Wildlife Sightings

  • Everyday

    In the garden: warthogs, dik-diks, vervet monkeys.

    On our walks: impala, giraffes, warthogs, elands.

    Over the fence: impala, zebras, giraffes, dik-diks.

  • Every few days

    In the garden: baboons.

    On our walks: baboons.

    Over the fence: waterbucks, ostrich, jackals and buffalo.

  • If you’re lucky

    In the garden: giraffes, hyenas, bat-eared fox.

    On our walks: zebras, jackals.

    Over the fence: leopards.

Birding List

Somali Ostrich

Hadada Ibis

Little Sparrowhawk

Great Sparrowhawk

Augur Buzzard

Long-Crested Eagle

Helmeted Guineafowl

Hildebrandt’s Francolin

Speckled Pigeon

Red-Chested Cuckoo

Lilac-breasted Roller (Maasai: Olanga!)

Green Wood-hoopoe

African Hoopoe

Greater Honeyguide

Lesser Honeyguide

Nubian Woodpecker

Cardinal Woodpecker

Grey Woodpecker

Eastern Nicator

Common Bulbul

White-browed Robin Chat

Olive Thrush

Northern Anteater Chat

Yellow-breasted Apalis

White-eyed slaty flycatcher

African Grey Flycatcher

Spotted Flycatcher

African Dusky Flycatcher

African Paradise-flycatcher

Arrow-marked Babbler

Golden-winged Sunbird

Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Variable Sunbird

Common Fiscal

Grey-backed Fiscal

Tropical Boubou

Grey-headed Bush-shrike

White-crested Helmet-shrike

Fork-tailed Drongo

African Black-headed Oriole

Superb Starling

Red-headed Weaver

Red-cheeked Cordon Bleu

Purple Grenadier

Red-billed Firefinch

Brimstone Canary

Cinnamon-breasted Rock Bunting

African Golden-breasted Bunting