Wednesday 30 April 2014

Culley's Dam, Port Edward, April 2014 visitors

Here are some pics of a few of the visitors to
Culley's Dam during April 2014.

All photos by Stan Culley

Malachite Kingfisher
(Subspp cristata)
(Photo Stan Culley)
African Black Duck
(Subspp sparsa)
(Photo Stan Culley)


Lesser Swamp-Warbler
(Subspp zuluensis)
(Photo Stan Culley)
Lesser Swamp-Warbler
(Subspp zuluensis)
(Photo Stan Culley)

Photos copyright of photographer

Sunday 13 April 2014

Outing report- NPC Oribi Conservancy 13th April 2014


Attendees: Doug Butcher, Stanley & Asothie Gengan, Margaret Jones,  Hazel Nevin, Sandy Olver, Barry Pullock, Andy Ruffle, Irma Smook, John & Gloria Taylor; Bob van Rooyen, Barrie Willis & Sue Hansbury. (14 attendees).

Not an outstanding bird count for this visit, but we did add the following four species to the bird list:- African Darter, Common Moorhen, Red-faced Cisticola and Scaly-throated Honeyguide.  

Scaly-throated Honeyguide


 

Birds recorded: Brown-hooded Kingfisher, Pied Crow, White-necked Raven, Natal Spurfowl, Spectacled Weaver, Black-headed Oriole, Common Fiscal, Dark-capped Bulbul, Black-backed Puffback, Red-eyed Dove, White-browed Scrub-Robin, Cape Starling, Fork-tailed Drongo, Giant Kingfisher, Yellow-fronted Canary, Red-capped Robin-Chat, Red-fronted Tinkerbird, Tambourine Dove, Purple-crested Turaco, Common Moorhen, Sombre Greenbul, Southern Boubou, Green Wood-Hoopoe, Tawny-flanked Prinia, Knysna Turaco, Burchell's Coucal, African Firefinch, Bar-throated Apalis, Green-backed Heron, Crowned Hornbill, Malachite Kingfisher, Red-faced Cisticola, Green-backed Camaroptera, African Darter, Orange-breasted Bushshrike, Thick-billed Weaver, Black-collared Barbet, Hamerkop, Chinspot Batis, Scaly-throated Honeyguide, Southern Black Flycatcher, Hadada Ibis, Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird, Bronze Mannikin, Village Weaver, African Pied Wagtail, African Dusky Flycatcher. (47 species).

Photos by Doug Butcher