Uganda Ramsar wetland
Lake George
69 bird species recorded; the most in October.
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This month here
4 species in January.7 species in February.0 species in March.0 species in April.0 species in May.8 species in June.2 species in July.0 species in August.2 species in September.66 species in October.44 species in November.4 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
69 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 69Speciesrecorded more than once
- 13Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 351Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 915 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 2Raptors
- 10Waders
- 2Gulls & seabirds
- 1Ducks & geese
- 11Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 28Songbirds
- 12Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 69 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- African Fish EagleHaliaeetus vocifer
- Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
Waders10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- African JacanaActophilornis africanus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Water DikkopBurhinus vermiculatus
- African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
Gulls & seabirds2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
Ducks & geese1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Herons, ibises & grebes11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
- HamerkopScopus umbretta
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- HadadaBostrychia hagedash
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
- Grey Crowned CraneBalearica regulorum
- Leptoptilos crumeniferLeptoptilos crumenifer
Songbirds28 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Rufous-winged CisticolaCisticola galactotes
- Swamp FlycatcherMuscicapa aquatica
- Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
- Northern Brown-throated WeaverPloceus castanops
- Greater Swamp-WarblerAcrocephalus rufescens
- Red-chested SunbirdCinnyris erythrocercus
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Slender-billed WeaverPloceus pelzelni
- Black-headed GonolekLaniarius erythrogaster
- Lesser Masked WeaverPloceus intermedius
- Red BishopEuplectes orix
- Grey-capped WarblerEminia lepida
- Lesser Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus gracilirostris
- Rüppell's StarlingLamprotornis purpuroptera
- Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
- Papyrus GonolekLaniarius mufumbiriNT
- Yellow-billed OxpeckerBuphagus africanus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Western Black FlycatcherMelaenornis edolioides
- Grey-backed FiscalLanius excubitoroides
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Buff-bellied WarblerPhyllolais pulchella
- Yellow-throated LongclawMacronyx croceus
- Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
- Motacilla aguimpMotacilla aguimp
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
Other birds12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
- Black CrakeAmaurornis flavirostra
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
- Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
- Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
- White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
- White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Blue-headed CoucalCentropus monachus
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in October.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan28°/17°64 mm
- Feb29°/18°67 mm
- Mar28°/18°122 mm
- Apr26°/18°123 mm
- May26°/17°108 mm
- Jun26°/17°64 mm
- Jul27°/17°62 mm
- Aug27°/17°100 mm
- Sep27°/18°122 mm
- Oct26°/18°140 mm
- Nov26°/17°139 mm
- Dec27°/17°88 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Lake George.
Lake in Uganda
Lake George is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Uganda, 915 m above the sea.
69 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 351 open records.
The most recorded are the Black-headed Weaver, the Pink-backed Pelican and the Malachite Kingfisher.
4 species come for the summer, 9 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in October.
Get there and watch
- Kasenyi Lake Retreatcampsite · 7.1 km · 1 within 10 km
- Kasenyi Safari Campplace to stay · 9.0 km · 1 within 10 km
- Kasesenearest town · 24 km in a straight line
- Savannah Airstrip (KHX)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 97 km in a straight lineCar hire in KampalaDiscover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 1campsites within 10 kmKasenyi Lake Retreat
- 1places to stay within 10 kmKasenyi Safari Camp
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Lake George.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas1 mountains within 25 kmNtsinda · 18 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 kmLake George261 km² · 3.4 km↗Lake Bunyampaka0.3 km² · 8.9 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 kmLake GeorgeBortle 2 · this place
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Lake George
Uganda
- 40Birdyas Score
- 69Species
- 13Migrants
- 0Threatened
Rwenzori Mountains National Park
Uganda · 52 km
- 44Birdyas Score
- 77Species
- 30Migrants
- 0Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1509547) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 351 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Lakeyas, Darkskyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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