Outing report: Perlemoen Estate, Umzumbe - 8 March 2020

Malachite Kingfisher

Attending: Barrie Willis & Sue Hansbury, Derrick & Edith Megson, Robin Eccles, Teresa Smith & Nick Dreyer, Lia Steen, Graham Wells, Kobus Wentzel, Stanley & Asothie Gengan, Bob & Hazel van Rooyen

Species identified: 38 (see below) 

                                                                                       Text & Photos: Hazel van Rooyen

For once, the weather was kind to us, although it did become very hot and most birds wisely stayed hidden in the coolth of the vegetation.  

First we had a pleasant walk through the lower forest area where the stream trickled and gurgled, wild foxgloves like delicate lace, edged the pathways.  After breakfast we took a longer walk up the hill where we split into two groups and one group climbed higher while the other got a bit lost, although we all came back together eventually. 

Wild Foxgloves, like lace, edged the pathways

Although the birds were difficult to find, butterflies and dragonflies were bountiful. 

Layman Butterfly

The terrain is quite challenging and we were happy to sit back and relax when braai-time came around.

Thanks to all the members who attended and to our two visitors, Graham Wells and Kobus Wentzel.  Thank you also to Bernhard Grdseloff for letting us visit his charming farm.

38 species

Barbet, Black-collared

Barbet, White-eared

Boubou, Southern

Bulbul, Black-capped

Brownbul, Terrestrial

Bushshrike, Grey-headed

Cameroptera, Green-backed

Dove, Lemon

Dove, Red-eyed

Dove, Tambourine

Drongo, Fork-tailed

Drongo, Square-tailed

Duck, African Black

Eagle, African Fish

Hoopoe, African

Hornbill, Trumpeter

Ibis, Hadedah

Kingfisher, Brown-hooded

Kingfisher, Malachite

Robin-Chat, Red-capped

Saw-wing, Black

Starling, Black-bellied

Starling, Cape (Glossy)

Sunbird, Amethyst

Sunbird, Collared

Sunbird, Greater Double-collared

Sunbird, Olive

Tinkerbird, Yellow-rumped

Tit, Southern Black

Turaco, Knysna

Turaco, Purple-crested

Waxbill, Grey

Weaver, Spectacled

Weaver, Thick-billed

White-eye, Cape

Woodhoopoe, Green

Woodpecker, Cardinal

Woodpecker, Golden-tailed

Outing Report: San Lameer Estate - 26 January 2020

Participants: Barrie Willis & Sue Hansbury, Pete & Anne Wright (San Lameer residents who generously guided us for the day), Danie & Bella du Toit, Lia Steen, Doug Butcher, Derrick & Edith Megson, Stanley & Asothie Gengan, Mark Liptrot & Cecily Salmon (Port Natal club), Bob & Hazel van Rooyen  (16)

Species identified: 44

Photographs: Lia Steen, Doug Butcher, Hazel van Rooyen

Text: Hazel van Rooyen

Amethyst Sunbird (Hazel van Rooyen)

This is a popular venue with the Trogons club and San Lameer are always very kind in allowing us on their estate.  After a drizzle of rain the night before, Sunday morning turned out gorgeous and saw us all donning our sunhats for our first walk between the golf fairways and streams.  Dark-capped Bulbul, Cape White-eye, Brown-hooded Kingfisher and Black-bellied Starling were seen very quickly, followed by Green-backed Camaroptera and Olive Sunbirds calling in the thicker bush.  A Purple-crested Turaco posed on a tree-top, while an Amethyst Sunbird flitted about lower down. 

Purple-crested Turaco (Doug Butcher)

Olive Sunbird (Lia Steen)

We were interested in a beautiful tree looking similar to our Coastal Coral but with different blooms and Ann explained it was Livingston’s Erythrina Coral tree from Zambia.  Moving along, the golf carts were starting to come through and we didn’t want to get in their way, Green Wood-hoopoes cackled and a Black-backed Puffback clicked and whistled.

