Some birds, mostly in focus, that I’ve seen during travels primarily to eastern and southern Africa.
I’m not a ‘birder’ in the sense of maintaining a species list, but there are particular species I want to see and photograph.
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Red-headed lovebird, Uganda
Black-winged kite, South Africa
Black-headed oriole, South Africa
Little bee-eater, South Africa
Blue-throated bee-eater, Uganda
White-throated bee-eater, Uganda
White-fronted bee-eater, South Africa
White-fronted bee-eater, South Africa
Black bee-eater, Uganda
Blue-breasted bee-eater, Uganda
Northern carmine bee-eater, Uganda
Northern carmine bee-eater, Uganda
Double-toothed barbet (juvenile), Uganda
Double-toothed barbet, Uganda
Crested barbet, South Africa
Crested barbet, South Africa
Hairy-breasted barbet, Uganda
Black-collared barbet, South Africa
Black-collared barbet, South Africa
Common buzzard, Uganda
Common buzzard, Uganda
Common cuckoo, Uganda
Cuckoo chick (and host to the right), South Africa
Cuckoo chick, South Africa
Grey crowned crane, Uganda
Grey crowned crane, Uganda
Southern black flycatcher, South Africa
Black-headed gonalek, Uganda
Hamerkop, South Africa
Black-headed heron, Uganda
Goliath heron, Uganda
Goliath heron, Uganda
Goliath heron, Uganda
Grey heron, Uganda
Abyssinian ground-hornbill, Uganda
Abyssinian ground-hornbill, Uganda
Southern ground hornbill, South Africa
Abyssinian ground hornbill, Uganda
Southern yellow-billed hornbill
Crowned hornbill, Uganda
Crowned hornbill, South Africa
Southern bald ibis, South Africa
Sacred ibis, Uganda
Black kite, Uganda
Giant kingfisher, South Africa
Grey-headed kingfisher, Uganda
Malachite kingfisher, Uganda
Pied kingfisher, Uganda
Pied kingfisher (on a hippo back), Uganda
Pied kingfisher (on a hippo back), Uganda
Pied kingfisher, South Africa
Pied kingfisher, Uganda
Pied kingfisher, Uganda
Woodland kingfisher, Uganda
Woodland kingfisher, Uganda
Wire-tailed swallow (?), South Africa
African blue flycatcher, Uganda
African darter (juvenile), South Africa
African fish eagle, South Africa
African fish eagle (juvenile), Uganda
Martial eagle feeding, South Africa
Long-crested eagle, Uganda
African fish eagle, Uganda
African fish eagle, Uganda
African fish eagle, South Africa
African fish eagle, South Africa
Reed cormorant (?), South Africa
Reed/long-tailed cormorant (?), Uganda
White-breasted cormorant, South Africa
African yellow white-eye, South Africa
Cattle egret, Uganda
Cattle egret, Uganda
Little egret, Uganda
Great egret, Uganda
Little egret, Uganda
Jay, NW England
African wattled lapwing, Uganda
African wattled lapwing, Uganda
Moorhen, Wirral UK
Red-bellied paradise flycatcher, Uganda
Cape longclaw, South Africa
Lilac-breasted roller, South Africa
Blue-throated roller, Uganda
Blue-throated roller, Uganda
Tawny-flanked prinia (possibly), South Africa
Starling. Who knows what species. South Africa
Starling. Who knows what species. South Africa
Starling (UK) 1
Starling (UK) 2
Black-winged stilt, Uganda
Yellow-billed stork, South Africa
Shoebill, Uganda
Shoebill, Uganda
Shoebill, Uganda
Shoebill, Uganda
Marabou stork, Uganda
Eastern grey plantain-eater, Uganda
African open-billed stork, Uganda
Grey-backed fiscal, Uganda
Pink-backed pelican, Uganda
African green-pigeon, Uganda
Redwing, NW England
Redwing, NW England
Redwing, NW England
Sparrow hawk (juv), NW England
Sparrow hawk (juv), NW England
Sparrow hawk (juv), NW England
Ruppell's long-tailed starling (?), Uganda/Kenya
Sunbird
Sunbird
Sunbird
Sunbird
Purple-crested turaco (loerie), South Africa
Great blue turaco, Uganda
Griffon vulture, France
Griffon vulture, France
Griffon vulture, France
Griffon vulture, France
Griffon vulture, France
Ruppell's vulture (?), Uganda/Kenya
White-backed vulture (?), South Africa
Palm-nut vulture, Uganda
Palm-nut vulture, Uganda
Black-crowned waxbill (?), Uganda
Village weaver (f) (?), Uganda