Roy's Camp

Another interesting site with new birds.

The day began with a pre-breakfast walk around the grounds of Lawdons and then a fairly long drive to Roy’s Camp.

The lodge produced two Black-collared Barbets, Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird, good views of White-fronted Bee-eater, more Yellow-bellied Greenbul, a stunning Orange-breasted Bush-shrike, our only Icterine Warbler of the trip, a Green-capped Eremomela, four Collared Sunbirds and a flock of 20 Brown Firefinches.

We left Lawdons and between there and the border we saw a Marabou Stork, three Lappet-faced Vultures, four Bateleurs, our only two Bradfield’s Hornbills, ten Magpie Shrikes and a Brown-crowned Tchagra.

Our return into Namibia was made with the minimum of fuss, the staff in the Botswana office even recognizing us from two days earlier and engaging us in very friendly conversation.

As we had a long drive we tried not to stop too often but as we drove through Mahanga we saw Chin-spot Batis and three Pale Flycatcher and a herd of Zebra.

We arrived at Roy’s Camp around mid-afternoon. It was very hot so we chilled for a while before taking a short walk around the grounds. This produced a Bearded Woodpecker, ten Black-faced Babbler, four Yellow-breasted Apalis, two White-browed Scrub-robin, four Carp’s Tits, a Brown-crowned Tchagra, Black-faced and Blue Waxbills and Golden-breasted Buntings.

A vigil over the small waterhole in evening produced a Barn Owl along with Eland, Zebra, Blue Wildebeest, Damara Dik-dik and Steenbock all coming into drink.