Livingston's Coral Tree (Hazel van Rooyen)

Tree blossoms (Hazel van Rooyen)

The bird hide pond was really quiet except for a pair of Green-backed Herons.  It was a tranquil spot and we stopped here and breakfasted at the picnic tables.  After that we visited the fishing pond which was also very quiet.

Strolling around looking for birds (Doug Butcher)

A few people in our group had an interest in dragon and damsel flies.  There were plenty of these and they made very colourful photos.  Lia would know their names.

Dragonfly (Doug Butcher)

Dragonfly (Hazel van Rooyen)

The lagoon walk was mostly dead sticks and weeds as it was still recovering from a terrifying fire last September.  A deck provided an excellent view of the lagoon and although the water level was very low, merely large puddles, we still spotted a Pied Kingfisher, Woolly-necked Stork, Little Egret, African Fish Eagle, a few Common Greenshanks and Blacksmith Lapwing. 

Little Egret (Lia Steen)

Village Weaver (Lia Steen)

Woolly-necked Stork (Lia Steen)

Common Greenshank (Lia Steen)

Further along another deck opened up to a beautiful beach view of surf and sunshine.

Participants on the seaview deck (Hazel van Rooyen)

Arriving back at the bird hide, a Yellow-billed Duck proudly showed off her ducklings.

Yellow-billed Duck showing off her brood (Lia Steen)

The heat of the day was climbing and relaxing under a shady tree now seemed a good idea so we made our way to the picnic area by the beach where we chatted and braaied.  Thanks go to Pete & Ann Wright for showing us around.

(All photos property of photographer)
Species identified: 44

Barbet, Black-collared Boubou, Southern Bulbul, Dark-capped Camaroptera, Green-backed Coucal, Burchell’s Dove, Red-eyed Drongo, Fork-tailed Duck, Yellow-billed Eagle, African Fish Egret, Little Flycatcher, Southern Black Goose, Egyptian Goshawk, African Greenbul, Sombre Hadedah, Ibis Heron, Green-backed Kingfisher, Brown-hooded Kingfisher, Giant Kingfisher, Malachite Kingfisher, Pied Kite, Yellow-billed Lapwing, Blacksmith

Mannikin, Bronze Oriole, Black-headed Prinia, Tawny-flanked Puffback, Black-backed Starling, Black-bellied Starling, Red-winged Stork, Woolly-necked Sunbird, Amethyst Sunbird, Collared Sunbird, Olive Swallow, Lesser-striped Swift, Palm Swift, White-rumped Tinkerbird, Yellow-rumped Turaco, Purple-crested Wagtail, Cape Wagtail, Pied Weaver, Village Weaver, Yellow White-eye, Cape Wood-hoopoe, Green Woodpecker, Golden-tailed

Outing report: Umnini Dam with Blessing Majoka - 12 January 2020

In attendance: Barrie Willis & Sue Hansbury, Hazel Nevin, Sandy Olver, Lia Steen, Stan & Val Culley, Maxine Carter, Danie du Toit, Teresa & Nick Smith, Bob & Hazel van Rooyen, Blessing Majoka (Bird Guide) (13)

Species identified: 83 (see below)

Photographs: Stan Culley, Lia Steen, Hazel van Rooyen

Booted Eagle (Stan Culley)

New territory plus a bird guide - Blessing Majoka, from Ethekwini Parks Department - provided fresh incentive to our members. It was generous of him to offer to take the club around on a Sunday. Meeting up at the Shell Ultra City last Sunday, there was an air of excitement.  Even around the garage forecourt we spotted a pair of Mocking Cliff Chats.

Umbini Dam (HvR)

Mocking Cliff Chat (Lia Steen)

African Green Pigeon (HvR)

African Green Pigeon (HvR)

Blessing started us off with a drive through urban tribal villages.  We had gone only a short way when he suddenly pulled to the side of the road and pointed out a pair of African Green Pigeons, an unusual site in a semi-urban area and a bit further along, notwithstanding a double white line on the curve of the road, we all climbed out to see what had caught his attention – a European Honey Buzzard.  This was exciting for most of us as we hadn’t seen one for some years in our area.

