African pied wagtails visited us often at KCCEM. Here we have pictures of an African pied wagtail and its relative here in the UK, the pied wagtail. Can you spot the differences?  

We are back in the UK and I am still thinking of the wildlife we saw in Rwanda. I thought it would be interesting to post about species we have seen but we have no pictures of. Here we have a hamerkop. We saw one in a rice paddy on our way to KCCEM. It […]

Hurray: we saw a pair of great blue turacos today! What an amazing bird. A unique species or hens dressed up for a costume party??? Darwin, please explain. Simon thinks it is the second solution as in the second picture they look like they are waiting for a bus.

We went up Bigugu mountain yesterday. Quite a steep climb! Even though, the whole team made it to the top. For me, the highlight of the day was seeing a Rwenzori Turaco. This bird is endemic to the Albertine Rift, so we are very lucky we managed to see it. What a beautiful bird, specially […]

I am particularly enjoying seeing for the first time so many different bird species. The good thing is that you don’t have to try hard to spot interesting birds like the ones in the pictures. Aaron and I spent some time today trying to identify the many types of swifts, martins and swallows that were […]