From: Sidney Shema <sidneyshema@gmail.com>
Date: 2019-01-07 12:44
Subject: Some records from the UON Field Station

Dear all,

I had 3 hours free this past Saturday and decided to do some atlassing at the UoN Field Station (Upper Kabete). I managed a full protocol list with 62 species. There were well over 100 Jackson's Widowbirds! Many of them in full breeding plumage and some in the transitional stage. Another highlight was seeing a flock of around 50 Black-and-white Mannikins mixed with a few Bronze Mannikins. I had never seen so many Black-and-white Mannikins together.

Some migrants were around including a few Eurasian Bee-eaters, MANY Yellow Wagtails, and one each of Whinchat, Isabelline Shrike and Northern Wheatear. The 6 Hinde's Babblers are still in residence.

Good birding,

Sidney Shema
Ornithologist and Wildlife Photographer

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