South Mega Birding III 5th to 27th October 2019 (23 days) Trip Report

The near-endemic Gorgeous by Daniel Keith Danckwerts

Tour leader: Daniel Keith Danckwerts

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Tour Summary South Africa supports the highest number of endemic of any African country and is therefore of obvious appeal to birders. This South Africa mega tour covered virtually the entire country in little over a month – amounting to an estimated 10 000km – and targeted every single endemic and near-endemic species! We were successful in finding virtually all of the targets and some of our highlights included a pair of mythical Hottentot , the critically endangered Rudd’s , both Cape, and Drakensburg , Orange-breasted , Pink-throated Twinspot, Southern , the scarce Knysna , both Northern and Southern Black Korhaans, and Bush Blackcap. We additionally enjoyed better-than-ever sightings of the tricky Barratt’s Warbler, aptly named , Crested , and Eastern to just name a few. Any trip to South Africa would be incomplete without and our tally of 60 species included such difficult as the Aardvark, Aardwolf, Southern African Hedgehog, -eared Fox, Smith’s Red Rock and both Sable and Roan . This really was a trip like no other! ______Tour in Detail Our first full day of the tour began with a short walk through the gardens of our quaint guesthouse in . Here we enjoyed sightings of the delightful Red-headed , small numbers of Southern Red Bishops including several males that were busy moulting into their summer breeding , the near-endemic , Cape White-eye, Grey-headed Gull, Hadada , , Speckled , African Palm and the Laughing, Ring-necked and Red-eyed Doves. From there, we drove north out of the city and through Pretoria – the administrative capital of South Africa. Leaving Pretoria from its northern edge, we finally arrived at the famed Zaagkuilsdrift Road which is where we spent the remainder of the day. Raptors were extremely well represented here, and we encountered the Black-winged Kite, African Harrier-hawk, Black-chested , African Fish Eagle, and a surprise . Other highlights included the Red-billed Firefinch, Common Scimitarbill by Daniel Keith Danckwerts Green-winged Pytilia, both the Blue and Violet-eared Waxbills, Chestnut-vented Warbler, Crested Barbet, the full complement of possible (including Southern Red-billed, Southern Yellow-billed and African Grey), , Crowned and African Wattled Lapwings, the diminutive Cape Penduline-, Burnt-necked , White-backed Mousebird, Capped , African , and . A real highlight was also finding a pair of Temminck’s Coursers with two recently hatched chicks. This incredible site also gave us several wonderful mammals including the uncommon Sable , Eland, Blesbok, , Greater Kudu, and Common Warthog. Finally, after an enjoyable first day of birding, we reached the open road again as we continued onwards to the city of Polokwane where we spent just a single evening.

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The following day started with a morning outing to the nearby Polokwane Nature Reserve. Here we were successful in finding our primary avian target – the incredible localised Short-clawed Lark – a near- endemic shared only with the neighbouring country of . It took some effort, but we were eventually rewarded with views of at least three , including a single individual in full display. Other notable sightings included the Sabota and Rufous-naped , Common , Violet-eared and Blue Waxbills, a kettle of soaring Marabou , Natal Spurfowl, Crested , Cardinal Woodpecker, Common Scimitarbill, Ashy Tit, Crimson-breasted Shrike, Yellow-breasted Apalis, Chinspot , Cape Penduline-tit, Orange-breasted Bushshrike and both Kalahari by Daniel Keith Danckwerts and White-browed Scrub-robins. We additionally encountered small numbers of Nyala, a single Giraffe, a large troop of Banded , Sable Antelope and Topi. From there, we returned to Polokwane for a short lunch break before continuing onwards to Kurisa Moya – our base for just a single evening. From there, we explored the Woodbush Reserve where we enjoyed a superb afternoon of birding with many of our key targets seen and seen well. These included the gorgeous Black-fronted Bushshrike, , Yellow-streaked and Sombre Greenbuls, a group of 4 Cape , Chorister Robin-, Starred Robin, , the impressive , Brown Scrub-robin, Yellow-throated Warbler, Grey , Knysna , and both male and female African Emerald . Our day ended with a short post-dinner night walk, however, our key target (the African Wood ) was unfortunately only heard in the distance after calling endlessly just outside our lodge during dinner.

The next day started with just a short walk around the grounds of our lodge, where we recorded small numbers of Red-backed Mannikin and Swee waxbill, as well as a single individual of each of the , Greater Double-collared Sunbird, and the Grey-headed Bushshrike. We also recorded a number of good birds that we had already seen Swee Waxbill by Daniel Keith Danckwerts previously including the , Cape and Chorister Robin-chats, Cape Batis, Southern Double-collared Sunbird, and African Dusky Flycatcher. We then departed for the highland town of Wakkerstroom – the drive took the better part of the day, broken up by a few birding stops along the way. New birds seen en route included the African , , Southern White-crowned Shrike, Blue (the national bird of South Africa), Lazy , and . Closer to our destination, we explored some back roads and

Rockjumper Birding Tours View more tours to South Africa Trip Report – RBT South Africa – Mega Birding III 2019 4 recorded the Pied , Red-capped and Spike-heeled Larks, Southern Fiscal, Blue Korhaan, Spur- winged Goose, Common Greenshank, Wing-snapping and Levaillant’s , Giant Kingfisher, Red- knobbed Coot, and finally both Buff-streaked and -eating Chats. We arrived in Wakkerstroom in the late afternoon and settled into our luxurious lodge, where we would spend the next two nights.

Our full day in the Wakkerstroom was devoted to trying to find a number of key endemic and near-endemic species that occur in the area. Foremost among these was the South African critically endangered endemic Rudd’s Lark, which we enjoyed prolonged walk-away views of in an area of uncharacteristically short- cropped . Botha’s Lark, another Rudd’s Lark by Daniel Keith Danckwerts South African endemic, proved considerably more challenging and we eventually drew a blank after several hours of searching in prime . Other notable near-endemics included the Eastern Clapper and Eastern Long-billed Larks, Cloud Cisticola, , Blue Korhaan, South African Shelduck, and the barrowii race of the White-bellied . The in the area also produced Jackal Buzzard, Ant-, eating Chat, Capped Wheatear , Spike-heeled Lark, and Southern Fiscal. Finally, the Wakkerstroom Reserve gave us a gorgeous male Red-chested Flufftail, African , Hottentot and Red-billed Teals, Yellow-billed Duck, African Swamphen, Lesser Swamp and African Reed Warblers, Red-knobbed Coot, Common Moorhen, Little , Intermediate Egret, and Grey . A few mammals were also encountered including the Sable Antelope, Blesbok, Springbok (the national of South Africa), the near-endemic Black Wildebeest, Meerkat, Rock , and Yellow .

