Ticks from cattle were collected for the purposes of quantifying the number of tick species and their relative abundance at Msekera Regional Research Station. Fifteen species were recorded. It was found that although different species of ticks parasitized cattle throughout the year, their peaks of abundance were dependent on the season. The majority of the species had their peaks during the wet season (November to April).Rhipicephalus punctatus(Warburton) was found to be the most abundant species followed byRhipicephalus appendiculatus(Neumann) andAmblyomma variegatum(Fabricius).Haemaphysalis leachi(Audouin) andRhipicephalus turanicus(Morel and Vassileades) were least abundant. The findings are discussed in relation to seasonal vector abundance and disease transmission, the problems of chemical control of a multi‐species tick population and climatic influence on general tick population dynamics.