SA Rare Bird News Report - 25 August 2022
Trevor Hardaker
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This is the Southern African Rare Bird News Report issued at 18h00 on Thursday, 25 August 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, it was all about lingerers with a number of FULVOUS WHISTLING DUCKS still at Strandfontein Sewage Works today and the BLACK TERN also still at Rietvlei Wetland Reserve until at least Tuesday as well. | |||||||||
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Fulvous Whistling Duck at Strandfontein Sewage Works © Garret Skead | Black Tern at Rietvlei © Dana Goldberg | ||||||||
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Kwazulu Natal also held on to a couple of birds with a RUFOUS-BELLIED HERON still at Nsombiza Pan on the Eastern Shores of iSimangaliso Wetland Park yesterday and the ARNOT’S CHAT still at Manyoni Private Game Reserve on Tuesday.
Over in Mpumalanga, the 2 AFRICAN SKIMMERS were still at Malelane bridge at the entrance to the Kruger National Park on Tuesday while, what is presumably the same juvenile SOUTHERN BANDED SNAKE EAGLE reported a little while ago was reported again this morning just south of the bridge at Kruger Gate in the Kruger National Park. A single CASPIAN PLOVER was also seen at Mjejane Game Reserve yesterday.
Up in Limpopo, several SWALLOW-TAILED BEE-EATERS were seen this morning outside Tzaneen near the Bosveld Jagters shooting range at -23.867, 30.166.
And finally, in Mozambique, the LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (ssp heuglini) was still in place at Costo do Sol in Maputo yesterday and several CHESTNUT-BANDED PLOVERS remained in place at the Bela Vista wetlands, south of Maputo this morning. | |||||||||
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Rufous-bellied Heron at Nsombiza Pan © Peter McIntyre | Swallow-tailed Bee-eater near Tzaneen © Hannes Swanepoel | ||||||||
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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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