"Majestic Shoebill" - Amazing Birding in Mabamba Swamp and Entebbe, Uganda 2019 (4K Video)

Face to face with the most iconic bird of Uganda: the shoebill. The Mabamba swamp in Lake Victoria near Entebbe is an amazing place for birding and is one of the most famous locations to track this astonishing bird. The swamp is home to a population of 12 shoebills and it took some effort for our guide and the boat driver to find one of these wonderful birds in the swamp as the papyrus surrounding the channels is very tall. Finally, we were rewarded with a close encounter with this amazing bird.

Welcome to our birding and wildlife safari to Uganda in August 2019. We stayed two nights at the wonderful “The Boma” hotel in Entebbe. Our first destination was the Mabamba swamp where we had our very first encounter with the majestic shoebill and other water birds. The area of Entebbe offers many different species of birds and was an ideal start of our birding trip around Uganda. Immediately upon arrival, we spotted great blue turacos and black-and-white-casqued hornbills.

For animal identification, please refer to the video subtitle or to the species list below.

With best regards,
Sandra and Markus

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Species list in order of appearance:
01:15 Goliath heron
01:47 African marsh harrier
01:53 African purple swamphen
02:00 Long-toed lapwing
02:09 African jacana
02:17 Yellow-billed duck
02:49 Cattle egret
03:01 blue-breasted bee-eater
03:56 Shoebill
07:28 Malachite kingfisher
08:45 Black-and-white-casqued hornbill
09:14 Great blue turaco
10:15 Village weaver (female)
10:20 Black-headed gonolek
10:30 Dark-capped bulbul
10:40 Double-toothed barbet
10:50 Village weaver (male)

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Видео "Majestic Shoebill" - Amazing Birding in Mabamba Swamp and Entebbe, Uganda 2019 (4K Video) канала Sandra & Markus Trachsel