From Wakkerstroom, we continued south in the direction of Zululand – the tropical northern section of the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal, that borders with . En route, we enjoyed sightings of another pair of White-bellied , , Pin-tailed Whydah and our first White-necked Raven. We arrived at our Grey Heron by Daniel Keith Danckwerts comfortable lodge, set in a remnant patch of sand forest, in time for lunch and with time enough for an afternoon outing to a nearby seasonal pan. Though we added several new species to our ever-growing list, the rainy weather soon drove us back to the lodge where we rather enjoyed some fantastic forest birding instead. Key species seen included the near-endemic Rudd’s Apalis and Pink-throated Twinspot. Other more-common residents of the here included the , Yellow-breasted Apalis, Green-backed Camaroptera, Red-capped Robin-chat, Bearded Scrub-robin, Yellow-bellied Greenbul,

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Black-backed Puffback, Long-billed Crombec, Square-tailed Drongo, and both Dark-backed and Spectacled Weavers. At dinner this evening, we enjoyed a wonderful prolonged encounter with a Greater Thick-tailed – surely one of the most endearing animals of the entire trip!

We were up early the following morning, wandering the trails that surround the lodge. Top prize here was a family of 4 gorgeous Pink-throated Twinspots including two mature males – just superb! Other treats included the Bearded Scrub-robin, Narina , Blue- mantled Crested Flycatcher and Green-backed Camaroptera. We then departed for the nearby Mkhuze Game Reserve where we spent the Rudd’s Apalis by Daniel Keith Danckwerts remainder of the day. Here we enjoyed one of the best days of birding of the entire trip, totalling over 160 species! Highlights included several more Pink-throated Twinspots, the tiny Grey Penduline-tit, uncommon Stierling’s Wren-warbler, Golden-tailed Woodpecker, Southern Banded Snake Eagle, Woolly-necked , Bateleur, unbeatable Gorgeous Bushshrike, Crested Guineafowl, Rudd’s Apalis, Purple-banded Sunbird, Lesser Jacana, Black Cuckooshrike, Grey Tit-flycatcher, Red-headed Weaver and both White-crested and Retz’s . Over and above this fine list, we enjoyed a fabulous selection of mammals in the park including Impala, Common Wildebeest, Plains Zebra, Giraffe, Natal Red , and Slender Mongoose. En route back to the lodge, we stopped at a number of seasonal pans including the Muzi and Mpempe Pans. Here we added Pink-backed Pelican, Greater , Intermediate Egret, Knob-billed Duck, Black-winged Lapwing, and a cracking Lemon-breasted Canary. Finally, we arrived back at the lodge to enjoy another encounter with the Greater Thick-tailed Galago just before dinner.

The next day we, again, took a short stroll around the grounds of the lodge. Gorgous Bushshrike stole the show as it perched right above us and called at length – no surprise that we could speak of nothing else at breakfast. Other notable finds included the localised Neergaard’s Sunbird, African Goshawk, Crested Guineafowl by Daniel Keith Danckwerts Orange-breasted Bushshrike, Black-backed Puffback, Red-capped Robin-chat, Grey Sunbird and Rudd’s Apalis. After breakfast, we left for the False Bay section of the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park. Here we eventually glimpsed a pair of vocal Purple-crested , which played especially hard to get, as well as several more Neergaard’s and Rudd’s Apalises. However, the African Broadbill – our primary target for the morning – eluded us completely. We left False Bay and drove towards the town of St Lucia. From there, we drove up the eastern shores of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park to Cape Vidal. The wind

Rockjumper Birding Tours View more tours to South Africa Trip Report – RBT South Africa – Mega Birding III 2019 6 was gusting terribly when we arrived, but we were still successful in finding the Woodward’s Batis, together with several other fabulous forest species that we had already seen previously. The drive itself produced multiple interesting mammals including Common Waterbuck, African Elephant, Vervet, Blue , Plain’s Zebra, Common Wildebeest, , and Bushbuck. Arriving back in St Lucia, we visited the St Lucia Estuary. Here we scoped Common Greenshank, Marsh and Curlew Sandpipers, Little Stint, Grey and White-fronted Plovers, all three teals (Cape, Hottentot, and Red- billed), Yellow-billed Duck, both Greater and Lesser , Pink-backed Pelican, African Swamphen, Yellow-billed Stork as well as a large mixed flock of the Greater Crested, Common and Caspian . A real Neergaard’s Sunbird by Daniel Keith Danckwerts highlight was also seeing several out-of-range Chestnut-banded Plovers. Finally, after dinner, we enjoyed a short night walk through the forest and were successful in seeing both and Greater Thick-tailed Galago.

Early the following morning, we were out exploring the iGwalagwala trail on the outskirts of the town of St Lucia. Here we enjoyed a fabulous morning of birding and we added several new species to our already impressive list of forest birds. The highlights here included Green , Livingstone’s Turaco, White- eared Barbet, Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird, Black-bellied Starling, Eastern Nicator, Grey Waxbill, Collared Sunbird, Crested Guineafowl, Sombre Greenbul, and Woodward’s Batis to name just a few. We were also surprised to find a Hippopotamus grazing the lawn at our guest house, and even taking a drink from the swimming pool! After breakfast, we left St Lucia and drove south to the town of Mtunzini. Here we were quick to find the Palm-nut Vulture and an extremely confiding pair of Narina . From there, we then drove inland to the Ongoye Forest. We arrived to find that the road through the forest was extremely busy and the weather was beyond foul, however, we persisted in our efforts to find the localised Green Barbet. After more than an hour, a single individual was Black-chested Snake Eagle by Daniel Keith Danckwerts eventually heard but it soon became clear that we stood little chance of seeing this species (or anything else) today and we, therefore, abandoned our efforts and headed for the nearby town of Eshowe where we spent just a single evening.

By dawn the next day, we were already standing at the top of the Dlinza Canopy Tower, hoping to perhaps see the tricky Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon. Our early morning efforts were rewarded with 5 individuals

Rockjumper Birding Tours View more tours to South Africa Trip Report – RBT South Africa – Mega Birding III 2019 7 seen flying above the forest canopy, giving sublime extended views of the males and the females. Other species seen from the tower included both the Red-chested and Black Cuckoos, Purple-crested Turaco, , Sombre Greenbul, and Narina Trogon. Happy with our success, we took to the forest trails in search of the rare Spotted Ground Thrush. Finding this species took considerably more effort but we were eventually treated to extended views of a singleton as it called incessantly from the forest canopy. The forest also delivered a particularly confiding male , which walked to within a few feet of us before realising our presence. The well- maintained bird hide at the forest then gave us decent looks at both the Lemon and Tambourine Doves, Bronze and Red-backed Mannikins, and a pair of the indescribable Purple-crested Turaco by Daniel Keith Danckwerts Green Twinspots; a fabulous end to the time in the forest, after our challenging afternoon the previous day. With enough time, we then decided to drive back to the Ongoye Forest en route through to the town of Himeville where we were due to spend the next two evenings. Within minutes of arriving in the forest, we managed to find a calling Green Barbet and we enjoyed extended scope views of this endemic race (treated by some as a separate species from those in ). The secretive Orange Ground Thrush was heard calling, though was regrettably not seen, while Chorister Robin-chat was glimpsed flying across the path. The surrounding grasslands then offered up a pair of Yellow-throated Longclaws and several displaying male Fan-tailed Widowbirds. Our drive to Himeville then took the remainder of the day, broken up only by a lunch stop in the seaside town of Ballito before turning inland through the KwaZulu-Natal midlands. We arrived at our beautiful guest farm in the late afternoon and witnessed the most beautiful sunset over the Drakensburg.

