Here is the list from our trip to Crescent Island, Sunday 23rd September. Very busy for birds, with some migrants including Northern Wheatear and Yellow Wagtail. It’s a great place to get close to mammals, we saw: Dik Dik, Waterbuck, Giraffe, Wildebeest, Grant’s Gazelle, Thompson’s Gazelle, Buffalo, Hippo, Impala, Plains Zebra.
We were a group of 5 people including Peter Steward, Radhika Timbadia, Wendy Ayres, Sukhy and Jaytinder Soin.
Pete and Radhika.
| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | Flock of 20-30 |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | Common |
| Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata | Common |
| Red-billed Teal | Anas erythrorhyncha | 5 |
| Hottentot Teal | Anas hottentota | Occasional |
| Southern Pochard | Netta erythrophthalma | 2 |
| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | Common |
| Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | Large flock of 30+ |
| Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 |
| Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | Common, Lake Shore |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | Occasional, Lake Shore |
| African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | Occasional, Lake Shore |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | Common, Lake Shore |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | Occasional, Lake Shore |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | Occasional, Lake Shore |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | Occasional, Lake Shore |
| Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | Occasional, Lake Shore |
| Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | Several large flocks & a roost, 100+ |
| Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens | 2, Lake |
| Reed Cormorant | Phalacrocorax africanus | Common, Lake & Overhead |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | Common, Lake & Overhead |
| African Fish Eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer | At least 3 adults (probably many more) and 3-4 juveniles |
| Black Crake | Amaurornis flavirostra | Occasional, Lake Shore |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | Common, Lake Shore |
| Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata | Occasional, Lake Shore |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | Occasional, Lake Shore |
| Long-toed Plover | Vanellus crassirostris | Occasional, Lake Shore |
| Blacksmith Plover | Vanellus armatus | Common, Lake Shore |
| Spur-winged Plover | Vanellus spinosus | Occasional, Lake Shore |
| Crowned Plover | Vanellus coronatus | Abundant in open close-cropped grassland |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | 5 |
| Kittlitz's Plover | Charadrius pecuarius | Abundant in open close-cropped grassland |
| African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | Common, Lake Shore |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | 1 |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | 3 |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | Occasional, Lake Shore |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | Common, Lake Shore |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | Common, Lake Shore |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | 1 |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | 10-20 |
| Ruff | Philomachus pugnax | 5-10 |
| Grey-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | Common over water |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | Common over water |
| Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | Occasional |
| Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | Occasional |
| Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis | Common |
| Emerald-spotted Wood Dove | Turtur chalcospilos | Heard not seen |
| Fischer's Lovebird | Agapornis fischeri | 5-10 in paddocks after entrance gate |
| Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius | 5+ singing & seen |
| Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | Several heard singing |
| Diederik Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | 1 heard |
| White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus | 3 |
| Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | 5 |
| Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | 2 |
| Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima | 1 |
| Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | Common |
| White-fronted Bee-eater | Merops bullockoides | 3-5 |
| Hoopoe | Upupa epops | Common in Fever Tree woodland |
| Green Wood-hoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus | Common in Fever Tree woodland |
| Nubian Woodpecker | Campethera nubica | Occasional in Fever Tree woodland |
| African Grey Woodpecker | Mesopicos goertae | Common in Fever Tree woodland |
| Chin-spot Batis | Batis molitor | 1 seen in Fever Tree woodland |
| Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla | Small flock seen amongst Fever Tree canopy |
| Tropical Boubou | Laniarius aethiopicus | Common amongst woodland understory |
| Black Cuckooshrike | Campephaga flava | 2 females seen in Fever Tree woodland |
| Grey-backed Fiscal | Lanius excubitoroides | Common in open woodland with bushes |
| Common Fiscal | Lanius collaris | Single |
| Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus | 2-3 heard/seen in woodlands |
| Common Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | Common in Fever Tree woodland |
| White-bellied Tit | Parus albiventris | Rare in Fever Tree woodland |
| Black Saw-wing | Psalidoprocne pristopetra | Occasional overhead |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | Common overhead |
| Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropsis abyssinica | Occasional overhead |
| Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropsis daurica | Occasional overhead |
| Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea | Abundant in open close-cropped grassland |
| Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | Common in Fever Tree woodland |
| Buff-bellied Warbler | Phyllolais pulchella | Occasional in Fever Tree woodland |
| Grey-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | Common amongst woodland understory |
| Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | Occasional in woodland & bushes |
| Abyssinian White-eye | Zosterops abyssinicus | 1-2, seen in garden bushes |
| Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea | Several flocks seen, usually close to cover foraging in grasslands |
| Superb Starling | Lamprotornis superbus | Abundant |
| Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythrorhynchus | Single seen on a cow |
| Cape Robin Chat | Cossypha caffra | Occasional in woodland understory |
| White-browed Robin Chat | Cossypha heuglini | Occasional in woodland understory |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | 5-10 in open grassland |
| Northern Anteater Chat | Myrmecocichla aethiops | Common around car-park & picnic area |
| White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher | Dioptrornis fischeri | Single |
| Pale Flycatcher | Bradornis pallidus | Common in Fever Tree woodland |
| Amethyst Sunbird | Chalcomitra amethystina | Occasional |
| Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis | Occasional |
| Bronze Sunbird | Nectarinia kilimensis | Occasional, gardens |
| Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus | Occasional |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Occasional, especially at the house & out-buildings |
| Kenya Rufous Sparrow | Passer rufocinctus | Common in woodland edge/clearings and near lakeshore |
| Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht | Common |
| Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis | Occasional |
| Lesser Masked Weaver | Ploceus intermedius | Occasional |
| Chestnut Weaver | Ploceus rubiginosus | Common, several flocks of 30-40 |
| Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps | Occasional in Fever Tree woodland |
| Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | Pair seen near farmhouse |
| Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | Common, but local, at Lake Shore at least 50 probably more. |
| Grassland Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | Single in open grassland |
| Brimstone Canary | Crithagra sulphurata | Common |
| Streaky Seedeater | Crithagra striolata | Several seen near farmhouse |