"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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 🎵 Music used in this video: Island by extenz   / extenz   Licence https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Promotion Video    • Island – extenz (No Copyright Music)   Life by x50   / x50music   Licence https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Promotion Video    • x50 - Life (Vlog No Copyright Music)   Flow by Fredji & Tobsky   / fredjimusic   Licence https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Promotion Video    • Fredji & Tobsky - Flow (Vlog No Copyright ...   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ shoebill bird mabamba shoebill entebbe shoebill uganda mabamba entebbe shoebill stork birding uganda wildlife shoebill stork uganda birding shoebill stork uganda safari uganda wildlife safari uganda safari wildlife uganda safari wildlife bird uganda mabamba bird shoebill stork bird mabamba uganda shoebill stork bird ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #africa #uganda #wildlife #safari #travel #nature #wildlifephotography #animal