SA Rare Bird News Report - 06 March 2025
Trevor Hardaker
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S O U T H E R N A F R I C A N R A R E B I R D N E W S R E P O R T |
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This is the Southern African Rare Bird News Report issued at 18h00 on Thursday, 06 March 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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Starting in the Western Cape, Strandfontein Sewage Works held on to the RED-NECKED PHALAROPE still on Pan P3 yesterday while an AFRICAN JACANA was also found on Pan P6 yesterday. Up on the west coast, there was some local surprize when a male SHORT-TOED ROCK THRUSH was seen in a garden in Jacobs Bay on Tuesday while the West Coast National Park continued to host the LESSER YELLOWLEGS still at Geelbek earlier today and the EURASIAN OYSTERCATCHER still at Seeberg yesterday. The biggest excitement came when a MACARONI PENGUIN was discovered along the beach near the mouth of the Bot River Lagoon on Tuesday afternoon. Many twitchers managed to connect with it during the course of the afternoon but, at first light yesterday, it was nowhere to be seen. It was then relocated later during the day at another area further east along the beach and spent quite a few hours there giving another wave of twitchers a chance to connect before heading back into the water again yesterday afternoon. Unfortunately, it was not relocated at all today. Close by, the BLACK TERN and the WESTERN YELLOW WAGTAIL were both still at the Bot River Lagoon yesterday as well. Over on the Garden Route, 3 EUROPEAN ROLLERS were reported along the Botlietskop road between Eight Bells and Klein Brak River at -33.966, 22.059 on Tuesday and another EUROPEAN ROLLER was seen on the R340 near the Uplands Road turnoff outside Plettenberg Bay on Tuesday while there was also some excitement when an adult RED-FOOTED BOOBY landed on a yacht just a couple of km offshore of the mouth of the Goukamma River on Tuesday. |
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Macaroni Penguin near Hawston © Graeme Skinner |
Macaroni Penguin near Hawston © Bryn de Kocks |
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Macaroni Penguin near Hawston © Conrad Strauss |
Macaroni Penguin near Hawston © Dylan Schröder |
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Macaroni Penguin near Hawston © Luke Allen |
Macaroni Penguin near Hawston © Marinda Nesser |
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Macaroni Penguin near Hawston © Luke Goddard |
Macaroni Penguin near Hawston © Hernus Langeveldt |
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Macaroni Penguin near Hawston © Paul Funston |
Macaroni Penguin near Hawston © Stewart MacLachlan |
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Macaroni Penguin near Hawston © Glynis Coetzee |
Macaroni Penguin near Hawston © Jennifer Adams |
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Macaroni Penguin near Hawston © Gerbus Vermaak |
Macaroni Penguin near Hawston © Jenny Wentzel |
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Macaroni Penguin near Hawston © Lester van Groeningen |
Macaroni Penguin near Hawston © Lydia McIntosh |
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Macaroni Penguin near Hawston © Jimmy Kirby |
Macaroni Penguin near Hawston © Alice Moller |
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Macaroni Penguin near Hawston © Chanan Weiss |
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Macaroni Penguin twitchers near Hawston © Carin Malan |
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Macaroni Penguin twitchers near Hawston © Daniel Engelbrecht |
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Macaroni Penguin twitchers near Hawston © Stewart MacLachlan |
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Macaroni Penguin twitchers near Hawston © Luke Allen |
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Black Tern at the Bot River Lagoon © Luke Allen |
Black Tern at the Bot River Lagoon © Gerbus Vermaak |
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Black Tern at the Bot River Lagoon © Lydia McIntosh |
Black Tern at the Bot River Lagoon © Luke Goddard |
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Black Tern at the Bot River Lagoon © Paul Funston |
Red-footed Booby offshore of the Goukamma River © Conre van Zyl |
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Short-toed Rock Thrush at Jacobs Bay © Viv Ward |
Eurasian Oystercatcher at Seeberg © Margaret Maciver |
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Lesser Yellowlegs at Geelbek © Margaret Maciver |
Lesser Yellowlegs at Geelbek © Jo Balmer |
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Up in the Northern Cape, the EUROPEAN NIGHTJAR was still at the Khoisan Karoo Conservancy near Hanover yesterday, a GREY GO-AWAY-BIRD was reported on a farm 20km south of Olifantshoek on Tuesday and Tswalu Kalahari Reserve produced a DWARF BITTERN on Tuesday and a female EURASIAN GOLDEN ORIOLE yesterday.
In the Eastern Cape, a TIBETAN (LESSER) SAND PLOVER was reported earlier today at the Kromme River estuary in St Francis Bay.
Into Mpumalanga where 2 AFRICAN SKIMMERS were still around the low level bridge near Lower Sabie in the Kruger National Park yesterday. |
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Dwarf Bittern at Tswalu Kalahari Reserve © JP le Roux |
African Skimmer near Lower Sabie © Carmen Hofmeyr |
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And finally, in Namibia, the LESSER YELLOWLEGS was seen again at Birds Paradise Bird Sanctuary in Walvis Bay on Tuesday afternoon while a PECTORAL SANDPIPER was found there earlier today, at least 5 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES were around the southern side of Walvis Bay Lagoon on Tuesday and the long-staying, but still mega, ROSS’S TURACO remained on at Taranga Safari Lodge, west of Rundu, yesterday. |
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Pectoral Sandpiper at Birds Paradise Bird Sanctuary © Anton Jooste |
Ross’s Turaco at Taranga Safari Lodge © Graham Luden |
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Red-necked Phalaropes at Walvis Bay Lagoon © 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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