Outing report- 24th August 2014 Umbambazi Nature Reserve, Paddock

Photos by Hazel van Rooyen

Braai time at Oribi Gorge Nature Reserve

Attendees: Irma Smook, Margaret Jones, Stan & Val Culley; Bobby & Hazel van Rooyen; Barrie Willis, Sue Hansbury and Cameron. (9 attendees).

Yellow-throated Longclaw at Umbambazi

It was rather a windy day, so after breakfast, the group went down to the Oribi Gorge Nature Reserve.

Cape Batis at Oribi Gorge Nature Reserve

Birds recorded: African Stonechat, Greater Double-collared Sunbird, Pied Crow, Yellow-throated Longclaw, Hadeda Ibis, Dark-capped Bulbul, Black-headed Oriole, Fork-tailed Drongo, Red-winged Starling, Red-eyed Dove, Scaly-throated Honeyguide, Black Saw-wing, White-necked Raven, House Sparrow, Southern Black Flycatcher, Trumpeter Hornbill, Sombre Greenbul, Southern Boubou, Crowned Hornbill, Collared Sunbird, Tawny-flanked Prinia, Olive Sunbird, African Dusky Flycatcher, Bar-throated Apalis, Cape Batis, Green-backed Camaroptera, Yellow-throated Woodland- Warbler    ( + Emu ! ) (27 species)

**UPDATED** Outing report Umbumbazi Nature Reserve 6th November 2011

(Photo Andy Ruffle)

Attendees: Doug & Angie Butcher, Shellique Carby, Stanley & Asothie Gengan, Sue Hansbury, Margaret Jones, Hazel Parry, Andy Ruffle, Richard & Margaret Tyack, Ron & Elaine Whitham, Barry Willis. (14 attendees)

Southern Crowned Cranes
(Photo Doug Butcher)

Funnel Spider and web
(Photo Doug Butcher)

Zebra mare with foal
(Photo Doug Butcher)

Asclepias albans Cartwheels
(Photo Ron Whitham)

Birds recorded: Village Weaver, Spur-winged Goose, Egyptian Goose, Common Starling, Common Myna, Grey Crowned Crane, Yellow-throated Longclaw, Emerald Cuckoo, Red-eyed Dove, Dark-capped Bulbul, Cape Glossy Starling, Neddicky, Cape White-eye, Hadeda Ibis, Southern Grey-headed Sparrow, Lesser Striped-Swallow, Green Wood-hoopoe, Fork-tailed Drongo, Burchell's Coucal, Lazy Cisticola, White-rumped Swift, Olive Sunbird, Sombre Greenbul, Amethyst Sunbird, Knysna Turaco, Black-backed Puffback, Trumpeter Hornbill, Black-collared Barbet, Red-fronted Tinkerbird, Southern Boubou, Fan-tailed Widow, White-necked Raven, Red-collared Widow, Croaking Cisticola, Crowned Eagle, Red-winged Starling, Common Fiscal, Black Cuckoo, Black-headed Oriole, Green-backed Camaroptera, Square-tailed Drongo, Tambourine Dove, Dark-backed Weaver, Crowned Hornbill, African Stonechat, Yellow-billed Kite, Olive Thrush, Bar-throated Apalis, Yellow-fronted Canary, Common Waxbill, Lanner Falcon, White-bellied Sunbird, Tawny-flanked Prinia. (53 species)