Back at Short Beach after being away - few waders but 16 Black-hdd Heron & 23 Cattle Egret passing north & nicel posing Hadeda - but biggest surprise was a Slate-coloured Boubou in the bush. My 1st record for Watamu! #ShortBeachBirds #rarity #birds #birding #watamu #MidaCreek

Short rain shower at dawn, but tide good for seeing a fly by of several 100 #waders. Stunning views of Crab-plovers & a beaut Euro Oystercatcher - will it stay over the northern summer? Paradise Flycatcher in the bush behind. #ShortBeachBirds #birds #midacreek #watamu

Short Beach at the mouth of #MidaCreek, #Watamu was stunning this morning. Neap tide so no wader flocks but c.30 Lesser Crested Terns & my 1st Greater Crested there for >6 months; migration has been v poor this yr, but did have 2 Willow Warblers - but nothing more. #birds #ShortBeachBirds #birding

Standing on the headland at the mouth of #MidaCreek, #Kenya, early morning is great #birding. Today 600 Crab-plover, 300 Whimbrel, 3 Curlew, N Carmine & White-throated Bee-eaters & a Euro Oystercatcher. #Waders all heading to high tide roosts. #ShortBeachBirds #birds