SA Rare Bird News Report - 20 June 2022
Trevor Hardaker
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This is the Southern African Rare Bird News Report issued at 18h00 on Monday, 20 June 2022.
Information has been gleaned from various websites, email groups as well as from individual observers who have passed on their sightings. This report cannot be taken as being totally comprehensive as it is based only on information made available at the time of writing. All bird sightings reported here are reported in good faith based on information as provided by the observers. Any inaccuracies are totally unintentional and the writer cannot be held liable for these.
None of the records included in this report have undergone any adjudication process with any of the subregion’s Rarities Committees, so inclusion in this report does not constitute any official confirmation of the particular record. Observers are still encouraged to make the necessary submissions accordingly.
For those who may have only joined the group recently and are interested in finding out what has been seen in the past, previous reports can be viewed at http://groups.google.co.za/group/sa-rarebirdnews |
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Starting in the Western Cape, a pelagic trip out of Simon’s Town turned up a juvenile WANDERING ALBATROSS yesterday while the AFRICAN JACANA was still on Pan T1 at Strandfontein Sewage Works yesterday as well. A single SOUTH AFRICAN CLIFF SWALLOW was found at Intaka Island Wetland Reserve late on Friday afternoon and was still there early on Saturday morning, but then disappeared and has not been reported again. Up in the Velddrif area, the GULL-BILLED TERN was still moving between Kliphoek Salt Pans and De Plaat yesterday, the GREAT EGRET and RED-NECKED PHALAROPE were both still at Kliphoek Salt Pans yesterday and the LESSER SAND PLOVER was also still at Kliphoek Salt Pans until at least Friday while the AFRICAN PIED WAGTAIL was still at the Postcard Café in Jonkershoek this afternoon and a ROSEATE TERN was seen near Danger Point at -34.626, 19.341 on Saturday. Over on the Garden Route, the AFRICAN PIED WAGTAIL was still at Knysna Yacht Club on Saturday and the EURASIAN OYSTERCATCHER was still at the Keurbooms River estuary in Plettenberg Bay on Saturday as well while, inland, there was some local excitement when a PURPLE HERON was found in Prince Albert yesterday. | |||||||||
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South African Cliff Swallow at Intaka © Pedro Nicolau | Lesser Sand Plover at Kliphoek Salt Pans © Alex Aitkenhead | ||||||||
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Great Egret at Kliphoek Salt Pans © Garret Skead | Red-necked Phalarope at Kliphoek Salt Pans © Garret Skead | ||||||||
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Roseate Tern near Danger Point © Riaan Jacobs | Purple Heron in Prince Albert © Max Hoppe | ||||||||
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Wandering Albatross on pelagic trip © Pedro Nicolau | |||||||||
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In the Free State, 2 LITTLE BEE-EATERS were reported at Soutpan at -28.751, 26.038 earlier today.
Namibia held on to the AFRICAN CRAKE at Swakopmund Retirement Village which was still there on Saturday while Sandwich Harbour also produced a couple of interesting records last week with an AFRICAN SPOONBILL seen there on Thursday (the first record in over 20 years’ worth of summer and winter counts there) and 2 EURASIAN OYSTERCATCHERS present there on both Wednesday and Thursday.
And finally, in Mozambique, it was all still happening at The Sanctuary on the San Sebastian Peninsula near Vilanculous with 4 SAUNDERS’S TERNS, an astonishing 110 DAMARA TERNS and 83 CRAB PLOVERS seen there on Saturday. | |||||||||
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African Spoonbill at Sandwich Harbour © Mark Boorman | Eurasian Oystercatcher at Sandwich Harbour © Mark Boorman | ||||||||
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Thank you to all observers who have contributed their records. Please continue to send through any reports of odd birds as well as continued updates on the presence of rarities already previously reported, no matter how mundane you think they may be. Even if you think someone else has probably sent in a report, rather send the report yourself as well. The only way to improve this service and to make it as useful as possible to everyone is if it can be as comprehensive as possible.
Kind regards Trevor | |||||||||
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TREVOR HARDAKER Cape Town, South Africa |
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