Trip Reports

What actually happened in the field

Routes, totals, the birds that took three attempts and the ones that fell in the first ten minutes. Written for people planning their own trips as much as for anyone reading along.

Thomas Galewski · CC BY 4.0· placeholder

Reports: 3
Days in the field: 15
Species logged: 847
Country: Kenya

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Red-throated Bee-eater (Merops bulocki) photographed at Kongelai Escarpment

Jul 2025KenyaSample

Kakamega and the Western Loop

Nine days from Nairobi to Lake Victoria and back, built around three sessions in Kakamega and a night at Baringo. 412 species, four Kenyan endemics, and the eremomela on the last morning.

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Coastal Endemics in Five Days

One base at Watamu, five days of tide tables and pre-dawn starts. Clarke's Weaver on day two, Sokoke Scops Owl on day three, and Crab-plover in numbers on the flats.

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Secretarybird (Sagittarius serpentarius) photographed at Nairobi National Park

Dec 2024KenyaSample

A Big Day in Nairobi

How far one county can be pushed between 05:40 and last light: forest, plains, dams and a highland pan, on one tank of fuel.

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