Kingfisher Collection

Kingfishers are rare in the UK – I only saw my first Kingfisher back in the UK last summer.

Here in Tanzania they are much more common. Last week I saw a Woodland Kingfisher – thus completing the set of all those which can be seen in this part of Tanzania. All of these have been seen in our garden, apart from the Giant Kingfisher (seen in Kigoma) but resident here. However, not all of the photos were taken in the garden.

So here is the collection…..

Woodland Kingfisher

Grey-headed Kingfisher

Pygmy Kingfisher

Malachite Kingfisher

Pied Kingfisher

Giant Kingfisher

WPC – Look Up To The Skies

A submission to this week’s photo challenge :Look Up – looking up to see the birdlife around us in Tanzania and across Africa.

Hamerkop in flight

Little Bee-eater

Roller Landing

Roller Close Up

Red Kite

Yellow-billed Black Kite in the sun

African Paradise Flycatcher

Yellow-billed Black Kite

Klaas’s Cuckoo

Palm Nut Vulture

Black headed Gonolek

Black and White Casqued Hornbill

Red-billed Firefinch

Common Bul Bul

White Throated Bee-eater

Bronze Mannikin

Swamp Flycatcher

Roller Turn

Grey-headed Kingfisher

Spotted Morning Thrush

I’ll Miss…. The Birdlife

Term’s over, school’s out and soon we’ll be out of Africa.

Not for ever ….. but for a couple months whilst we return to the UK. Here is a short series on some of the things I’ll miss whilst we’re gone.

It may not be a surprise to those who follow this blog regularly that the birdlife has been a major part of the experience here. You can find out more by clicking on the link below and working forward. A Bird a Day in June

Green-winged Pytillia

Red Bishop

Grey-capped Warbler

Yellow-billed Black Kite

Swallow-tailed Bee-eater

Mourning Doves

White Throated Bee-eater

Swamp Flycatcher

Speckled Pigeon

White Browed Robin Chat (Orange)

Lilac Breasted Roller

African Thrush

Eastern-grey Plantain Eater

Marabou Stork

Speckled Mousebird

Little Egret

African Paradise Flycatcher

Variable Sunbird

Laughing Dove

Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu

Klaas’s Cuckoo

Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Black-headed Gonolek

Redbilled Firefinch

Spectacled Weaver

Grey-headed Kingfisher

Pied Kingfisher

Grey-backed Camaroptera

Red-chested Sunbird

Pied Crow

Spotted Morning Thrush

Purple Grenadier

Hadada Ibes

House Sparrows

Dimorphic Egret

Bronze Mannikin

 

A Bird A Day (The ones that got away) – Day 35 : House Sparrow

Day 35 of a series illustrating some of the fantastic birds we see here on Lake Victoria and across Tanzania. Sadly there weren’t enough days in June – so here are some of the birds which got away. This is an apt one to finish with – a regular visitor we never expected to see here in Tanzania.

House Sparrow

House Sparrows

Other Sparrows

A Bird A Day (The ones that got away) – Day 32 : Speckled Pigeon

Day 32 of a series illustrating some of the fantastic birds we see here on Lake Victoria and across Tanzania. Sadly there weren’t enough days in June – so here are some of the birds which got away. This is a recent visitor to our garden but is found widely locally

Speckled Pigeon

Speckled Pigeon

 

African Green Pigeon 

This one is not local but found in along the Indian Ocean coast.

 

A Bird a Day in June: Day 30 – Bronze Mannikin

Day 30 of a series illustrating some of the fantastic birds we see here on Lake Victoria and across Tanzania. Many of these are seen in our garden including this one.

Bronze Mannikin

A Bird a Day in June: Day 29 – Southern Red Bishop

Day 29 of a series illustrating some of the fantastic birds we see here on Lake Victoria and across Tanzania. Many of these are seen in our garden – but this one is not but from close by.

Southern Red Bishop

Red Bishop