Taking flight: why the sky’s the limit for a women’s birding club in Uganda

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The east African country is a birders’ paradise, where a group of 80 female birders are pushing boundaries, finding friendship and forging careers in natureOn a Sunday morning on the shores of Lake Victoria, the cars and motorbikes arriving...

The east African country is a birders’ paradise, where a group of 80 female birders are pushing boundaries, finding friendship and forging careers in nature

On a Sunday morning on the shores of Lake Victoria, the cars and motorbikes arriving from Entebbe are laden with fishing gear. The minibuses – matatus – full of market women and their big brown sacks of snacks and goods for sale follow closely behind. All whisk past a thin strip of grass that separates the lake from the asphalt.

It is here that the boda boda motorcycle taxis drop off keen birdwatchers, where century-old trees and vegetation make the perfect home for some of Uganda’s 1,100 bird species.

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