European Honey Buzzard (Stan Culley)

On the way to the dam area, we stopped a few times, now being on safer dirt tracks, to see various species - Fan-tailed Widowbird, Crested Barbet, Burchell’s Coucal, Rattling Cisticola to name a few.

Rattling Cisticola (Lia Steen)

Burchell's Coucal (Lia Steen)

Fan-tailed Widowbird (Lia Steen)

Following the river course (HvR)

Following the course of the river we stopped at a spot where a Gorgeous Bushshrike was calling but today he wasn’t showing himself.  A Black Sparrowhawk was seen in the far distance whilst a lone Sacred Ibis flew overhead.  Looking over the dam we spotted a Little Egret and Yellow-billed Ducks and investigating the grassland next to a little quarry a pair of Pygmy Kingfishers and Little Bee-eaters were identified.

Further down the valley we stopped for breakfast beneath some shady bushes.  In this vicinity Blessing identified an Eagle which turned out to be a Booted Eagle (a Lifer for some)!

Booted Eagle (Pale Morph) (Lia Steen)

Moving along to some settling ponds all seemed quiet but then we saw a Hamerkop and African Black Duck, Grey and Black-headed Herons, White-breasted Cormorant, Common Sandpiper, Blacksmith Lapwing and a Purple Heron, Pin-tailed Whydah, White-faced Duck and Ruff, amongst others.

African Black Duck (Lia Steen)

Black-headed Heron (HvR)

Hamerkop (HvR)

Driving back to the main road and circling around we somehow got to the other side of the dam where we parked next to Blessing’s son’s house in the process of being built.  What a fantastic outlook he has, surrounded by lush bush and a wonderful view of the dam.  Here we took a walk around the side of the water, through the riverine bush but by this time it was so hot and the birdlife had gone into hiding, only an African Firefinch, Familiar Chat, Grey Waxbill and Willow Warbler were identified with definite calls from a Garden Warbler.

Grey Waxbill (HvR)

As there wasn’t much shade around, we drove to the picnic site at the Illovo Estuary where we had a relaxing braai, adding Red-winged and Black-bellied Starlings, Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird, Speckled Mousebird and Cape White-eye to our daily list.

Green-backed Cameroptera (Lia Steen)

Once again, many thanks to Sithembiso Blessing Majoka for his guidance and kindness and time spent in showing us around and getting us so many birds. 

The Group 

Species identified (chronological order)

Roads through the villages Chat, Mocking Cliff Weaver, Village Fiscal, Southern Dove, Cape Turtle Dove Myna, Common Dove, Red-eyed Cuckoo, Dideriks Swallow, Lesser-striped Pigeon, African Green Cisticola, Rattling Bushshrike, Orange-breasted Sunbird, Amethyst Buzzard, European Honey Bulbul, Dark-capped Widowbird, Fan-tailed Barbet, Crested Kingfisher, Brown-hooded Swallow, Barn Coucal, Burchell’s Cuckoo, Klaas’s Camaroptera, Green-backed Warbler, Little Rush Dam area Bushshrike, Gorgeous Sparrowhawk, Black Ibis, African Sacred White-eye, Cape Dove, Emerald-spotted Widowbird, Red-collared Barbet, Black-collared Neddicky Sparrow, House Egret, Little Ducks, Yellow-billed Bushshrike, Grey-headed Tchagra, Black-crowned Turaco, Purple-crested Sparrow, Grey-headed Bee-eater, Little Kingfisher, African Pygmy Greenbul, Sombre Canary, Yellow-fronted Spurfowl, Natal Goose, Spurwinged Dove, Tambourine