The next day we explored the Sani Pass – the highest mountain pass anywhere in South Africa and one of the country’s most revered birding locations. We enjoyed one of the best days of birding of the entire trip on this by Daniel Keith Danckwerts particular day, seeing just about every single target barring just two species (Southern Bald Ibis and Gurney’s Sugarbird) that appeared to have temporarily moved from the area due to the drought conditions. Our journey took us over the top of the pass – at roughly 2800 metres above sea level – and into the country of . The highlights included the Cape and Bearded Vultures, several pairs of the incredible Drakensburg Rockjumper, Drakensburg Siskin, Mountain Pipit, Grey-winged Francolin after a lengthy game of hide-and-go-seek, African Rock and Long-billed , Malachite Sunbird, Ground Woodpecker,

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Grey Tit, Layard’s Warbler, Bush Blackcap, totally crippling views of the skulking Barratt’s Warbler, Cape Batis, and finally both Drakensburg and Karoo . Given our success, we managed to buy a little extra time to explore the farmlands around Himeville. This is where we found both Western Barn Owl and Spotted Eagle-owl, Grey Crowned and two separate pairs of , White-backed and African Black Ducks, Denham’s Bustard and Lanner ; the collective cherry on top of an otherwise perfect day! A few mammals were also encountered including the Common Eland (the most commonly represented animal in the rock paintings of the indigenous people of the area), Southern Reedbuck and .

The following day, we left Himeville early and Knysna Woodpecker by Daniel Keith Danckwerts drove to the , just outside of the village of Bulwer. Here we quickly located our primary target for the morning – the beautiful but shy Orange Ground Thrush. Other highlights in the forest included at least 10 Cape Parrots, , Bar-throated Apalis, African Yellow Warbler and Starred Robin. From there, we drove to the town of Howick. Here we explored a large farm in search of the Gurney’s Sugarbird, but we sadly drew a blank and had to settle for crippling views of the many Malachite Sunbirds. The nearby Howick Falls gave us both African Black and Alpine Swifts as well as Peregrine Falcon. Thereafter, we targeted the nondescript Pale-crowned Cisticola and our perseverance was rewarded with 3 individuals besides a small dam. We checked into our lodge for the evening – located in Rockjumper’s hometown of Hilton – before visiting the Darvill Bird Sanctuary. Here we found Hottentot Teal, White-faced Whistling Duck, , Blacksmith Lapwing, , Fan-tailed Widowbird, Burchell’s Coucal, Brimstone Canary, and . Finally, we returned to our lodge for an early evening in preparation for the long travel day ahead.

Our time in the Eastern half of South Africa had come to an end and, at midday the following day, we flew West to the picturesque city of . Before we left, we managed to squeeze in a few hours birding at the Sappi Stanger Bird Sanctuary. Here we added Water Thick-knee and Rufous-winged Cisticola, while the skulking Red-faced Blue Crane by Daniel Keith Danckwerts Cisticola was only heard and frustratingly would not show itself. Other species seen included the Hottentot Teal, Yellow-billed Duck, Reed Cormorant, Pied and Malachite Kingfishers, , Lesser Swamp and Little Rush Warblers, Common Moorhen, Little Stint, Wood Sandpiper, and Three-banded Plover. The surrounding gardens gave us Black-collared Barbet, Amethyst Sunbird, Burchell’s Coucal, Cape and

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Pied , and African Green Pigeon. Upon arrival in Cape Town, we were greeted by flocks of Hartlaub’s and Kelp Gulls. We immediately left Cape Town and drove east – crossing over the incredible Sir Lowry’s Pass – before finally traversing the Agulhas Plain towards our riverside lodge. We arrived after dark, so quickly settled into dinner before turning in for the evening.

Early the following morning, we embarked on a short walk from the lodge. Here we enjoyed a fabulous pair of Cape Sugarbirds together with Bar-throated Apalis, , , Pin-tailed Whydah, and Streaky-headed Seedeater. Some nearby agricultural fields also held displaying Cape Clapper Larks and we enjoyed incredible views of this endemic species. After breakfast, Great Shearwater by Daniel Keith Danckwerts we then made our way towards the De Hoop Nature Reserve. The farmlands en route yielded the Agulhas Long-billed Lark and Blue Crane, while a small kettle of Cape Vultures was seen in flight. De Hoop Nature Reserve proved fantastic and we easily found our key target – the seldom seen Knysna Woodpecker – together with , Orange- breasted Sunbird and Cape Spurfowl. The lagoon was alive with activity and it was here that we saw our first Great White Pelicans and . After a most enjoyable lunch – and finding an active Knysna Woodpecker nest – we slowly made our way back to Cape Town for the evening to prepare for our much-anticipated pelagic trip.

Pelagic trips from Cape Town must surely rank as some of the best deep-sea excursions in the world – not just for the diversity of species seen, but also the sheer numbers of birds. Our day began as we chugged along the eastern edge of the Cape Peninsula. Here we enjoyed views of many coastal species including the Common, Sandwich, and Greater Crested Terns, Cape Gannet, the Cape, Bank, Crowned and White-breasted Cormorants and finally both Hartlaub’s and Kelp Gulls. From a distance, we also viewed an African breeding colony. As we rounded Cape Point, bird numbers escalated, and we soon added Atlantic Yellow-nosed , White- chinned Petrel and Sooty Shearwater. A quick Parasitic Jaeger flew by, though only a few of us were lucky enough to glimpse this early arrival. In the deeper water, we added the Shy and Indian Yellow-nosed , both Cape Clapper Lark by Daniel Keith Danckwerts Wilson’s and Black-bellied Storm-petrels, Great Shearwater and Sabine’s Gull. We eventually arrived in the trawling grounds and we soon located a purse-seine vessel busy towing its nets. Thousands of birds were in attendance and it was here that we added both Northern and Southern Giant Petrels, Cape Petrel,

Rockjumper Birding Tours View more tours to South Africa Trip Report – RBT South Africa – Mega Birding III 2019 10 and Black-browed Albatross in addition to many of the other species already seen previously. A number of Afro-Australian Fur Seals were also about and a Humpback Whale was seen quickly by some at a distance. Finally, we returned to Cape Town and we took the remainder of the afternoon to relax and rest after the most exciting of days.

In addition to our pelagic trip, we had a full day to explore Cape Town and the surrounding areas. Our efforts started at the famed Rooi-els – arguably the best place in South Africa to find Cape Rockjumper. We had a most enjoyable walk through the rich habitat, drooling at the diversity of wildflowers in bloom until we heard the Rockjumpers in the distance. A little further along, we found a party of 4 birds and we watched their comical antics for quite some time; the birds totally unperturbed by our Black-browed Albatross by Daniel Keith Danckwerts presence. The same habitat yielded Cape Sugarbird, Cape Spurfowl, , Victorin’s Warbler and Orange-breasted Sunbird; all in just an hour of birding! From there, we drove to the nearby village of Betty’s Bay where we visited the Stoney Point bird sanctuary. Here we watched a few hundred African at leisure, in addition to an active breeding colony of endemic cormorants (including the Bank, Crowned and Cape Cormorants). After lunch, we then drove to another nearby site where our afternoon was spent looking for the Hottentot Buttonquail. This is by far the least known and most threatened of South Africa’s endemic birds, known from just a handful of sites. Searching for these kinds of birds is no easy task but our efforts were rewarded with two individuals flushing from underfoot, as well as a quite unexpected nest of a Denham’s Bustard! A superb end to our time in the Cape!

