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.

Black and White Casqued Hornbill

Hamerkop in flight

Black headed Gonolek

Common Bul Bul

Swamp Flycatcher

Spotted Morning Thrush

Roller Turn

Grey-headed Kingfisher

Yellow-billed Black Kite in the sun

Klaas’s Cuckoo

White Throated Bee-eater

Little Bee-eater

Roller Landing

Palm Nut Vulture

Bronze Mannikin

African Paradise Flycatcher

Yellow-billed Black Kite

Red-billed Firefinch

Roller Close Up

Red Kite

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

Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu

Green-winged Pytillia

House Sparrows

Dimorphic Egret

Swamp Flycatcher

Eastern-grey Plantain Eater

Marabou Stork

Laughing Dove

Purple Grenadier

Grey-backed Camaroptera

White Browed Robin Chat (Orange)

Variable Sunbird

Black-headed Gonolek

Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Spectacled Weaver

Speckled Pigeon

White Throated Bee-eater

Redbilled Firefinch

Klaas’s Cuckoo

Swallow-tailed Bee-eater

Yellow-billed Black Kite

African Thrush

African Paradise Flycatcher

Speckled Mousebird

Pied Crow

Red-chested Sunbird

Hadada Ibes

Grey-capped Warbler

Little Egret

Spotted Morning Thrush

Red Bishop

Bronze Mannikin

Mourning Doves

Grey-headed Kingfisher

Lilac Breasted Roller

Pied Kingfisher

 

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