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Tanzania Day 8 - The Serengeti

Saturday 5th October 2024

Two trips out with little to show.

Wednesday 25th September 2024

Tanzania Day 7 - The Serengeti

Monday 23rd September 2024

Abberton Reservoir - again

Thursday 19th September 2024

Abberton Essex

Wednesday 11th September 2024

A morning at Grafham Water

Thursday 29th August 2024

After holiday blues

Thursday 22nd August 2024

Trying out a new lens

Monday 5th August 2024

Tanzania Day 5 - Ngorogoro Crater

Saturday 27th July 2024

Kevin Robson's Tawny Owl hide

Thursday 25th July 2024

Local stuff

Saturday 20th July 2024

More local stuff

Saturday 29th June 2024

Catching up with a local rarity

Friday 14th June 2024

Tanzania - Day 1 - Arusha

Monday 13th May 2024

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Thursday 1st June 2023

We were leaving the lodge at lunchtime for the 21/2 hour drive to Budapest airport but that gave us the morning free.

Bibic Nature Lodge in Balmazujvaros is located on the edge of the town overlooking a largish wetlands. It has a large verandah that faced East . This morning, the sun was shining for the first time for a couple of days but, of course, that meant shooting into the sun so results were nothing to get excited about, despite there being loads of distant birds.

A White Stork paraded close enough for a short time..

I took many photos but none were really worth keeping except for a few of a small flock of distant (100+metres) White-winged Terns. I have never really photographed this species in summer plumage so these are really record shots.

And that was the end of the trip. On balance, it was a decent trip but certainly not as satisfying as the same trip I took in 2011 - the quantity of birds did not seem to be there. Much the same as the UK - quite worrying for the future.