Early the next morning, we visited the Strandfontein Waste Water Treatment Plant. This is one of the top birding sites in the wider Cape Town area, supporting thousands of by Daniel Keith Danckwerts waterbirds. New species seen at the site included the Black-necked Grebe, Southern Pochard, Maccoa Duck and Purple Heron. We also enjoyed watching a few thousand flamingos, both Greater and Lesser, together with smaller numbers of Cape Teal, African Swamphen, , Cape Shoveler, and Red- knobbed Coot. From there, we visited the expansive and incredibly picturesque Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens. Strolling through the gardens was a highlight in itself but we also enjoyed views of nesting Spotted Eagle-, Forest Canary, Orange-breasted and Southern Double-collared Sunbirds, Cape Spurfowl and Cape Sugarbird. Thereafter, we left Cape Town and drove north towards the West

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Coast National Park, which is where we spent the remainder of the afternoon. Highlights here included the Southern Black Korhaan, Black Harrier and Karoo Lark as well as views of both and Puff Adder. The Geelbek Hide on the Langebaan Lagoon proved to be a worthwhile visit as hundreds of Palearctic waders were in attendance. Species seen from the hide included the Little Stint, , Red Knot, Bar-tailed Godwit, Eurasian Curlew, Whimbrel, Marsh and Curlew Sandpipers, Ruddy Turnstone and the Kittlitz’s, Three- banded and Grey Plovers. From there, we drove to our comfortable guest house in the village of Langebaan where we spent just one night.

Driving north towards the town of Citrusdale, we spent an hour or so looking for the tricky Protea Canary – one of South Africa’s hardest endemics to connect with. It took a little while to find the correct Pygmy Falcon by Daniel Keith Danckwerts habitat but, as soon as we did, our efforts were rewarded with two cracking individuals that proved especially approachable for the photographers in the group. The same area also gave us Cape Siskin and Cape Canary. From Citrusdale, we drove north towards Vanrhynsdorp before turning inland. This area served as our first introduction to the Karoo – the dryland habitat that covers most of western South Africa – and we were able to add several new species including the Booted and Verreaux’s , and Pale-winged Starling. Other notable finds included a particularly confiding pair of Fairy Flycatchers, Layard’s Warbler and Karoo . Finally, as we approached the town of , we enjoyed sightings of a handful of Ludwig’s Bustards and a family of . In Calvinia, we enjoyed a wonderful traditional dinner before settling in for an early night to prepare for the long day ahead.

From Calvinia, we drove north for a day trip to the extremely remote town of . Here, we explored several washes in the otherwise dry and desolate semi-desert in search of the highly localised endemic Red Lark. It took some perseverance in the icy gale-force wind, Orange-breasted Sunbird by Daniel Keith Danckwerts but our efforts were eventually rewarded with a single bird scurrying between bushes. From Brandvlei, we took the gravel road towards Van Wyksvlei in search of the nomadic Black-eared Sparrow-lark and Sclater’s Lark. Neither seemed to be around, due to a total lack of water in the area, but we found both Northern Black Korhaan and Double-banded Courser. Returning to Brandvlei for lunch, we then began the long drive back towards Calvinia. En route, we encountered several pairs of Karoo Korhaan, Spike-

Rockjumper Birding Tours View more tours to South Africa Trip Report – RBT South Africa – Mega Birding III 2019 12 heeled and Karoo Long-billed Larks, Rufous-eared Warbler, Namaqua , Yellow Canary, and Lark-like Bunting. We enjoyed another traditional dinner this evening, before turning in.

We left Calvinia early the next morning as we slowly made our way north towards Springbok. Notable finds en route included the Black Harrier, Karoo, Northern Black and Southern Black Korhaans, our first of the trip and Pale-winged Starling. We arrived in time for a late lunch before setting out for the nearby Goegap Nature Reserve. The wind had picked up during the day, but we were still successful in finding our three main targets for the afternoon. Karoo Eremomela was called from the dense shrubland in the flatter areas of the park, Cinnamon-breasted Warbler was found feeding chicks on a rocky ‘koppie,’ and finally, the Damara race of the striking Black-headed Canary was seen drinking at a small trough. Finally, we returned to Springbok for an early evening in preparation for the long day ahead. Capped Wheatear by Daniel Keith Danckwerts Well before it was light, we were already trundling westwards towards the seaside village of . Here we searched for two inexplicably localised lark species – the Barlow’s and Cape Long-billed Larks – and both species were found within minutes of arriving. The former was found displaying, calling endlessly, which was a highlight for all. We took a short opportunity for breakfast by the sea, where we saw Afro-Australian Fur Seal among hordes of Cape Cormorants, before eventually returning to Springbok. From Springbok, we then drove eastwards to the one-horse-town of Pofadder. Here, we searched the Loop10 and roads for the nomadic Black-eared Sparrow and Sclater’s Larks, though we were, unfortunately, unable to find either species. We did, however, find the striking Stark’s Lark, Grey-backed Sparrow Lark and two (!!) separate den sites of the endearing Bat-eared Fox. Moving along towards Augrabies Falls National Park, our destination for the evening, we enjoyed several stops to watch Sociable Weavers as they attended to their huge nests and we were even able to find a gorgeous male Pygmy Falcon. We arrived at our comfortable lodge shortly before nightfall so quickly settled in for the Aardvark by Daniel Keith Danckwerts evening, before enjoying another early night.

The following morning began with a quick drive through Augrabies Falls National Park. A visit to the falls itself gave us Peregrine Falcon, Alpine Swift, , Common Scimitarbill, Brubru, and Black

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Stork while in the park, we located both Verreaux’s Eagle and White-fronted Bee-eater. From there, we drove to the city of Upington for lunch before continuing onwards to Kimberly where we spent just a single night. The drive gave us yet another Kori Bustard, an especially confiding pair of Pygmy and an immature . In the Kimberly area, we embarked on an incredibly successful night drive at a nearby private wildlife ranch. Perhaps the animal of the night was Aardvark, and we were lucky enough to see an incredible two (!!) of these mythical animals! Other notable finds included three Southern African Hedgehog, as many as 17 Bat-eared Foxes, three Cape Porcupines, a single Black-backed Jackal and Aardwolf, several individuals of each of the Smith’s Red Rock, Cape and Spring , and African Wild . A mouth-watering list of mammals if ever there was one!

The next day, we enjoyed a couple of hours of birding on the wildlife ranch before finally Meerkat by Daniel Keith Danckwerts making our way back to Johannesburg where the tour concluded. Our most notable find for the morning was a pair of Burchell’s Coursers with a recently hatched chick, but we also added Cinnamon-breasted Bunting, Gabar Goshawk, and -tailed Bee- eater to our already impressive list. As we left Kimberly, we also stopped to view the Lesser Flamingos at Kamfers Dam – numbering in the of about 10 000 individuals! The drive back to Johannesburg then took most of the rest of the day and we arrived at our familiar guesthouse where we spent the evening, before continuing on the Kruger extension.

