After Rwanda, I was asked by Operation Wallacea to go and do some ringing fieldwork at a site just outside Llilongwe.
Being winter, there were no migrants around, but a good selection of local species, considering the pressure on the habitat from local villagers. We found a Dickinson's Kestrel which was a good record for the area, but sadly no mice to catch it with!
Everywhere in the surrounding bush, there was burning and wood cutting, we had a small section of riverine woodland to ring in and so with my assistant, Bryn Webber, who normally has ringed on Hawaii! we conducted a series of demonstrations and talks on what we can gain from bird ringing.
We ended up ringing 148 birds of 48 species! Schalow's Turacos were common, but too high for our nets!
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| a trio of Little Bee-eaters |
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| female Chin-spot Batis |
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| Male Scarlet-chested Sunbird |
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| Red-winged Warbler |
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| the ringing camp |
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| Grey-headed Bush-shrike |
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| Bryn with an Emerald-spotted Wood Dove |
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| Bryn learning the hard way about Black-collared Barbets! |
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| Black-collared Barbet |
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| male Red-throated Twinspot |
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| a new one for me Southern Citril! |
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| female Black-throated Wattle-eye |
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| Students at the ringing table |
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