Sunday 7 July 2019

Uganda Day Two, 020719

Spent the morning at Mabamba Swamp and then we travelled to Masindi.

Seeing Shoebill has been a life long ambition of mine and today's bird was absolutely mind blowing- a tame adult that came to within a couple of meters of our boat. 


Full trip report to follow. 






SHOEBILL !! 
 Lesser Jacana 
 Long-toed Lapwing 
 Saddlebill 
 Grey-headed Gull 
 Comb Duck 
Swamp Flycatcher 

 White-rumped Swift 
 White-crested Turaco 
 Yellow-breasted Apalis 
Compact Weaver 

2 comments:

susan sammons said...

Wow! What an experience, how big are they Peter, they look huge birds!

Peter Alfrey said...

Hi Susan. Huge- about 4ft I reckon . Amazing bird!