Weaver, Spectacled Prinia, Tawny-flanked Eagle, Booted Waxbill, Common Weaver. Thick-billed Waxbill, Grey Cisticola, Red-faced Eagle, African Fish Kite, Yellow-billed Settling ponds Hamerkop Duck, African Black Heron, Grey Heron, Black-headed Jacana, African Cormorant, White-breasted Goose, Egyptian Sandpiper, Common Lapwing, Blacksmith Plover, 3-banded Heron, Purple Whydah, Pin-tailed Ruff Swallow, White-throated Ibis, Hadedah Cisticola, Croaking Duck, White-faced Walk Chat, Familiar Firefinch, African Starling, Violet-backed Robin, White-browed Scrub- Warbler, Garden Warbler, Willow Sunbird, Olive Picnic site by Illovo River Starling, Red-winged Starling, Black-bellied Tinkerbird, Yellow-rumped Mousebird, Speckled Warbler, Lesser Swamp Tit, Southern Black

  

Mkhuze & Ndumo away trip report - 18-28 November 2019

Species counted: Mkhuze 176; Ndumo 120

Text: Hazel van Rooyen

Photos: Stan Culley, Lia Steen, Hazel van Rooyen

Participants
Taken at Red Cliffs, Usuthu River
Mozambique on the other side 
L-R: Barrie, Stan, Sue, Janice, Val, Asothie, Bob, Stanley, Peter, Sandra, Lia, Martin, Sandy, Hazel

Participants: Barrie Willis & Sue Hansbury, Margaret & Richard, Janice & Peter Hogarth, Stan & Val Culley, Stanley & Asothie Gengan, Sandy Olver & Sandra Yorke-Mitchell, Lia & Martin Steen, Bob & Hazel van Rooyen

Travelling via Ophansi Gate, Stan & Val, Bob & Hazel arrived at Mkhuze on 18 November making a short stop at Muzi Pan where they identified 18 waterbirds and waders.  The main body of participants arrived on the 21^st, entering via eMshoohi Gate with some using the Ophansi entrance.  Decisions were mixed about which route was the best. 

Over the first 3 days, Stan's group of 4 identified 104 species (including Muzi Pan) and with the arrival of Barrie’s group of 6, plus the Olvers, Gengans and Steens we added another 72, making a total of 176 species from 18-24 November. The tented camp needed a lot of TLC but improvements seemed to be happening. 

The first evening involving the full group we commandeered the communal braai under the boma.  At the start we were told that there would be no electricity so our very own ‘Mcgyvers’ - Stanley with his light and Richard with his height, fixed us up some lighting and a very pleasant evening ensued.  The following nights the boma was being used by other groups so we split into 2 groups and huddled beneath the tent extensions during the ensuing thunderstorms while the guys braiied with a big umbrella, courtesy of Val.  The thunder and lightning was very close and quite scary.

Thunder & Lightning were on the menu (HvR)

Apologies for lack of photos of Barrie's group. 
















Moving on to Ndumo, a count of 120 species was achieved.  The birding and hides were excellent but we were again disappointed with the accommodation. 

A few of us went on an early morning guided walk in the forest and were impressed with our guide, Bongani - our 3 hour walk lasted 5 hours and he was even prepared to continue as the day was cooler than normal.  However, we weaklings had to return for our coffee and breakfast.  He found us the African Broadbill, Narina Trogon, Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher, amongst many others which included yet another Gorgeous Bushshrike (they had become quite common and we heard them calling often).

African Broadbill (SC)

Gorgeous Bushshrike calling (HvR)

The hide at Nyamithi Pan -wonderful

Views over Nyamithi Pan (HvR)

You could sit for hours at kuMasinga Hide 

kuMasinga Hide (HvR)

The evenings at Ndumo were spent braaiing at the communal boma, eating and socialising in the main hall.  Barrie organised 2 fun quizzes (boys vs girls) which were greatly enjoyed by everyone.

Usuthu River (HvR)

Following are some of Stan and Lia's and my photos.   For this blog I decided to display the photos by Topic, in no particular order. The list of birds counted is at the end of the blog divided into Mkhuze and Ndumo.

