‘The hidden charm of Lolldaiga’
By Rupi Mangat, Daily Nation 23 December 2017.
Rupi Mangat is awed by a spectacular scenery of rugged hills, valleys, plateaus and plains. Read the pdf here or on the website of Rupi Mangat
‘Lolldaiga-Mukogodo-Ewaso N’yiro Important Bird and Biodiversity Area’ application submitted to Nature Kenya and BirdLife
Tom Butynski and Yvonne de Jong, Lolldaiga Hills Research Programme
On 1 September 2017, the Lolldaiga Hills Research Programme submitted an application to Nature Kenya and BirdLife for recognition of the ‘Lolldaiga-Mukogodo-Ewaso N’yiro’ Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA).
Distributions in Uganda, Kenya, and north Tanzania of members of the Günther’s dik-dik Madoqua (guentheri) and Kirk’s dik-dik M. (kirkii) species groups, regions of sympatry, records of aberrant-coloured individuals, and comment on the validity of Hodson’s dik-dik M. (g.) hodsoni
New article
De Jong, Y.A. & Butynski, T.M. 2017. Gnusletter 34: 11-20
Knob-billed duck: Species 383 on the Lolldaiga Hills Ranch Bird List
Yvonne de Jong & Tom Butynski, Lolldaiga Hills Research Programme
A flock of at least 20 knob-billed ducks Sarkidiornis melanotos was observed on 1 May 2017 at Dam Baharini, northern Lolldaiga Hills Ranch. This brings the total number of species on the Lolldaiga Hills Ranch Bird List to 383.
Lolldaiga Hills Ranch Bird List reaches 382 species
By Tom Butynski & Yvonne de Jong, Lolldaiga Hills Research Programme
Eleven species have been added to the Lolldaiga Hills Ranch Bird List since July 2016.