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Recent content by mike davidson

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    new bird

    vernal jape ????
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    kenya checklist

    Nature Kenya has just issued a revised Kenya checklist , I have a few copies . Any one interested Mike Davidson
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    new kenya checklist

    new kenya check list I should have mentioned you should send me a cheque for £4.50
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    new kenya checklist

    Hello all a new check list of Kenya birds has been published by Nature Kenya . I have a few copies sent over to me . It details some of the recent splits and lumps ! Any one wishing to purchase a copy , please drop me a line to MIKE DAVIDSLON 56 SARUM AVENIE WEST MOORS FERNDOWN DORSET BH 22...
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    A few montane forest birds

    Hi Steve there is a very good book called 50 best sites in Kenya , by Catherine Ngarachu , an old friend of mine . I think you will get of the info there Mike
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    Kakamega RFI

    kenya birding magazine HI James I have just received a great copy of our annual birding magazine. It has some items on KaKAMEGA ! my email address is [email protected] If you would like me to send it to you , please email your address ,Mike
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    Mwea National Reserve

    mwea Hi There I have only been once some years ago and it was quite disappointing It might have improved somewhat since then Mike D
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    Kakamega RFI

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    Kakamega RFI

    Hi Bubbs I have lived in Kenya for 21 years and birded all over Kenya , always with friends in a group . I still go back once a year for business reasons but managed yo get a couple of trips .I would not go on my own , so as long as you are with a group and a professional birder it is safe as...
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    Kakamega RFI

    Hi James there are so many ! Great Blue Turaco , Black and white Casqued Hornbill and Blue -Headed Bee Eater [my favourite ] to name a few . However there is an excellent book out acouple of years ago titled 50 TOP BIRDING SITES IN Kenya , by Catherine Ngarachu [ a good friend of mine ] ...
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    Kakamega RFI

    rondo retreat Hi James I also suggest Rondo retreat . Il lived in Kenya for 21 years and was a serious birder . Rondo is my favourite place and birding is great . I am going out to Kenya again next year and will visit there again . Re transport you can ask Rondo how to get from the airport...
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    Trinidad

    Trinidad birding trip 30 October to 6th November . My cousin Keith [Whitfield] and I [Mike Davidson] ventured into the'New World ' for the first time .Our previous trips have been in Kenya [where I lived for 21 years ] , Serbia and UK . Nigel Moorhouse of Sarus tours organised the trip well...
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    myatery bird

    thanks for this . Could well be . I did go back several times but no sign of the bird . I also wonder whether it was a common black hen , as there is farm not far away Mike D
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    myatery bird

    HI All I had a good weekend around Dorset . Friday night saw us [two owls group] at Holt Heath not far from where I live . We had the churring of Nightjars, with some eventually flying and also 'roding' Woodcocks . A .lifer for me . However I did see a stange bird on the main road before the...
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    Kenya

    I started all this ! I think a tailor made tour can be put together , by Alan Dixson , and Joseph/ Brian Finch . Depends what you want to do /see . For returning visitors like me , I need to see rarities , so expert guides are really necessary . let me know your requirements and I am sure we...
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