SA Rare Bird News Report - 07 August 2025
Trevor Hardaker
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This is the Southern African Rare Bird News Report issued at 18h00 on Thursday, 07 August 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 last few days, but hopefully just the quiet before the rarity storm…J
Staring in the Western Cape, the BROWN SNAKE EAGLE was seen again this morning about 1km on the Malmesbury side of Darling Cellars, the EURASIAN OYSTERCATCHER was still at Seeberg hide in the West Coast National Park on Tuesday and 3 AFRICAN PIED WAGTAILS were also still hanging around at Knysna Yacht Club yesterday.
In the Eastern Cape, the long-staying GROUNDSCRAPER THRUSH was seen again on Tuesday around Kenton Primary School in Kenton-on-Sea.
Into Mpumalanga where the Kruger National Park held on to the 2 AFRICAN SKIMMERS still at the Olifants River bridge yesterday and the other 2 AFRICAN SKIMMERS also still at Malelane bridge this afternoon.
And finally, in Namibia, the YELLOW-BILLED STORK was seen again circling close to Rossmund in Swakopmund earlier today as well. | |||||||||
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Brown Snake Eagle near Darling Cellars © Wilferd Duckitt | Groundscraper Thrush in Kenton-on-Sea © Michael Were | ||||||||
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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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