The Star of the Show for today - caught by Adrian & a beaut of a tiny Owlet is the Pearl-spotted. Also lots of discussion about working out the age of #birds from plumage features. Pictured are shots of Little Swift wing. So much to learn! #nguliaringing #birdringing #ngulia #TsavoWest #lws
November 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The Star of the Show for today - caught by Adrian & a beaut of a tiny Owlet is the Pearl-spotted. Also lots of discussion about working out the age of #birds from plumage features. Pictured are shots of Little Swift wing. So much to learn! #nguliaringing #birdringing #ngulia #TsavoWest #lws
The mist produced some good results for 23rd despite heavy rain and dim lights. Total caught at #nguliaringing was 1,186 w Whitethroat yet again dominating at c.50% of catch. Highlight was 3rd Euro Red-rumped Swallow for Kenya caught randomly in swallow nets late a.m.! #birdringing #birds #TsavoWest
November 24, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The mist produced some good results for 23rd despite heavy rain and dim lights. Total caught at #nguliaringing was 1,186 w Whitethroat yet again dominating at c.50% of catch. Highlight was 3rd Euro Red-rumped Swallow for Kenya caught randomly in swallow nets late a.m.! #birdringing #birds #TsavoWest
Palearctic total so far: 4,482. Afro spp continue to trickle in - 14th ever Spotted Morning (Palm) Thrush the star. Fantastic movement of Amur Falcons (>300) & Euro Rollers (>500) on 21st; & 25+ Steppe Eagle, 5 Steppe Buzzard, Lesser & Common Kestrel #nguliaringing #birds #birdringing #TsavoWest
November 21, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Palearctic total so far: 4,482. Afro spp continue to trickle in - 14th ever Spotted Morning (Palm) Thrush the star. Fantastic movement of Amur Falcons (>300) & Euro Rollers (>500) on 21st; & 25+ Steppe Eagle, 5 Steppe Buzzard, Lesser & Common Kestrel #nguliaringing #birds #birdringing #TsavoWest
Well... that was a surprise! It felt quiet & there was no stress but final day total was 1,050! And swallow nets are still open. No dull ring yet & plenty of discussion on ringing techniques & ageing!
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November 21, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Well... that was a surprise! It felt quiet & there was no stress but final day total was 1,050! And swallow nets are still open. No dull ring yet & plenty of discussion on ringing techniques & ageing!
#nguliaringing #birds #birdringing #KWS #TsavoWest #ngulia
#nguliaringing #birds #birdringing #KWS #TsavoWest #ngulia
2nd last full morning ringing at #nguliaringing and we've got mist!! ...and rain... hoping the mist thickens and the #birds pour in... #ngulia #KWS #birding #birdringing #TsavoWest
November 23, 2025 at 12:57 AM
2nd last full morning ringing at #nguliaringing and we've got mist!! ...and rain... hoping the mist thickens and the #birds pour in... #ngulia #KWS #birding #birdringing #TsavoWest
800+ #birds ringed this morning at #nguliaringing. Felt quiet compared to yesterday but still good. Rock Thrush, Golden Oriole, 12+ nightjars... and LOTS of Whitethroats still. Celebrated 57 years of ringing w a huge cake! #birdringing #ngulia #KWS #TsavoWest #celebration
November 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
800+ #birds ringed this morning at #nguliaringing. Felt quiet compared to yesterday but still good. Rock Thrush, Golden Oriole, 12+ nightjars... and LOTS of Whitethroats still. Celebrated 57 years of ringing w a huge cake! #birdringing #ngulia #KWS #TsavoWest #celebration
November 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Year total is at #Nguliaringing is now 1,901 (over 6,000 by now last year!). Afros today included Sulphur-breasted Bush Shrike, Tsavo Sunbird & 2 Pringle's Puffback. Very few raptors moving through unlike 3 days ago. Hoping for mist tonight! #birds #birdringing #KWS #TsavoWest
November 19, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Year total is at #Nguliaringing is now 1,901 (over 6,000 by now last year!). Afros today included Sulphur-breasted Bush Shrike, Tsavo Sunbird & 2 Pringle's Puffback. Very few raptors moving through unlike 3 days ago. Hoping for mist tonight! #birds #birdringing #KWS #TsavoWest
A slow night at #nguliaringing - 7 passerine but 13 Euro Nightjars, 2 Plain and the first Slender-tailed for several years. Mist never really came in. Nets down at 5:10. Green Sandpiper calling several times. V quiet otherwise. #birdringing #ngulia #KWS #TsavoWest
November 13, 2025 at 2:45 AM
A slow night at #nguliaringing - 7 passerine but 13 Euro Nightjars, 2 Plain and the first Slender-tailed for several years. Mist never really came in. Nets down at 5:10. Green Sandpiper calling several times. V quiet otherwise. #birdringing #ngulia #KWS #TsavoWest
A reasonable night at #nguliaringing with just over 200 #birds ringed but good numbers of nightjars incl Dusky, Donaldson-Smiths, Plain and Euro. Quieter 1st round of nets... #ngulia #birdringing #KWS #tsavowest
November 20, 2025 at 3:37 AM
A reasonable night at #nguliaringing with just over 200 #birds ringed but good numbers of nightjars incl Dusky, Donaldson-Smiths, Plain and Euro. Quieter 1st round of nets... #ngulia #birdringing #KWS #tsavowest
A highlight for yesterday's session was a retrap Common Nightingale ringed here in Nov 2022. Probably the first we've ever retrapped in a subsequent year. It was of the race africana that breeds in north Africa up to Iran. #nguliaringing #ngulia #kws #TsavoWest #birdringing #birds
November 15, 2025 at 2:53 AM