Southern African Hedgehog by Daniel Keith Bat-eared Fox by Daniel Keith Danckwerts

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Moths of South Africa by tour participant Stephen Rannels

Annotated List of species recorded

Note: Number in brackets ( ) indicate number of days on the tour the species was recorded. List powered through the report generator of our partner iGoTerra.

Birds (499 in total: 497 seen, 2 heard) Nomenclature and follows Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2018. IOC World Bird List (v 8.2).

Status codes: E = Endemic, NE = Near-endemic, I = Introduced IUCN codes: CR = Critically endangered, EN = Endangered, VU = Vulnerable, EW = Extinct in the Wild, NT = Near Threatened, DD = Data Deficient

Ostrich

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Common Struthio camelus australis (11) 1 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 1 Polokwane GR 7.10, 3 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 3 Agulhas Plains 17.10, 15 Agulhas Plains 18.10, 5 Agulhas Plains 20.10, 20 West Coast NP 21.10, 4 Calvinia 22.10 and 4 Goegap NR 24.10.

Ducks, Geese & Swans White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata (4) 25 Hluhluwe--Town 10.10, 25 Mkuze GR 11.10, 2 Pietermaritzburg--Darvill Sewage Works 16.10 and 4 Sappi--Stanger 17.10. White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus leuconotus (1) 10 Himeville--Farmlands 15.10. Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis (12) Up to 5 Wakkerstroom 8-10.10, 10 Muzi Pan 11.10, 2 Dlinza Forest NR 14.10, 25 Himeville-- Farmlands 15.10, 5 Pietermaritzburg--Darvill Sewage Works 16.10, 25 Agulhas Plains 17.10, 25 Agulhas Plains 18.10, 15 Agulhas Plains 20.10, 6 Strandfontein Sewage Works 21.10 and 10 Langebaan 22.10. Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos (1) 1 Muzi Pan 11.10. Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca (19) 1 Johannesburg 5.10, 2 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 2 Polokwane GR 7.10, up to 25 Wakkerstroom 8- 10.10, 6 Muzi Pan 11.10, 10 St Lucia--Estuary 12.10, 10 Himeville--Farmlands 14.10, 10 Himeville-- Farmlands 15.10, 4 Pietermaritzburg--Darvill Sewage Works 16.10, 10 Agulhas Plains 17.10, 10 Agulhas Plains 18.10, 4 Cape Point NP 19.10, 4 Marrick GL 26.10 and 2 Marrick GL 27.10. South African Shelduck Tadorna cana (4) 15 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 1 Himeville--Farmlands 14.10, 2 Himeville--Farmlands 15.10 and 2 Port Nolloth 25.10. Hottentot Teal Spatula hottentota (4) 1 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 5 St Lucia--Estuary 12.10, 15 Pietermaritzburg--Darvill Sewage Works 16.10 and 6 Sappi--Stanger 17.10. Cape Shoveler Spatula smithii (3) 10 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 5 Agulhas Plains 18.10 and 250 Strandfontein Sewage Works 21.10. African Black Duck Anas sparsa sparsa (1) 2 Himeville--Farmlands 15.10. Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata undulata (7) 15 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 15 St Lucia--Estuary 12.10, 3 Himeville--Farmlands 14.10, 6 Himeville-- Farmlands 15.10, 10 Sappi--Stanger 17.10, 4 Agulhas Plains 20.10 and 100 Strandfontein Sewage Works 21.10. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos (1) 1 Agulhas Plains 18.10. Cape Teal Anas capensis (4) 10 St Lucia--Estuary 12.10, 30 Agulhas Plains 18.10 and 3 Velddrif 22.10. Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha

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(5) 6 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 10 Muzi Pan 11.10, 5 St Lucia--Estuary 12.10, 1 Himeville--Farmlands 15.10 and 20 Strandfontein Sewage Works 21.10. Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma brunnea (1) 15 Strandfontein Sewage Works 21.10. Maccoa Duck (NT) Oxyura maccoa (1) 5 Strandfontein Sewage Works 21.10.

Guineafowl Numididae Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris (14) 30 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 10 Polokwane GR 7.10, up to 75 Wakkerstroom 8-10.10, 5 Mkuze GR 11.10, 5 Himeville--Farmlands 15.10, 50 Agulhas Plains 17.10 and 50 Agulhas Plains 18.10. Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani edouardi (4) 18 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 10.10, 40 Mkuze GR 11.10, 30 St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 12.10 and 15 St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 13.10.

Pheasants, , and Allies Grey-winged Francolin Scleroptila afra (3) 1 Agulhas Plains 18.10 and 15 West Coast NP 21.10. Crested Francolin Dendroperdix sephaena sephaena (5) 2 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 4 Polokwane GR 7.10, 3 heard Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 10.10, 6 Mkuze GR 11.10 and 3 heard Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 12.10. Cape Spurfowl Pternistis capensis (4) 10 Agulhas Plains 18.10 and 3 Nieuwoudtville 22.10. Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis natalensis (2) 2 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10 and 6 Polokwane GR 7.10. Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer castaneiventer (1) 1 heard Cedara 17.10. Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii swainsonii (2) 6 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10 and 1 Pietermaritzburg--Darvill Sewage Works 16.10.

Penguins Spheniscidae African Penguin (EN) Spheniscus demersus (2) 250 Cape Town--Pelagic W 19.10 and 250 Stony Point 20.10.

Austral Storm Petrels Oceanitidae Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus (1) 5 Cape Town--Pelagic W 19.10. Black-bellied Storm Petrel Fregetta tropica (1) 6 Cape Town--Pelagic W 19.10.

Albatrosses Diomedeidae

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Black-browed Albatross (NT) Thalassarche melanophris (1) 100 Cape Town--Pelagic W 19.10. Shy Albatross (NT) Thalassarche cauta (1) 50 Cape Town--Pelagic W 19.10. Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross (EN) Thalassarche chlororhynchos (1) 50 Cape Town--Pelagic W 19.10. Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (EN) Thalassarche carteri (1) 25 Cape Town--Pelagic W 19.10.

Petrels, Shearwaters & Diving Petrels Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus (1) 5 Cape Town--Pelagic W 19.10. Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli (1) 5 Cape Town--Pelagic W 19.10. Cape Petrel Daption capense capense (1) 15 Cape Town--Pelagic W 19.10. White-chinned Petrel (VU) Procellaria aequinoctialis (1) 500 Cape Town--Pelagic W 19.10. Sooty Shearwater (NT) Ardenna grisea (1) 25 Cape Town--Pelagic W 19.10. Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis (1) 1000 Cape Town--Pelagic W 19.10. Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus (1) 1 Cape Town--Pelagic W 19.10.

Grebes Podicipedidae Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis capensis (6) 25 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 1 Himeville--Farmlands 14.10, 3 Himeville--Farmlands 15.10, 3 Sappi-- Stanger 17.10, 10 Agulhas Plains 18.10 and 15 Strandfontein Sewage Works 21.10. Great Crested Grebe cristatus infuscatus (1) 10 Agulhas Plains 18.10. Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis gurneyi (1) 15 Strandfontein Sewage Works 21.10.

Flamingos Phoenicopteridae Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus (9) 25 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 25 Wakkerstroom 10.10, 25 Muzi Pan 11.10, 30 St Lucia--Estuary 12.10, 75 Agulhas Plains 18.10, 25 Cape Point NP 19.10 and 50 Velddrif 22.10. Lesser Flamingo (NT) Phoeniconaias minor (7) 3 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 25 St Lucia--Estuary 12.10, 40 St Lucia--Estuary 13.10, 50 Velddrif 22.10 and 10000 Kimberley 27.10.

