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| Best Time to Go and Places to Visit | Best Time to Go
The best time is between October and April when more than 120 migrant species have arrived from the Northern hemisphere, mostly from the Palearctic but with some African migrants such as Forbes-Watson's Swift; there is also the chance of finding one of the passage migrants such as the Sooty Falcon in March-April and October-December. In case you're interested in bird-ringing, the latter period is when there's a large bird ringing exercise at Ngulia in Tsavo National Park.
The Northern Migrants are replaced by birds from the southern hemisphere and Madagascar from April to October, but these are much fewer, no more than 10 or 12 species.
Kenya's seasons come in two basic flavors - wet and dry. During the wet season some parks, or parts of some parks, are totally unreachable. The rains are usually between March and June with the highest levels of rainfall in April and May, the short rains start in late October and go through to December. However Northern Kenya is generally happy for any rain it can get.
Where to bird: parks/reserves: Aberdares, Amboseli, Lake Baringo, Kakamega, Maasai Mara, Meru, Mt. Kenya, Lake Naivasha, Samburu, Soda Lakes, Tsavo; other places: the Coast, Embu, Endashant, Ewaso Narok, Koru, Ndara, Lake Victoria and IBAs.
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