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Old 13th Dec 2018, 00:40
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Originally Posted by Butor
I very much doubt that these were due to a Quelia flock, that pointed wing attached to the landing gear looks much like those of a wader of some sort. There are very likely big flocks of waders from Northern Europe wintering around Lake Victoria..

PS: I'm more interrested in birds than planes as a rule!

Mike
Agree with you, those are not Quelea birds which have a different wing profile and are in any case much much smaller .. about the size of a sparrow
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