbergi, thirty flava at Kamnarok.
BLACK CUCKOO-SHRIKE
PURPLE-THROATED CUCKOO-SHRIKE	
SLENDER-BILLED GREENBUL
YELLOW-WHISKERED GREENBUL
CABANIS' GREENBUL
NORTHERN BROWNBUL
COMMON BULBUL
WHITE-BROWED SCRUB ROBIN
SPOTTED MORNING THRUSH
CAPE ROBIN CHAT
WHITE-BROWED ROBIN CHAT
NIGHTINGALE
Two in the Kerio Valley.
ANTEATER CHAT
ISABELLINE WHEATEAR
A few widespread single birds.
NORTHERN WHEATEAR
Only a few seen.
PIED WHEATEAR
A single bird at Olbainita.
STONECHAT
OLIVE THRUSH
AFRICAN THRUSH
LESSER SWAMP WARBLER
OLIVACEOUS WARBLER
Although looked for in acacia thickets, there were five along one small dry river-bed near Marigat indicating an arrival.
BLACKCAP	
A few around Kabarnet.
GARDEN WARBLER
Two in the Kerio Valley.	
WILLOW WARBLER
Only a few widespread individuals seen.
GREY APALIS
In view of the recent findings in the Loitas, we paid attention to a few birds near Kabarnet. The crown showed little brown, mainly grey, and the call was a constant, monotonous clicking, lacking the pauses of the Loita birds.
YELLOW-BREASTED APALIS
BROWN-TAILED APALIS
GREY-BACKED CAMAROPTERA
GREY WREN WARBLER
PECTORAL-PATCH CISTICOLA
SINGING CISTICOLA
RATTLING CISTICOLA
RED-FACED CISTICOLA
One calling at a well vegetated creek near Kamnarok was unexpected.
WINDING CISTICOLA
GREY-CAPPED WARBLER
BUFF-BELLIED WARBLER
TAWNY-FLANKED PRINIA	
NORTHERN CROMBEC
RED-FACED CROMBEC	
GREY FLYCATCHER	
SILVERBIRD	
WHITE-EYED SLATY FLYCATCHER	
SOUTHERN BLACK FLYCATCHER
A single bird near Marigat may be the first I have ever seen in the northern Rift. The field-guide shows the bird as getting as far north as just short of Lake Turkana, but they must be rare in the north.	
DUSKY FLYCATCHER
SPOTTED FLYCATCHER
Widespread throughout in small numbers, no concentrations.
LEAD-COLOURED FLYCATCHER
BLACK-HEADED BATIS
CHIN-SPOT BATIS
PYGMY BATIS
PARADISE FLYCATCHER
BROWN BABBLER
RUFOUS CHATTERER
SOMALI GREY TIT
WHITE-BELLIED TIT	
MOUSE-COLOURED PENDULINE-TIT
YELLOW WHITE-EYE
COLLARED SUNBIRD
EASTERN VIOLET-BACKED SUNBIRD
AMETHYST SUNBIRD
BRONZE SUNBIRD
MARIQUA SUNBIRD
GREEN-HEADED SUNBIRD
NORTHERN DOUBLE-COLLARED SUNBIRD
BEAUTIFUL SUNBIRD
SCARLET-CHESTED SUNBIRD
VARIABLE SUNBIRD
COMMON FISCAL	
GREY-BACKED FISCAL	
RED-TAILED SHRIKE
Just three immature birds in the Kerio Valley.
BLACK-BACKED PUFFBACK
Only in Nairobi.
NORTHERN PUFFBACK
BLACK-HEADED GONOLEK
Very common in the Kerio Valley all along the road to Kamnarok.	
TROPICAL BOUBOU	
SLATE-COLOURED BOUBOU	
GREY-HEADED BUSH-SHRIKE
SULPHUR-BREASTED BUSH-SHRIKE	
BRUBRU
WHITE-CROWNED SHRIKE
WHITE HELMET-SHRIKE	
AFRICAN DRONGO
PIED CROW
CAPE ROOK
BLACK-HEADED ORIOLE	
EURASIAN GOLDEN ORIOLE
One female at Kabarak.
RED-BILLED OXPECKER
VIOLET-BACKED STARLING	
WATTLED STARLING
BLUE-EARED GLOSSY STARLING
RUPPELL'S LONG-TAILED GLOSSY STARLING
RED-WINGED STARLING
SUPERB STARLING
HOUSE SPARROW
GREY-HEADED SPARROW
PARROT-BILLED SPARROW
RUFOUS SPARROW
YELLOW-SPOTTED PETRONIA
WHITE-HEADED BUFFALO WEAVER
WHITE-BROWED SPARROW WEAVER	
SPECKLE-FRONTED WEAVER
BAGLAFECHT WEAVER
BLACK-HEADED WEAVER
LESSER MASKED WEAVER
GOLDEN-BACKED WEAVER
LITTLE WEAVER
SPECTACLED WEAVER
CHESTNUT WEAVER
SPEKE'S WEAVER
VITELLINE MASKED WEAVER
HOLUB'S GOLDEN WEAVER
RED-HEADED WEAVER
WHITE-WINGED WIDOWBIRD
GREEN-WINGED PYTILIA
RED-CHEEKED CORDON-BLEU
PURPLE GRENADIER
RED-BILLED FIREFINCH
COMMON WAXBILL
YELLOW-BELLIED WAXBILL
GREY-HEADED SILVERBILL
Five in the Kerio Valley.
BLACK-AND-WHITE MANNIKIN
BRONZE MANNIKIN
PIN-TAILED WHYDAH
RED-BILLED FIREFINCH INDIGOBIRD
KENYA YELLOW-RUMPED SEEDEATER
THICK-BILLED SEEDEATER
YELLOW-CROWNED CANARY
WEST AFRICAN CITRIL
WHITE-BELLIED CANARY
YELLOW-FRONTED CANARY
STRIPE-BREASTED SEEDEATER
Five birds including a singing male at the pull-off for viewing Lake Baringo after leaving Kabarnet. The male would sing whilst fluttering in a hovering flight like a lark.
STREAKY SEEDEATER
BRIMSTONE CANARY
GOLDEN-BREASTED BUNTING
CINNAMON-CHESTED ROCK BUNTING