SA Rare Bird News Report - 22 May 2025
Trevor Hardaker
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This is the Southern African Rare Bird News Report issued at 18h00 on Thursday, 22 May 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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It’s been a fairly quiet week in terms of rarity news coming through with just a handful of reports…
Starting in the Western Cape, at least 7 ROSEATE TERNS were found this morning (initially starting with just one, but then the numbers grew as the morning progressed) at the Klein Brak River mouth at -34.091, 22.147.
Into the Eastern Cape where a TROPICAL SHEARWATER of the race bailloni was seen about 25km off Kei Mouth on Monday afternoon.
And finally, in Namibia, a SQUACCO HERON was found this morning at the Swakop River Sand Dam, about 25km east of Swakopmund. | |||||||||
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Roseate Tern at the Klein Brak River mouth © Don Reid | Roseate Terns at the Klein Brak River mouth © Estelle Smalberger | ||||||||
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Tropical Shearwater offshore of Kei Mouth © Peter Ryan | Squacco Heron at Swakop River Sand Dam © Anton Jooste | ||||||||
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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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