The Grey Crowned Crane is listed as Endangered on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Endangered Species. Between the mid 1980s and 2015 the crane population in Rwanda dropped from 2,500 to below 500. This decline was largely due to poaching eggs for food, the illegal pet trade, as …
In Rwanda we wake up early. The sheer diversity and density of birds that can be found across the country is amplified by the awesome dawn chorus of bird song that greets us every day. Whilst wildlife photography has been a passion of mine for more than a decade, it is only since my family …
If you had asked me a couple of years to visualise a kingfisher, my mind would have conjured up an image of beautiful little bird with a long beak perched next to water. However, I now know this image fails to appreciate the diverse range of birds that make up the kingfisher family. Of the …
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Rwanda is home to 25 different species of Sunbird. Some like the Red-chested Sunbird and Scarlet-chested Sunbird can be found across the country in our gardens, urban centres, wooded areas, hedgerows, and thornbush savanna. Whereas others, like the Regal Sunbird and Purple-breasted Sunbird are endemic to the Albertine Rift and are best seen in Nyungwe …
The start of the short rainy season triggers a second breeding season for many of Rwanda’s resident birds. Food sources become abundant, which is exactly what is needed to raise healthy young. This is the case for the many different species of weavers. The weaver family is not only compromised of the well-known yellow and …