Amazing sighting at Hippo Pools
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Bradley and I went for a walk down to Hippo Pools Hide on the 23rd of June at around 5.15 in the afternoon. On our arrival, we had the most amazing sighting of tens of thousands, possibly millions of red-billed quelea (Quelea quelea) birds performing a beautifully choreographed ballet around us, rushing in and flattening an island of papyrus reeds as they landed. The flocks of quelea, looking like a rolling black cloud, migrate to the river bed in the afternoon and leave for their daily activities in the early mornings.
Tags: hide, hippo pools, quelea, river