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Storks Ciconiidae Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis (2) 6 Mkuze GR 11.10 and 2 St Lucia--Estuary 12.10. African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus lamelligerus (1) 2 Mkuze GR 11.10. Black Stork Ciconia nigra (1) 1 Augrabies Falls NP 26.10. Woolly-necked Stork (VU) Ciconia episcopus microscelis (4) 4 Mkuze GR 11.10, 4 iSimangaliso WP--Cape Vidal 12.10, 3 Dlinza Forest NR 14.10 and 6 Sappi-- Stanger 17.10. White Stork Ciconia ciconia ciconia (2) 15 Wakkerstroom 8.10 and 5 West Coast NP 21.10. Leptoptilos crumenifer (1) 5 Polokwane GR 7.10.

Ibises, aethiopicus (16) 10 Johannesburg 5.10, 1 Johannesburg 6.10, 6 Wakkerstroom 8.10, 10 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 10 Hluhluwe--Town 10.10, 4 Muzi Pan 11.10, 10 Himeville--Farmlands 14.10, 30 Himeville--Farmlands 15.10, 30 Pietermaritzburg--Darvill Sewage Works 16.10, 25 Agulhas Plains 17.10, 6 Velddrif 22.10 and 2 Augrabies Falls NP 26.10. Southern Bald Ibis (VU) calvus (3) 1 En route - Kurisa Moya to Wakkerstroom 8.10, 4 Wakkerstroom 9.10 and 1 Wakkerstroom 10.10. Hadada Ibis hagedash hagedash (23) 5 Polokwane GR 7.10, 25 En route - Kurisa Moya to Wakkerstroom 8.10, 5 Himeville--Farmlands 15.10, 1 Cape Point NP 19.10, 5 Calvinia 23.10, 3 Calvinia 24.10 and 6 Port Nolloth 25.10. falcinellus (6) 15 Johannesburg 5.10, 2 En route - Kurisa Moya to Wakkerstroom 8.10, 3 Mkuze GR 11.10, 5 Agulhas Plains 17.10 and 2 Velddrif 22.10. African Platalea alba (5) 1 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 10 Mkuze GR 11.10, 1 Agulhas Plains 17.10, 2 Agulhas Plains 18.10 and 1 Strandfontein Sewage Works 21.10.

Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns Ardeidae Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides (2) 4 Wakkerstroom 9.10 and 15 Mkuze GR 11.10. Western Egret Bubulcus ibis (18) 15 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 6 Polokwane GR 7.10, 15 En route - Kurisa Moya to Wakkerstroom 8.10, 3 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 3 iSimangaliso WP--Cape Vidal 12.10, 5 Ngoye FR 13.10, 10 Himeville-- Farmlands 14.10, 10 Himeville--Farmlands 15.10, 5 Agulhas Plains 17.10, 5 Agulhas Plains 18.10 and 10 Nieuwoudtville 22.10.

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Grey Heron Ardea cinerea cinerea (10) 2 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 3 Mkuze GR 11.10, 2 St Lucia--Estuary 12.10, 1 Himeville--Farmlands 14.10, 2 Himeville--Farmlands 15.10, 1 Sappi--Stanger 17.10, 2 Agulhas Plains 18.10, 1 Cape Point NP 19.10, 5 Strandfontein Sewage Works 21.10 and 3 Velddrif 22.10. Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala (13) 1 Johannesburg 5.10, 1 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 2 En route - Kurisa Moya to Wakkerstroom 8.10, 2 Wakkerstroom 10.10, 4 Mkuze GR 11.10, 3 Pietermaritzburg--Darvill Sewage Works 16.10, 3 Sappi-- Stanger 17.10, 5 Agulhas Plains 18.10, 5 Strandfontein Sewage Works 21.10, 2 Nieuwoudtville 22.10, 1 Calvinia 24.10, 1 Kimberley 26.10 and 1 Marrick GL 27.10. Purple Heron Ardea purpurea purpurea (1) 2 Strandfontein Sewage Works 21.10. Great Egret Ardea alba melanorhynchos (1) 1 iSimangaliso WP--Cape Vidal 12.10. Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia brachyrhyncha (2) 1 Wakkerstroom 9.10 and 1 Himeville--Farmlands 15.10.

Little Egret Egretta garzetta garzetta (4) 1 Hluhluwe--Town 10.10, 1 Mkuze GR 11.10, 1 West Coast NP 21.10 and 2 Velddrif 22.10.

Hamerkop Scopidae Hamerkop Scopus umbretta umbretta (4) 1 St Lucia--Estuary 13.10, 2 Sappi--Stanger 17.10, 1 Agulhas Plains 18.10 and 1 Augrabies Falls NP 26.10.

Pelicans Pelecanidae Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus (2) 17 Agulhas Plains 18.10 and 2 Velddrif 22.10. Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens (2) 2 Muzi Pan 11.10 and 1 St Lucia--Estuary 12.10.

Gannets, Boobies Sulidae Cape Gannet (VU) Morus capensis (1) 100 Cape Town--Pelagic W 19.10.

Cormorants and Shags Phalacrocoracidae Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus africanus (10) 2 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 4 En route - Kurisa Moya to Wakkerstroom 8.10, 3 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 25 Himeville--Farmlands 14.10, 6 Himeville--Farmlands 15.10, 3 Cedara 16.10, 4 Sappi--Stanger 17.10, 4 Agulhas Plains 18.10 and 1 Velddrif 22.10. Crowned Cormorant (NT) Microcarbo coronatus (4) 25 Cape Town--Pelagic W 19.10, 25 Stony Point 20.10, 1 West Coast NP 21.10 and 5 Port Nolloth 25.10.

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Bank Cormorant (EN) Phalacrocorax neglectus (2) 10 Cape Town--Pelagic W 19.10 and 25 Stony Point 20.10. White-breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax lucidus (9) 6 Mkuze GR 11.10, 6 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 12.10, 3 Sappi--Stanger 17.10, 100 Agulhas Plains 18.10, 10 Cape Town--Pelagic W 19.10, 10 Velddrif 22.10 and 2 Augrabies Falls NP 26.10. Cape Cormorant (NT) Phalacrocorax capensis (4) 2 Agulhas Plains 18.10, 250 Cape Town--Pelagic W 19.10 and 100 Port Nolloth 25.10.

Anhingas Anhingidae African Darter Anhinga rufa rufa (3) 5 Mkuze GR 11.10, 1 Sappi--Stanger 17.10 and 1 Augrabies Falls NP 26.10.

Secretary-bird Sagittariidae Secretarybird (VU) Sagittarius serpentarius (1) 4 Wakkerstroom 9.10.