NESTING:

Collared Sunbird peeping out of nest (HvR)

Red-breasted Swallow collecting mud for nest (HvR)

Nest of African Paradise Flycatcher (SC)

Dark-backed Weaver at nest (SC)

RAPTORS:

Long-crested Eagle (HvR)

White-backed Vulture (HvR)

Lizzard Buzzard  (LS)

Palm-Nut Vulture  (Juv) (LS)

African Cuckoo-Hawk (SC)

Wahlberg's Eagle (SC)

Yellow-billed Kite (LS)

Black-winged (shouldered) Kite (SC)

Brown Snake Eagle (SC)

African Harrier-Hawk (LS)

Common Buzzard (HvR)

ROBINS:

Bearded Scrub Robin (HvR)

White-browed Robin-Chat (HvR)

White-throated Robin-Chat (SC)

OTHER GAME AROUND THE RESERVES

Impala Bambi (HvR)

Nyala family (HvR)

Painted Reed Frog (HvR)

"He ain't heavy, he's my brother" (HvR)

VARIOUS SPECIES

Broad-billed Roller (HvR)

 Pygmy Kingfisher (HvR)

 Black-backed Puffback (HvR)

 Crested Guineafowl (LS)

Golden-breasted Bunting (LS)

African Hoopoe (SC)

European Bee-eaters (HvR)

African Yellow White-eye (SC)

Purple-banded Sunbird (LS)

Red-backed Shrike (M) (SC)

Red-backed Shrike (F) (HvR)

Crested Barbet (SC)

Black-bellied Bustard (LS)

INTERESTING SIGHTS

We came across these snake eggs on the path to Nyamithi Hide.  Something (Monitor Lizard perhaps) had uncovered them and begun to eat them.  When we came out of the hide, they were all gone.  That's life in the wild.

Snake eggs (HvR)

Just a tree  - not,
 dotted with Red-billed Queleas (HvR)

All things Bright & Beautiful - Violet-backed Starling family

Red-billed Oxpeckers cooling off (LS)

Woolly-necked Stork feeling pretty (LS)

WATERFOWL

Saddle-billed Stork (SC)

Showing difference in size of Pink-backed and Great White Pelican (LS)

Pink-backed Pelican (LS)

Green-backed Heron (HvR)

A Malachite Kingfisher watches
storks and egret preening(HvR)

Yellow-billed Storks (LS)

Saddle-billed Stork (HvR

African Openbill (LS)

African Jacana (LS)

Thanks to all who attended, for sharing their knowledge and making the trip such fun.  I am sure we all learned and saw something new.  Thanks too to Sandy Olver for sharing her interest in the flora which surrounded us everywhere.


All photos property of photographer

Bird Lists (Some species are repeated)

Muzi Pan (40) 18 November Bulbul, Dark-capped Camaroptera, Green-backed Cisticola, Rattling Coucal, Burchell’s Crake, Black Cuckoo, Diderick Cuckoo, Klaas’s Cuckoo, Red-chested Dove, Red-eyed Duck, Yellow-billed Egret, Cattle Fiscal, Southern Flamingo, Greater Flamingo, Lesser Francolin, Crested Goose, Egyptian Goose, Spurwing Heron, Grey Heron, Squacco Hoopoe, African

Jacana, African Kingfisher, Pied Kite, Yellow-billed Mousebird, Speckled Openbill, African Pelican, Pink-backed Pratincole, Collared Spoonbill, African Spurfowl, Natal Stilt, Black-winged Stork, Yellow-billed Swallow, Barn Swallow, Lesser-striped Swallows, Wire-tailed Teal, Red-billed Tern, Caspian Tern, Whiskered Weaver, Spectacled Weaver, Thick-billed Weaver, Village