A highlight for yesterday's session was a retrap Common Nightingale ringed here in Nov 2022. Probably the first we've ever retrapped in a subsequent year. It was of the race africana that breeds in north Africa up to Iran. #nguliaringing #ngulia #kws #TsavoWest #birdringing #birds
No true mist overnight, just low cloud but enough to bring down a few migrants for dawn. 119 pals ringed &c.30 Afros. V few Aps as expected, many Sc, quite a few Turkestan Shrikes, 3 Olivaceous Wblrs, Rufous Bush Chat; Af Golden Oriole was the Afro highlight. #nguliaringing #tsavowest #KWS #birds
November 12, 2025 at 9:50 AM
No true mist overnight, just low cloud but enough to bring down a few migrants for dawn. 119 pals ringed &c.30 Afros. V few Aps as expected, many Sc, quite a few Turkestan Shrikes, 3 Olivaceous Wblrs, Rufous Bush Chat; Af Golden Oriole was the Afro highlight. #nguliaringing #tsavowest #KWS #birds
Night time ringing is a trademark of #nguliaringing - if the mist comes in early we can start at 11pm. Today nets were up for nightjars (15 of 3 spp ringed) at 01:30 w low cloud overhead which became mist at 04:50 & pulled in small #birds. 280 ringed by dawn. #birdringing #KWS #TsavoWest #ngulia
November 21, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Night time ringing is a trademark of #nguliaringing - if the mist comes in early we can start at 11pm. Today nets were up for nightjars (15 of 3 spp ringed) at 01:30 w low cloud overhead which became mist at 04:50 & pulled in small #birds. 280 ringed by dawn. #birdringing #KWS #TsavoWest #ngulia
It was indeed better for the dawn catch though still only just over 100 migrants and c40 Afros. More diversity: 1st Upcher's Wblr, a Rock Thrush, Wood Sand in swallow net (1st since 2005!), 3rd Little Sparrowhawk this yr & a Common Buttonquail. Totals to follow #birds #birdringing #TsavoWest #ngulia
November 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
It was indeed better for the dawn catch though still only just over 100 migrants and c40 Afros. More diversity: 1st Upcher's Wblr, a Rock Thrush, Wood Sand in swallow net (1st since 2005!), 3rd Little Sparrowhawk this yr & a Common Buttonquail. Totals to follow #birds #birdringing #TsavoWest #ngulia
Last morning at #nguliaringing for 2025. No mist at night though 11 nightjars caught + 1 Marsh W, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Sprosser. Hoping for a splash of colour or something unusual... #birds #KWS #birdringing #TsavoWest #Ngulia
November 24, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Last morning at #nguliaringing for 2025. No mist at night though 11 nightjars caught + 1 Marsh W, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Sprosser. Hoping for a splash of colour or something unusual... #birds #KWS #birdringing #TsavoWest #Ngulia
Finch Hattons Luxury Safari Camp. Tsavo West, Kenya.
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December 10, 2024 at 3:16 AM
Finch Hattons Luxury Safari Camp. Tsavo West, Kenya.
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It's the time of year again when a bunch of ringers descend on #ngulialodge in #tsavowest national park to catch and ring 1000s of migrant #birds on their way south from Europe & Asia to non-breeding grounds in #Africa. We start on 11th Nov for 2 weeks & we'll be posting updates here. #nguliaringing
November 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
It's the time of year again when a bunch of ringers descend on #ngulialodge in #tsavowest national park to catch and ring 1000s of migrant #birds on their way south from Europe & Asia to non-breeding grounds in #Africa. We start on 11th Nov for 2 weeks & we'll be posting updates here. #nguliaringing
Mist came in c.2am but never thickened enough to bring down many birds. Only 9 ringed by dawn(!) Large herd of buffalo watching the ringers open nets at dawn... BUT only 102 total for the day incl 21 Swallows; only 1 Marsh Wblr(!), 33 Lls & 30 Sc; 1st Olive-tree #nguliaringing #KWS #birds #TsavoWest
November 14, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Mist came in c.2am but never thickened enough to bring down many birds. Only 9 ringed by dawn(!) Large herd of buffalo watching the ringers open nets at dawn... BUT only 102 total for the day incl 21 Swallows; only 1 Marsh Wblr(!), 33 Lls & 30 Sc; 1st Olive-tree #nguliaringing #KWS #birds #TsavoWest
A starlit night meant only avid nightjar trappers stayed up & caught 5 Eurasian. But at 04:30hrs a beautiful mist rolled in... a Whitethroat & Sprosser were caught in the nightjar net & hopes were higher for the bush nets.. #birds #nguliaringing #birdringing #ngulia #KWS #TsavoWest
November 17, 2025 at 5:12 AM
A starlit night meant only avid nightjar trappers stayed up & caught 5 Eurasian. But at 04:30hrs a beautiful mist rolled in... a Whitethroat & Sprosser were caught in the nightjar net & hopes were higher for the bush nets.. #birds #nguliaringing #birdringing #ngulia #KWS #TsavoWest
The #nguliaringing mist is trying to happen... 01:30hrs nets were put up and a spanking ad male Irania went in before the net was fully up... but slow. 12 birds by 2am. Freckled Nightjar went over & Green Sand also calling. Is the magic beginning?! #birds #Ngulia #KWS #tsavowest
November 17, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The #nguliaringing mist is trying to happen... 01:30hrs nets were put up and a spanking ad male Irania went in before the net was fully up... but slow. 12 birds by 2am. Freckled Nightjar went over & Green Sand also calling. Is the magic beginning?! #birds #Ngulia #KWS #tsavowest