Well done to Fleur’s team for their persistence in finding the first breeding site of the above species, Ploceus Golandi

It got me thinking on who was Clarke !

The book ‘whose bird’ has the answer.

Brigadier-General Goland Vanholt Clarke [ note the first name Goland as in the scientific name of the bird]  ,was an ornithologist and collector in Africa. He collected a specimen in 1913 and sent it to his brother , another military man in UK , who wrote up the description.

Amazing that it has taken 100 years to find the breeding nests !  A great centenary .

Colin Jackson, Brian Finch and I were honoured to visit the site at Fleur’s invitation and great photos and videos were recorded  

Mike D in Nairobi