MKHUZE (90) 19-21 November Apalis, Rudd’s Apalis, Yellow-breasted Barbet, Acacia Pied Barbet, Black-collared Barbet, Crested Bateleur Batis, Chinspot Bee-eater, European Bee-eater, Little Bunting, Golden-breasted Bushshrike, Gorgeous Bushshrike, Orange-breasted Bush-Sparrow, Yellow-throated Bustard, Black-bellied Buzzard, Common Canary, Yellow-fronted Canary, Yellow-fronted Cormorant, Reed Darter, African Dove, Cape Turtle Dove, Emerald Spotted Wood- Dove, Laughing Dove, Tambourine Drongo, Fork-tailed Eagle, African Fish Eagle, Black-chested Snake- Eagle, Brown Snake Eagle, Long-crested Eagle, Wahlberg’s Egret, Little Firefinch, Red-billed Flycatcher, Ashy Flycatcher, Grey Tit Flycatcher, Pale Flycatcher, Southern Black Go-away bird Greenbul, Sombre Greenbul, Yellow-bellied Guineafowl, Crested Hawk, African Cuckoo- Heron, Black Hornbill, Crowned Hornbill, Trumpeter Hornbill, Yellow-billed

Ibis, Glossy Ibis, Hadedah Kingfisher, Brown-hooded Kingfisher, Pygmy Kingfisher, Striped Kite, Black-winged Lapwing, Blacksmith Lark, Sabota Mannikins, Red-backed Moorhen, Commo Mousebird, Red-faced Oriole, Black-headed Osprey Oxpecker, Red-billed Pelican, Great White Plover, 3-banded Prinia, Tawny-flanked Puffback, Black-backed Quelea, Red-headed Robin, Bearded Scrub- Robin, White-browed Scrub Robin Robin-Chat, White-throated Scimiterbill Shrike, Red-backed Sparrow, Grey-headed Starling, Glossy Sunbird, Collared Sunbird, Purple-banded Sunbird, White-bellied Swallow, Red-breasted Swamphen, African Purple Tchagra, Black-crowned Thick-knee, Water Tinkerbird, Red-fronted Turaco, Purple-crested Vulture, White-backed Wagtail, Pied Warbler, Willow Waxbill, Blue Weaver, Southern Masked Weaver, Yellow White-eye, Yellow (L) Widowbird, White-winged Wood-hoopoe, Green-backed Woodpecker, Cardinal Woodpecker, Golden-tailed

MKHUZE 22-24 November (115) Barbet, Acacia Pied Barbet, Black-collared Barbet, Crested Batis, Chinspot Bee-eater, European Bishop, Southern Red Boubou, Southern Brownbul, Terrestrial Brubru Bulbul, Dark-capped Bunting, Golden-breasted Bushshrike, Grey-headed Bushshrike, Orange-breasted Bush-sparrow, Yellow-throated Buzzard, Common Camaroptera, Green-backed Canary, Yellow-fronted Cisticola, Rattling Cisticola, Red-faced Cormorant, White-breasted Coucal, Burchell’s Crane, Grey Crowned Crombec, Long-billed Cuckoo, Black Cuckoo, Diederik’s Cuckoo, Klaas’s Cuckoo, Red-chested Darter, African Dove, Cape Turtle Dove, Emerald-spotted Wood Duck, White-faced Eagle, African Fish Eagle, Wahlberg’s Egret, Cattle Egret, Little Egret, Yellow-billed Flycatcher, Pale Flycatcher, Paradise Flycatcher, Southern Black

Flycatcher, Spotted Goose, Egyptian Goose, Spur-winged Greenbul, Sombre Greenshank, Common Guineafowl, Crested Heron, Black-crowned Night Heron, Black-headed Heron, Goliath Heron, Squacco Hoopoe, African Hornbill, Trumpeter Ibis, Glossy Ibis, Hadedah Jacana, African Kingfisher, Brown-hooded Kingfisher, Pied Kingfisher, Woodland Korhaan, Red-chested Lapwing, Senegal Lapwing, Blacksmith Lark, Rufous-naped Lark, Sabota Martin, Brown-throated Moorhen, Common Mousebird, Speckled Nicator, Eastern Openbill, African Oriole, Black-headed Pelican, Pink-backed Plover, 3-banded Prinia, Tawny-flanked Puffback, Black-backed Quelea, Red-billed Robin, White-browed Scrub Sandpiper, Common Saw-wing, Black Shrike, Red-backed Shrike, Red-backed

