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| (Photo Andy Ruffle) |
Attendees: Doug & Angie Butcher, Stan & Val Culley, Mike Fagan, Stanley & Asothie Gengan, Sue Hansbury, Margaret Jones, Cathy Lee, Dorothy McIntye, Herbie & Jeanette Osborne, Andy Ruffle, Irma Smook, Lester & Cheryl van Groeningen, Bob & Hazel van Rooyen, Barry Willis. (20 attendees)
The main objective of our September visits to Umtamvuna is to see the spectacular display of spring flowers, some of which are endemic to the Pondoland area. Once again, this visit didn't disappoint.
A huge thanks to Dorothy McIntyre for enlightening us on the many flower and plant species seen.
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| Helichrysum eklonis (Photo Andy Ruffle) |
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| Helichrysum eklonis (Photo Andy Ruffle) |
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| Pelargonium species (Photo Andy Ruffle) |
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| Helichrysum species (Photo Andy Ruffle) |
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| Eulophia hians (Photo Andy Ruffle) |
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| Orchid species (Photo Andy Ruffle) |
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| (Photo Andy Ruffle) |
Birds recorded: Amethyst Sunbird, White-necked Raven, Red-winged Starling, Crowned Hornbill, Croaking Cisticola, Neddicky, Southern Boubou, Sombre Greenbul, Hadeda Ibis, Egyptian Goose, Olive Sunbird, Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird, Greater Double-collared Sunbird, Cape Canary, Common Quail, Cape Rock-thrush, Knysna Turaco, Fantailed Widow, Cape Weaver, Dark-capped Bulbul, Natal Spurfowl, African Harrier-hawk, Fork-tailed Drongo, Red-collared Widow, Brown-hooded Kingfisher, Spectacled Weaver, Yellow-billed Kite, Black Saw-wing, Long-crested Eagle, Trumpeter Hornbill, Woolly-necked Stork, Red-eyed Dove, Rock Kestrel, Yellow-throated Longclaw, Striped Pipit, Plain-backed Pipit, Familiar Chat, Lesser Honeyguide. (38 species)
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