Kites, Hawks & Eagles Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus caeruleus (16) 1 Johannesburg 5.10, 3 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 1 Polokwane GR 7.10, 10 En route - Kurisa Moya to Wakkerstroom 8.10, 1 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 2 Himeville--Farmlands 14.10, 2 Himeville-- Farmlands 15.10, 2 Cedara 16.10, 2 Agulhas Plains 17.10, 1 Agulhas Plains 18.10, 1 Agulhas Plains 20.10, 3 Nieuwoudtville 22.10, 2 Calvinia 23.10, 3 Calvinia 24.10, 3 Kimberley 26.10 and 3 Kimberley 27.10. African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus typus (7) 1 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 1 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 1 Mkuze GR 11.10, 1 St Lucia--Estuary 13.10, 1 Himeville--Farmlands 15.10, 2 Cape Town--Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden 21.10 and 1 Goegap NR 24.10. Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis (1) 2 Mtunzini 13.10. Bearded Vulture (NT) Gypaetus barbatus meridionalis (1) 1 Sani Pass 15.10. African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides verreauxii (1) 2 Mkuze GR 11.10. White-backed Vulture (NT) Gyps africanus (2) 4 Hluhluwe--Town 10.10 and 1 Mkuze GR 11.10. Cape Vulture (VU) Gyps coprotheres (2) 2 Sani Pass 15.10 and 4 Agulhas Plains 18.10. Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis (2) 1 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10 and 1 iSimangaliso WP--Cape Vidal 12.10. Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus (1) 2 iSimangaliso WP--Cape Vidal 12.10. Southern Banded Snake Eagle (NT) Circaetus fasciolatus

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(1) 1 Mkuze GR 11.10. Bateleur (NT) Terathopius ecaudatus (2) 3 Mkuze GR 11.10 and 1 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 12.10. Crowned Eagle (NT) coronatus (2) 1 Woodbush Forest Reserve 7.10 and 1 Cedara 14.10. Martial Eagle (NT) Polemaetus bellicosus (2) 1 Agulhas Plains 20.10 and 1 Augrabies Falls NP 26.10. Long- Lophaetus occipitalis (6) 2 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 12.10, 2 Ngoye FR 13.10, 1 Himeville--Farmlands 14.10, 3 Himeville--Farmlands 15.10, 5 Cedara 16.10 and 2 Cedara 17.10. Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi (1) 2 Mkuze GR 11.10. Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus (1) 1 Nieuwoudtville 22.10. rapax rapax (1) 1 Mkuze GR 11.10. Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii (3) 1 Nieuwoudtville 22.10, 1 Goegap NR 25.10 and 2 Augrabies Falls NP 26.10. Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar gabar (1) 1 Marrick GL 27.10. Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus (6) 2 En route - Kurisa Moya to Wakkerstroom 8.10, 1 Calvinia 23.10, 2 Goegap NR 24.10, 3 Onseepkans 25.10, 1 Augrabies Falls NP 26.10 and 1 Kimberley 27.10. African Goshawk tachiro tachiro (2) 1 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10 and 1 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 12.10. Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis (1) 1 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10. Black Sparrowhawk Accipiter melanoleucus melanoleucus (3) 1 Woodbush Forest Reserve 8.10, 1 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 10.10 and 1 Nieuwoudtville 22.10. African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus (5) 1 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 1 Mpempe Pan 11.10, 1 Himeville--Farmlands 15.10, 1 Cedara 16.10 and 1 Strandfontein Sewage Works 21.10. Black Harrier (VU) Circus maurus (2) 5 West Coast NP 21.10 and 1 Calvinia 24.10. Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius (12) 3 Hluhluwe--Town 10.10, 6 Mpempe Pan 11.10, 3 Himeville--Farmlands 15.10, 3 Cedara 16.10 and 5 Agulhas Plains 18.10. African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer (6) 2 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 1 Polokwane GR 7.10, 1 Mkuze GR 11.10, 1 St Lucia--Estuary 13.10, 1 heard Agulhas Plains 18.10 and 1 Augrabies Falls NP 26.10. Common Buzzard Buteo buteo

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(2) 3 Agulhas Plains 18.10 and 1 Agulhas Plains 20.10. Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus (10) 3 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 1 Mkuze GR 11.10, 2 Himeville--Farmlands 14.10, 2 Sani Pass 15.10, 3 Cedara 16.10, 1 Agulhas Plains 17.10, 5 Agulhas Plains 18.10, 5 Langebaan 22.10 and 3 Port Nolloth 25.10.

Bustards Otididae Kori Bustard (NT) kori kori (2) 1 Nieuwoudtville 24.10 and 1 Kimberley 26.10. Ludwig's Bustard (EN) ludwigii (2) 6 Nieuwoudtville 22.10 and 1 Onseepkans 25.10. Denham's Bustard (NT) Neotis denhami stanleyi (2) 2 Himeville--Farmlands 15.10 and 2 Agulhas Plains 20.10. White-bellied Bustard senegalensis barrowii (2) 4 Wakkerstroom 9.10 and 2 Wakkerstroom 10.10.

Blue Korhaan (NT) Eupodotis caerulescens (2) 5 Wakkerstroom 8.10 and 4 Wakkerstroom 9.10. Karoo Korhaan Eupodotis vigorsii (4) 2 Agulhas Plains 17.10, 3 Calvinia 22.10, 7 Brandvlei 23.10 and 2 Calvinia 24.10. Southern Black Korhaan (VU) afra (3) 1 West Coast NP 21.10, 1 heard Langebaan 22.10 and 3 Nieuwoudtville 24.10. Northern Black Korhaan Afrotis afraoides afraoides (5) 2 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 3 Brandvlei 23.10, 2 Calvinia 24.10, 1 Marrick GL 26.10 and 2 Marrick GL 27.10. Black-bellied Bustard melanogaster notophila (2) 2 Wakkerstroom 9.10 and 2 Mkuze GR 11.10.

Flufftails Sarothruridae Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa rufa (1) 1 Wakkerstroom 9.10.

Rails, Crakes & Coots Rallidae African Rail caerulescens (1) 1 Wakkerstroom 9.10. Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostra (4) 2 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 1 Sappi--Stanger 17.10, 1 Strandfontein Sewage Works 21.10 and 1 Augrabies Falls NP 26.10. African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis (4) 5 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 2 Mkuze GR 11.10, 10 St Lucia--Estuary 12.10 and 5 Strandfontein Sewage Works 21.10. Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus meridionalis

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(7) 15 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 4 Mkuze GR 11.10, 2 St Lucia--Estuary 12.10, 4 Himeville--Farmlands 15.10 and 5 Sappi--Stanger 17.10. Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata (7) 15 En route - Kurisa Moya to Wakkerstroom 8.10, 75 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 10 Himeville--Farmlands 15.10 and 6 Velddrif 22.10.

Cranes Gruidae Grey Crowned Crane (VU) regulorum regulorum (3) 4 heard Himeville--Farmlands 14.10, 25 Himeville--Farmlands 15.10 and 2 Pietermaritzburg-- Darvill Sewage Works 16.10. Wattled Crane carunculata (1) 4 Himeville--Farmlands 15.10. Blue Crane (VU) Grus paradisea (7) 6 En route - Kurisa Moya to Wakkerstroom 8.10, 4 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 15 Agulhas Plains 17.10, 70 Agulhas Plains 18.10, 6 Agulhas Plains 20.10, 5 Nieuwoudtville 22.10 and 2 Nieuwoudtville 24.10.

Buttonquails Turnicidae Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus lepurana (1) 1 Polokwane GR 7.10. Hottentot Buttonquail (EN) Turnix hottentottus (1) 2 Agulhas Plains 20.10.

