1425 Spur-winged lapwing at the edge of one of the many small streams in Meru National Park

1426 A noisy flock of Helmeted Guineafowls

1427 A flock of Helmeted Guineafowls explode noisily into the air before gliding a short distance to safety

1428 A White-backed vulture. The white can only be seen when its wings are spread

1429 White-backed vultures and Ruppell's griffon vultures roosting in a doum palm

1430 The lighter patterning on the wing coverts identify this bird as a Ruppell's griffon vulture

1431 Large flocks of superb starlings were seen throughout the Park

1432 Yellow-necked spurfowl preferred the fairly open grassy bush

1433 My old favourite the Ring-necked dove always provided a background chorus

1434 This medium sized raptor is an Eastern chanting-goshawk

1435 Lilac-breasted roller

1436 A very vocal red-billed hornbill

1437 Water thick-knee. These are usually seen in pairs

1438 A female Somali ostrich

1439 A male Somali ostrich. They are blacker than Common ostriches and the neck and legs are blue-grey

1440 Ruppell's long-tailed starling.

1441 A female rosy-patched bush-shrike. Males carry much less black and more red on the front

1442 Laughing dove. The prettiest dove in my opinion

1443 The White-browed coucal is also known as the bottle bird. Its call sounds like liquid being poured from a bottle

1444 Cattle egrets in breeding plumage. Non breeding birds loose the buff wash on the head back and breast

1445 Doves enjoying a bath in one of the many streams that flow through Meru

1446 A tawny eagle keeps an eye on everything going on around it

1447 A huge Lappet-faced vulture gliding overhead

1448 African hoopoe