Uganda Bird Guides Club

Uganda is mostly a plateau, a compact country occupying an area of 236,580 square kilometers. It is where the River Nile begins its long Journey to the Mediterranean Sea after pouring out of the largest fresh water Lake in Africa and the Second Largest in the World, Lake Victoria. Uganda is watered by numerous other Lakes and Rivers which attract bird and animal life.

The Snow capped Rwenzori mountain Range which forms part of the Western great rift valley is in the western part of the country and in the eastern part we have Mount Elgon and Moroto. These Geographical features are important because they have been used by birds for millions of years during their annual migration while crossing Africa.
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The official list of Mammals in the country is 343 species. 133 of these can be classified as large mammals. The small mammals comprise 94 bat species, 70 rats and mice, 33 shrews and otters, 8 gerbils, 4 elephant shrews and 1 golden mole. The large mammals comprise:

Primates (Apes & Monkeys)
Uganda is presently the best location for tracking mountain gorillas, the country boasts a wide variety of primates ranging chimpanzees and several types of monkeys to the tiny wide-eyed bush baby.
All these are easily visible among the wide variety of 343 species of large mammals that the country has to offer.

Apes - the gorilla and the chimpanzee
Monkeys - baboons, patas monkey, vervet monkey, blue monkey, red-tailed monkey, DeBrazza's monkey, L'Hoest's monkey, the grey-cheeked Mangabay, the black and white colobus, Angola colobus
Nocturnal primates - Bushbabies and the Poto.

MAY DAY BIRDING The Club President leads the Birding Excursion.

As birding in Uganda is slowly and steadily picking more and more birders, saturday 1st May saw Johnnie Kamugisha