SA Rare Bird News Report - 21 November 2022
Trevor Hardaker
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S O U T H E R N A F R I C A N R A R E B I R D N E W S R E P O R T | |||||||||
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This is the Southern African Rare Bird News Report issued at 18h00 on Monday, 21 November 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 Hout Bay on Saturday turned up an unidentified white-backed ALBATROSS (probably a ROYAL of some sort) and at least 4 SPECTACLED PETRELS while Strandfontein Sewage Works remained in the spotlight with the BAILLON’S CRAKES still on Pan P2 yesterday, a SAND MARTIN seen on Pan P2 yesterday and the FULVOUS WHISTLING DUCKS also still there yesterday. Over on the Garden Route, 2 BLUE-CHEEKED BEE-EATERS were seen just inland of Great Brak River on Saturday afternoon. | |||||||||
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Spectacled Petrel on pelagic trip © Trevor Hardaker | Spectacled Petrel on pelagic trip © Justin Chadwick | ||||||||
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Fulvous Whistling Ducks at Strandfontein Sewage Works © Rob Bowie | Blue-cheeked Bee-eater near Great Brak River © Pieter Uitenweerde | ||||||||
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Up in the Northern Cape, a WESTERN YELLOW WAGTAIL was found at New Holme dam on the Khoisan Karoo Conservancy near Hanover on Saturday while a RATTLING CISTICOLA was reported at Twee Rivieren in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park on Friday. | |||||||||
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Western Yellow Wagtail at New Holme Dam © Laetitia Chandler | Western Yellow Wagtail at New Holme Dam © Henk Chandler | ||||||||
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In the Eastern Cape, a LESSER GREY SHRIKE was reported between the road and the airstrip at Wavecrest this afternoon, a PECTORAL SANDPIPER was found at Kei Mouth at -32.672, 28.381 yesterday, the ALLEN’S GALLINULE was still in the same area at Dodd’s farm in Port Elizabeth yesterday and a single RED-BREASTED SWALLOW was reported alongside the airstrip at Mazeppa Bay on Friday. | |||||||||
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Pectoral Sandpiper at Kei Mouth © Foden Saunders | |||||||||
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Moving up the coast into Kwazulu Natal, a WOODLAND KINGFISHER turned up in a garden in Wartburg on Saturday and was still there yesterday, an AFRICAN CRAKE was reported on a farm in New Hanover on Saturday and at least 4 CASPIAN PLOVERS were still at Mpempe Pan on Friday. | |||||||||
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Woodland Kingfisher in Wartburg © Andrew Bee | Caspian Plover at Mpempe Pan © Athol Marchant | ||||||||
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Across into the Free State where a WESTERN YELLOW WAGTAIL was found just north of Bloemfontein at -28.988, 26.107 on Saturday.
Gauteng delivered a provincial mega with a SOOTY FALCON at Rietvlei Nature Reserve at -25.896, 28.300 on Friday, seemingly the first ever record for the province. | |||||||||
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Western Yellow Wagtail north of Bloemfontein © Ryno Janse van Veuren | Sooty Falcon at Rietvlei Nature Reserve © Deon Hoon | ||||||||
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Over in Mpumalanga, the popular MADAGASCAR CUCKOO remained on at Kranspoort Holiday Estate yesterday. | |||||||||
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Madagascar Cuckoo at Kranspoort Holiday Estate © Stephan Terblanche | Madagascar Cuckoo at Kranspoort Holiday Estate © Dave van der Merwe | ||||||||
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Into Limpopo where the Tropic of Capricorn Loop in the Kruger National Park produced a CASPIAN PLOVER on Friday and a group of at least 4 SCALY-FEATHERED FINCHES on Thursday.
And finally, in Namibia, a WOODLAND KINGFISHER was reported at Monte Christo farm, north of Windhoek, yesterday while the mega NORTHERN CARMINE BEE-EATER was still in the Southern Carmine Bee-eater colony near Nunda River Lodge on Saturday afternoon, but was not seen at all yesterday and I’m still waiting on an update from today. | |||||||||
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Caspian Plover on Tropic of Capricorn Loop © John van der Ruit | Scaly-feathered Finch on Tropic of Capricorn Loop © Julia Clarence | ||||||||
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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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