SA Rare Bird News Report - 27 October 2022
Trevor Hardaker
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This is the Southern African Rare Bird News Report issued at 18h00 on Thursday, 27 October 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, Strandfontein Sewage Works held on to several FULVOUS WHISTLING DUCKS which were still there earlier today while the AFRICAN JACANA was also still present along the causeway between Pans P1 and P2 yesterday. A LONG-CRESTED EAGLE was reported just outside Bredasdorp at the T-junction to Elim earlier today and a GOLIATH HERON was seen near Brandvlei at -33.802, 19.456 yesterday while the COMMON SCIMITARBILL was also still around at the picnic area in Meiringspoort yesterday.
In the Eastern Cape, a single LESSER SAND PLOVER was found in the Paradise Beach area of Jeffrey’s Bay at -34.087, 24.9 on Tuesday. | |||||||||
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Fulvous Whistling Duck at Strandfontein Sewage Works © Garret Skead | Fulvous Whistling Ducks at Strandfontein Sewage Works © Marietjie van der Westhuizen | ||||||||
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Fulvous Whistling Ducks at Strandfontein Sewage Works © Helmo van der Schyff | Lesser Sand Plover in Jeffrey’s Bay © Elmarie Brits | ||||||||
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Kwazulu Natal held on to the PEARL-BREASTED SWALLOWS which were still at Inhlanze Game Reserve on Tuesday. They have now also been confirmed as breeding there, the first confirmed breeding record for the province.
Across in Mpumalanga, the very popular MADAGASCAR CUCKOO was still showing well at Kranspoort Holiday Estate earlier today while the Kruger National Park delivered some interesting records with a RUFOUS-BELLIED HERON seen along the S30, about 3,5km from the H12, on Tuesday and a GREEN SANDPIPER found along the S41, 800m north of the H6, on Tuesday as well. At the southern end of the park in Mjejane Game Reserve, a SWALLOW-TAILED BEE-EATER was found there on Tuesday and a single CASPIAN PLOVER was located on the plains there earlier today.
Limpopo provided a rather interesting record with a BLUE CRANE seen in the Timbavati Game Reserve at -24.483, 31.226 on Tuesday. The possibility of an escapee from somewhere can’t be totally excluded here as this is definitely a rather weird record for a species that is more typical of grasslands on the escarpment and seems very out of place in the Lowveld savanna. | |||||||||
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Madagascar Cuckoo at Kranspoort Holiday Estate © Anton Schultz | Madagascar Cuckoo at Kranspoort Holiday Estate © Richard Montinaro | ||||||||
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Madagascar Cuckoo at Kranspoort Holiday Estate © Niall Perrins | |||||||||
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Madagascar Cuckoo at Kranspoort Holiday Estate © Tollie Rautenbach | Swallow-tailed Bee-eater at Mjejane Game Reserve © Francois Ubbink | ||||||||
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Green Sandpiper along the S41 © Simon Vegter | Rufous-bellied Heron along the S30 © Dirk Neethling | ||||||||
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Up in Namibia, the mega NORTHERN CARMINE BEE-EATER remained on in the Southern Carmine Bee-eater colony near Nunda River Lodge and was still entertaining twitchers there today while the YELLOW-THROATED LEAFLOVES were also still around near Caprivi Houseboat Safari Lodge in Katima Mulilo yesterday.
And finally, in Mozambique, a single CHESTNUT-BANDED PLOVER was present at the Bela Vista wetlands, south of Maputo, yesterday. | |||||||||
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Northern Carmine Bee-eater at Nunda River Lodge © Steven King | Northern Carmine Bee-eater at Nunda River Lodge © Silvia Mohrcken | ||||||||
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Yellow-throated Leaflove near Caprivi Houseboat Safari Lodge © Justin Nicolau | Chestnut-banded Plover at Bela Vista wetlands © James Hogg | ||||||||
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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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