Passerine migration is already underway and there were good numbers of warblers, flycatchers and shrikes both days. Waders and terns have been coming through for a few weeks now and were to be seen on the flooded areas beside the river. The lack of a telescope both days reduced the number of waders identified, but we were still able to enjoy distant Kittlitz's Sandplover with binoculars.
Best find was probably a couple of Little Swifts, as Nikolaus shows no records near Khartoum in his 1987 distribution Atlas. Our cameras were packed away and by the time we had them out we were only able to get record shots, but sufficient to show that they lacked a tail fork so were not Horus Swifts. Nikolaus describes Great Reed Warbler as "Uncommon to rare" away from the Red Sea Coast, but there were several around on both days. Groups of White-headed Babblers were regularly encountered along the main trail. These common resident birds have a lot of character and are always good to watch.
Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
Little Swift Apus affinis
White-headed Babbler Turdoides leucocephala
Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
| 4.9.10 | 5.9.10 | |
| Reed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus | 2 | |
| Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides | 2 | 1 |
| Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis | c20 | c20 |
| Striated Heron Butorides striata | c8 | c4 |
| Little Egret Egretta garzetta | c5 | 2+ |
| Great Egret Egretta alba | 2 | |
| Purple Heron Ardea purpurea | 1 | |
| Grey Heron Ardea cinerea | 1 | |
| Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala | 1 | |
| Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii | 6 | 2 |
| Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus | 2 | |
| Garganey Anas querquedula | 2 | c10 |
| Yellow-billed Kite Milvus (migrans) aegyptus | c20 | c20 |
| Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus | 1 | |
| Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar | 1 | |
| Shikra Accipiter badius | 1 | |
| Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus | c20 | c10 |
| Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius | 1 | |
| Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula | 2 | |
| Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius | 2 | |
| Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus | 4 | |
| Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus | c15 | c15 |
| Ruff Philomachus pugnax | c10 | c15 |
| Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa | c6 | 2 |
| Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis | c10 | |
| Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus | 2 | 2 |
| Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola | c5 | c6 |
| Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos | 2 | 2 |
| Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica | c10 | |
| White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus | c4 | |
| African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris | 1 | |
| Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus | 1 | 1 |
| Namaqua Dove Oena capensis | c4 | 1 |
| African Mourning Dove Streptopelia decipiens | c10 | c15 |
| African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea | 2 | |
| Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis | c15 | c15 |
| Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri | 2 | 2 |
| Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus | 2 | |
| White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus | 3 | 3 |
| African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus | c15 | c20 |
| Little Swift Apus affinis | 2+ | |
| Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus | c25 | c15 |
| Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis | c4 | |
| Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus | c10 | c5 |
| White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis | 1 | |
| Little Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis | 1 | |
| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus | 2+ | |
| Hoopoe Upupa epops | c8 | c8 |
| Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus | c6 | c4 |
| African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus | 2 | 2 |
| Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti | 1 | |
| Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla | 1 | |
| Crested Lark Galerida cristata | 2+ | 4 |
| Plain Martin Riparia paludicola | c20 | c15 |
| Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica | 1+ | |
| Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica | 2+ | 2 |
| Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis | 1 | |
| Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus | c30 | c25 |
| Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes | 1 | |
| Black Scrub Robin Cercotrichas podobe | 3 | c5 |
| Whinchat Saxicola rubetra | 1 | |
| Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina | 1 | |
| Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus | 1 | 2 |
| Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus | 3 | 2 |
| Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida | 3+ | 5+ |
| Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus | c8 | 4+ |
| Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix | 2+ | 2+ |
| Garden Warbler Sylvia borin | 1 | |
| Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis | 2 | 2 |
| Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis | c5 | c6 |
| Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata | c6 | c6 |
| Semi-collared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata | 2 | |
| White-headed Babbler Turdoides leucocephala | c10 | c20 |
| Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus | c10 | c15 |
| Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus | c4 | |
| Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor | c5 | |
| Southern Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis | c10 | 3 |
| Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio | 1 | 2 |
| Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus | c50 | c40 |
| Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus | c5 | c5 |
| House Sparrow Passer domesticus | c100 | c150 |
| Sudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteus | 1 | |
| Northern Masked Weaver Ploceus taeniopterus | c10 | 2+ |
| Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus | c4 | 2+ |
| Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus | 1 | 1 |
| Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus | c5 | 1 |
| Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga | c10 | |
| Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala | c10 | c10 |
| Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata | c6 | 1 |
| African Silverbill Lonchura cantans | c8 | c5 |
| Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura | 2 | |
| Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata | 2+ | c4 |
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