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Little Swifts Apus affinis
Nairobi, Kenya 02 June 2005
 
The following photographs were taken from the roof of the Intercontinental Hotel, Nairobi in the late afternoon as a group of about one hundred Little Swifts hawked over the centre of the city in the company of Yellow-billed Kites and Pied Crows.

The race breeding throughout much of Africa [...]

Nairobi, Kenya, June 2005

It’s almost six months to the day since I started blogging. It’s quite amazing really how fast time has flown by. Not just time: I’ve already flown to North America seven or eight times times, to the Middle East five times, to India, Mexico, Brazil, Hong Kong twice, and to Africa three [...]

Little Swifts Apus affinis
Luanda, Angola 28 May 2005
 
The following photographs were taken from the roof of the Meridien Hotel, Luanda in the late afternoon as a group of about twenty Little Swifts appeared out of nowhere and began hawking over the centre of the city some distance from me. Many of the photos are highly-cropped [...]

Pallid Swifts Apus pallidus pallidus
Dubai, Wimpey Gravel Pits, 16 January 2005
 

 
All photographs © Charlie Moores.