Seven teams from around the world compete in a non-stop bird-spotting marathon in Kenya. There are 1,000 kinds of colourful bird in East
Africa, but how many can be found by the champion spotters in just 48 hours?
Bill Oddie is one of them.
They battle it out, with the help of aircraft and the lakes, mountains, savannah and seashore of Kenya, to break the world's bird-watching record.
The aim? To raise money for a hospital in Nairobi for handicapped children. Photography HUGH MAYNARD
Assistant producer RON MARTIN Producer ADRIAN WARREN BBC Bristol