Kenya birds...on safari

Thanks Matthew, really appreciated. I'll have a look and download what I think will be best. 

 

Hi Gary

I went last year and if you have a smart phone, you can download some of the guides in app form.

East African Birds
Bird of Africa
Roberts Bird Guide
ebird
Kingdon Mammals of Africa
Sasol birds of southern africa is also good but covers the area to the south of

All of the above worth downloading and looking at. Makes it easier in the field to just refer to the phone and have a couple of books to refer to when you have more time back at the Lodge/hotel.

Hope that helps

According to the Guide to the Identification and ageing of Holarctic Waders, the range of bill length for sub species brittanica is:  Male 37.0 - 44.5mm and Female 40 - 44mm.  These measurements are taken from the anterior edge of the nostril opening to the bill tip.  Hope that helps and I hope you enjoy Nicholas Drayson's novel!!

That would be great John, thanks. My email address is garyjfenwick@outlook.com if you want to let me know where you live so I can pick it up or we can make some other arrangement.

Thanks again, much appreciated,

Gary

Hello Gary
having travelled 3 times in Kenya first time Dec 1976 last in 2011 I have the Helm field guide covering 1100
bird species of Kenya and north Tanzania  so your welcome to borrow it 
I probably have a guide to animals as well if I can find it.



regards John

It turns out that "A guide to the birds of East Africa" is a love story by Nicholas Drayson!!

Stuart - As a ringer, could you tell me the bill length of a Redshank!? I am trying to ID a deceased bird!