Hello all SARBN subscribers, It's hard to believe that ver 11 of the Southern African bird checklist was published back in August 2022 and I haven

-BILLED QUELEA (foraging on the deck of the restaurant) (photograph attached (c) Zoë Lunau). The DUSKY SUNBIRD continued to defend his hibiscus tree in the Strand today. In Limpopo

-billed Quelea along the Uplands road C Patrick Raymond Kwazulu Natal delivered 2 BLUE-CHEEKED BEE-EATERS seen flying over KwaWula Estate in Howick on Saturday while a DWARF BITTERN

-billed Quelea in Rooiels C Graham McCleland Up in the Northern Cape, a STRIPED KINGFISHER flew into the window of a house in Onseepkans yesterday and stunned itself. It eventually

Hello all SARBN subscribers, It's hard to believe that ver 10 of the Southern African bird checklist was published back in December 2020 and I

-BILLED QUELEA was reported in Tokai yesterday while the main focus of many provincial twitchers remained on the juvenile DWARF BITTERN which was still showing well at Sandbaai in

-BILLED QUELEA was seen on a garden feeder in Pinelands on Sunday, another FAIRY FLYCATCHER was found in Loevenstein in Bellville at -33.88, 18.612 on Friday and was still there on Saturday

-BILLED QUELEA was reported this afternoon in the Philippi farmlands at -34.068, 18.550, the GOLIATH HERON was still at Rondevlei Nature Reserve yesterday, a BLACK-CHESTED SNAKE

-billed Quelea at Harold Porter Botanical Gardens C Riaan Swart Cinnamon-breasted Bunting at Harold Porter Botanical Gardens C Eric Rautenbach Lesser Crested Tern at Macassar Sewage

-billed Quelea in Kommetjie C Robert Cooper Red-billed Queleas in Kommetjie C Pamela Cooper In the Eastern Cape, the mega SOOTY GULL was still at the Swartkops River mouth yesterday

Greetings all SARBN subscribers, The annual update to the Southern African bird checklist has been very delayed this year and, every time I thought I

Morning SARBN subscribers, A lot of birders have been sending me their updated totals and asking when all the various listing clubs hosted on www.

Hello everyone, It's finally time to release the updated version of the Southern African bird checklist (version 9) for you all to begin using as

Greetings all SARBN subscribers, It's about time that we had an updated Southern African checklist again, so please find attached the new checklist

-headed Quelea*. Found by Clayton Burne at Darvill Sewage Works 16/12/2017 (not relocated on 17/12/2017) Regards Michael Mason PS please endeavour to send sightings in ASAP. I seem

-HEADED QUELEA was seen again at Raptor's View estate just outside Hoedspruit on Monday whilst news has also filtered through that the immature EGYPTIAN VULTURE was seen again

-HEADED QUELEA in a flock of Red-billed Quelea in a garden in Raptor's View just outside Hoedspruit. This is way out of range for this species and I cannot seem to find any references

Greetings all SARBN subscribers, It's been slightly delayed this year but, finally, I attach the annual update to the Southern African bird

-headed Quelea at Ngciyo Pans C Jorrie Jordaan Heading up the coast into Kwazulu Natal, a pelagic trip out of Durban yesterday struck gold again with yet another BARAU'S PETREL

-HEADED QUELEA - at least 3 birds still present at Ngciyo Pans this morning - reported by Jorrie Jordaan. GREEN SANDPIPER - still present this morning at Vlei bridge in Rietvlei Nature

-HEADED QUELEA - at least 3 individuals have been found this morning at Ngciyo Pans (Eastern Cape) at 33°35'51.7"S 26°36'34.0"E - reported by Jo Balmer. Kind regards

Greetings all SARBN subscribers, I will try and find some time over the next few days to update all the various listing clubs hosted at www.

Greetings SARBN subscribers, It's that time of the year again when the annual update of the Southern African bird checklist gets published so

-billed Quelea near Witsand C Gaynor Donovan Common Buttonquail in Tanqua Karoo National Park C Mike Saunders Up in Gauteng, the interesting birds have also not stopped. A BUSH BLACKCAP

-BILLED QUELEA in a garden in D'Urbanvale and a BROWN-BACKED HONEYBIRD in the gardens on Paarl Mountain. Chatham Albatross on pelagic trip C Robbie Engela Chatham Albatross on

-BILLED QUELEA was mistnetted and ringed on a farm just outside of Malmesbury. In the Eastern Cape, a YELLOW-BILLED STORK was reported from Camdeboo National Park near Graaff-Reinet

This is the Southern African Rare Bird News Report issued at 20h00 on Thursday, 03 October 2013.

-HEADED QUELEA mentioned in last night's report is, of course, actually a RED-HEADED FINCH and not a Quelea. For whatever reason, my mind wandered off to queleas when I should'

-HEADED QUELEA was reported on Tuesday along the road that leads from Ulundi to the Cengeni gate into the Umfolozi Game Reserve. And, finally, in Namibia, the BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER

This is the Southern African Rare Bird News Report issued at 21h30 on Monday, 17 January 2011.