Spoonbill, African Spurfowl, Natal Starling, Glossy Starling, Red-winged Starling, Violet-backed Stilt, Black-winged Stork, Woolly-necked Sunbird, Marico Sunbird, Purple-banded Sunbird, Scarlet-chested Sunbird, White-bellied Swallow, Barn Swallow, Lesser-striped Swallow, Red-breasted Swallow, White-throated Swallow, Wire-tailed Swamphen, African Purple Swift, Little Swift, White-rumped Tchagra, Black-crowned Tchagra, Brown-crowned Tern, Caspian Tern, Whiskered Thick-knee, Spotted Thick-knee, Water Tinkerbird, Red-fronted Tinkerbird, Red-fronted Tit, Southern Black Thrush, Kurrichane Wagtail, Pied Warbler, Willow Waxbill, Blue Weaver, Dark-backed Weaver, Village Whydah, Long-tailed Paradise (non-breeding) Widowbird, White-winged Woodhoopoe, Green Woodpecker, Bearded Woodpecker, Golden-tailed

NDUMO (total 120) Apalis, Rudd’s Apalis, Yellow-breasted Bateleur Bee-eater, Little Broadbill, African Brownbull, Terrestrial Bunting, Golden-breasted Bushshrike, Gorgeous Bushshrike, Orange-breasted Camaroptera, Green-backed Cisticola, Red-faced Cisticola, Rufous-winged Cormorant, Reed Coucal, Burchell’s Crake, Black Cuckoo, Black Cuckoo, Klaas’s Cuckooshrike, Black Darter Dove, Emerald-spotted Dove, Red-eyed Drongo Fork-tailed Drongo, Square-tailed Duck, Comb Duck, White-faced Eagle, African Fish Eagle, Long-crested Egret, Great Egret, Little Egret, Yellow-billed Firefinch, Jameson’s Flycatcher, Ashy Flycatcher, Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher, Grey Tit- Flycatcher, Pale Goose, Egyptian Goose, Spurwinged Greenbull, Sombre Greenshank, Common

Guineafowl, Crested Hamerkop Harrier, Marsh Hawk, African Harrier Hawk, Cuckoo Heron, Black-headed Heron, Green-backed Heron, Squacco Hoopoe, African Hornbill, Crowned Hornbill, Trumpeter Ibis, Glossy Ibis, Sacred Jacana, African Kingfisher, Brown-hooded Kingfisher, Giant Kingfisher, Malachite Kingfisher, Pied Kite, Yellow-billed Lapwing, African Wattled Lapwing, Blacksmith Lapwing, Blacksmith Longclaw, Yellow-throated Martin, Brown-throated Mousebird, Red-faced Nicator, Eastern Pelican, Great White Pelican, Pink-backed Pigeon, Green Pipit, African Plover, 3-banded Plover, Common Ringed Plover, Kitlitz Pratincole, Collared Prinia, Tawny-flanked Puffback, Black-backed Queleas, Red-headed Robin, Bearded Scrub Robin-Chat, Red-capped Roller, Purple Ruff

Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper, Marsh Sandpiper, Wood Saw-wing, Black Shrike, Retz’s Helmet- Spoonbill, African Starling, Violet-backed Stilt, Black-winged Stint, Little Stork, Saddle-billed Stork, Woolly-necked Stork, Yellow-billed Sunbird, Collared Sunbird, Grey Sunbird, Scarlet-chested Sunbird, White-bellied Swallow, Barn Swallow, Lesser-striped Tchagra, Black-crowned Teal, Red-billed Tern, Caspian Tern, Whiskered Thick-knee, Water Tit, Southern Black Trogon, Narina Turaco, Purple-crested Twinspot, Green Vulture, Palm-nut Vulture, White-backed Wagtail, Pied Warbler, Willow Waxbill, Blue Weaver, Dark-backed Weaver, Southern Masked Weaver, Village Weaver, Yellow Weaver, Yellow White-eye, Yellow Whydah, Pin-tailed Woodhoopoe, Green Woodpecker, Cardinal