- On a packed but enjoyable day, which included the African Bird Club’s AGM, six guest speakers talked on a range of subjects that encompassed topics from travelling to largely unvisited parts of Africa, an update on the status of the Liben Lark, a report from Libya on the isolated race of Lesser Crested Tern, an insight into work being done to recreate the lost avifuana of the Mascarenes, and a genetic study that promises to overturn the current phylogeny of Africa’s White-eyes (Zosteropidae).
In his talk ‘In Archer’s Footsteps: Birding in the Republic of Somaliland‘ Nigel Redman, publisher and tour leader with Birdquest, described the birds and landscapes of one of the least known regions in Africa, Somaliland, which is bordered – in the south and west – by Ethiopia. Nigel begins our discussion with an overview of a location that even the most intrepid birders may not have considered visiting, and ends with news of an interesting cisticola…
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http://www.talking-naturally.co.uk/abcbocnhm-april-2013-nigel-redman-on-somaliland/
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