SA Rare Bird News Report - 10 July 2025
Trevor Hardaker
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This is the Southern African Rare Bird News Report issued at 18h00 on Thursday, 10 July 2025.
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 https://groups.google.com/g/sa-rarebirdnews |
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Here we go again, my last formal report for a little while as I will be away again and Garret Skead will be running things in my absence. I will share his contact details separately for all of you tomorrow.
On to the news and, starting in the Western Cape, the RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was still at Kliphoek Salt Pans in Velddrif on Tuesday while the SQUACCO HERON was seen again around the reedbeds on the northern side of the Piesang River estuary opposite Fat Fish Restaurant in Plettenberg Bay yesterday.
In the Eastern Cape, yet another PALM-NUT VULTURE was reported, this time at Areena Riverside Resort, north of Gonubie, on Tuesday.
Kwazulu Natal’s offerings all came from the Eastern Shores of iSimangaliso Wetland Park with 2 YELLOW-BILLED OXPECKERS still hanging around at the Dune Loop exit earlier today and the RUFOUS-BELLIED HERON also still present at -28.314, 32.438 today as well.
And finally, in Mpumalanga, it was all about lingerers in the Kruger National Park with at least 2 AFRICAN SKIMMERS still at Malelane gate yesterday and the locally mega SQUARE-TAILED DRONGO also still in Satara camp yesterday. | |||||||||
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Squacco Heron at the Piesang River estuary © Pieter Schoeman | African Skimmers at Malelane gate © Wade Lee | ||||||||
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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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