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

-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

-BILLED QUELEA on the farm Leeuwenboschfontein near Montagu and a GOLDEN-BREASTED BUNTING on the farm Williamsburg near Uniondale whilst the irruption of LARK-LIKE BUNTINGS continues

-BILLED QUELEA seen at De Vlei Reserve about 72km north of Ceres along the R355 over the Easter Weekend. It seems that a number of Easter Weekend sightings are only coming through now