Goodbye to the South...

A long travelling day as we drove north, but despite the interminable roadworks that should make this such an easier journey over the next year or two, we still pulled out some good birds. Beginning with a flock of Mottled Swifts overhead at breakfast, we followed this up with our first Bare-faced Go-Away-Birds, and best of all a pair of Wattled Cranes in a field beside the busy road. Some fine breeding-plumaged Red-collared Widowbirds were also classy….

We eventually reached the fine eco-lodge Bishangari late in the day and tucked into peppered steak and cold beers before settling into the best rooms of the tour… Can’t wait to see what’s around…