Thick-knees Burhinidae Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus vermiculatus (1) 1 Sappi--Stanger 17.10. Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis (3) 1 Johannesburg 5.10, 1 Marrick GL 26.10 and 1 Marrick GL 27.10.

Oystercatchers Haematopodidae African Oystercatcher (NT) Haematopus moquini (3) 3 Agulhas Plains 18.10, 3 Cape Point NP 19.10 and 4 Rooi-Els 20.10.

Stilts and Avocets Recurvirostridae Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus (7) 2 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 10 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 4 Mkuze GR 11.10, 4 Agulhas Plains 18.10, 10 Strandfontein Sewage Works 21.10 and 6 Velddrif 22.10. Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta (4) 25 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 30 St Lucia--Estuary 12.10, 15 Strandfontein Sewage Works 21.10 and 6 Velddrif 22.10.

Plovers and Lapwings Charadriidae Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus

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(14) 15 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 6 Polokwane GR 7.10, 10 En route - Kurisa Moya to Wakkerstroom 8.10, 5 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 3 Pietermaritzburg--Darvill Sewage Works 16.10, 10 Agulhas Plains 17.10, 1 Goegap NR 24.10, 3 Kimberley 26.10 and 3 Kimberley 27.10. Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus minor (1) 2 Mpempe Pan 11.10. Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus (9) 10 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 3 Polokwane GR 7.10, 2 En route - Kurisa Moya to Wakkerstroom 8.10, 4 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 15 Mpempe Pan 11.10, 3 Himeville--Farmlands 15.10, 4 Agulhas Plains 18.10, 3 Marrick GL 26.10 and 3 Marrick GL 27.10. African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus lateralis (4) 8 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 5 En route - Kurisa Moya to Wakkerstroom 8.10, 2 Wakkerstroom 9.10 and 2 Hluhluwe--Town 10.10. Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola squatarola (4) 1 St Lucia--Estuary 12.10, 2 Agulhas Plains 18.10, 30 West Coast NP 21.10 and 5 Velddrif 22.10.

Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula tundrae (4) 10 Hluhluwe--Town 10.10, 3 St Lucia--Estuary 12.10, 1 Agulhas Plains 18.10 and 15 West Coast NP 21.10. Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius (3) 3 Hluhluwe--Town 10.10, 1 Agulhas Plains 18.10 and 10 West Coast NP 21.10. Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris tricollaris (6) 2 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 3 Mpempe Pan 11.10, 3 Pietermaritzburg--Darvill Sewage Works 16.10, 3 Sappi--Stanger 17.10, 1 West Coast NP 21.10 and 1 Marrick GL 27.10. White-fronted Plover Charadrius marginatus (2) 3 St Lucia--Estuary 12.10 and 1 Port Nolloth 25.10. Chestnut-banded Plover (NT) Charadrius pallidus pallidus (1) 2 St Lucia--Estuary 12.10.

Jacanas Jacanidae Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis (1) 1 Mkuze GR 11.10. African Jacana Actophilornis africanus (2) 10 Mkuze GR 11.10 and 10 Sappi--Stanger 17.10.

Sandpipers and Allies Scolopacidae Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus (3) 2 Agulhas Plains 18.10, 10 West Coast NP 21.10 and 1 Velddrif 22.10. Eurasian Curlew (NT) Numenius arquata (1) 1 West Coast NP 21.10. Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica (1) 40 West Coast NP 21.10.

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Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres interpres (1) 15 West Coast NP 21.10. Red Knot Calidris canutus canutus (1) 5 West Coast NP 21.10. Ruff Calidris pugnax (1) 4 St Lucia--Estuary 12.10. Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea (3) 200 St Lucia--Estuary 12.10, 10 Agulhas Plains 18.10 and 250 West Coast NP 21.10. Sanderling Calidris alba alba (2) 15 West Coast NP 21.10 and 6 Port Nolloth 25.10. Little Stint Calidris minuta (4) 200 St Lucia--Estuary 12.10, 10 Sappi--Stanger 17.10, 5 Agulhas Plains 18.10 and 100 West Coast NP 21.10. African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis nigripennis (2) 1 Wakkerstroom 9.10 and 1 Sappi--Stanger 17.10.

Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos (1) 2 Sappi--Stanger 17.10. Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis (2) 3 St Lucia--Estuary 12.10 and 10 West Coast NP 21.10. Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola (2) 5 Pietermaritzburg--Darvill Sewage Works 16.10 and 5 Sappi--Stanger 17.10. Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia (7) 1 En route - Kurisa Moya to Wakkerstroom 8.10, 1 Mkuze GR 11.10, 1 St Lucia--Estuary 12.10, 1 Sappi--Stanger 17.10, 3 Agulhas Plains 18.10, 10 West Coast NP 21.10 and 4 Velddrif 22.10.

Pratincoles and Coursers Glareolidae Burchell's Courser Cursorius rufus (1) 3 Marrick GL 27.10. Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii ruvanensis (1) 6 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10. Double-banded Courser Rhinoptilus africanus (1) 3 Marrick GL 27.10. Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola fuelleborni (1) 10 Hluhluwe--Town 10.10.

Gulls, Terns & Skimmers Laridae Sabine's Gull Xema sabini (1) 10 Cape Town--Pelagic W 19.10. Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus poiocephalus (6) 10 Johannesburg 5.10, 10 Johannesburg 6.10, 3 Hluhluwe--Town 10.10, 4 Mpempe Pan 11.10, 10 St Lucia--Estuary 12.10 and 10 St Lucia--Estuary 13.10.

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Hartlaub's Gull Chroicocephalus hartlaubii (6) 10 Cape Point NP 17.10 and 20 Port Nolloth 25.10. Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus (7) 15 Langebaan 22.10 and 20 Port Nolloth 25.10. Caspian Hydroprogne caspia (4) 25 St Lucia--Estuary 12.10, 3 St Lucia--Estuary 13.10, 10 Agulhas Plains 18.10 and 20 Velddrif 22.10. Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii bergii (3) 30 St Lucia--Estuary 12.10 and 10 Port Nolloth 25.10. Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis (4) 4 Agulhas Plains 18.10, 25 Cape Town--Pelagic W 19.10, 10 Stony Point 20.10 and 15 West Coast NP 21.10. Sterna hirundo hirundo (3) 30 St Lucia--Estuary 12.10 and 4 Agulhas Plains 18.10.

Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida (4) 4 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 10 Mkuze GR 11.10, 3 Agulhas Plains 18.10 and 15 Strandfontein Sewage Works 21.10.

Skuas and Jaegers Stercorariidae Brown Skua Stercorarius antarcticus (1) 5 Cape Town--Pelagic W 19.10. Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus (1) 2 Cape Town--Pelagic W 19.10.

Sandgrouse Pteroclidae Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua (5) 15 Brandvlei 23.10, 2 Calvinia 24.10 and 10 Onseepkans 25.10.

Pigeons and Doves Columba livia (21) 15 Wakkerstroom 9.10 and 8 Mpempe Pan 11.10. Speckled Pigeon Columba phaeonota (18) 15 En route - Kurisa Moya to Wakkerstroom 8.10, 4 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 4 Wakkerstroom 10.10, 8 Sani Pass 15.10 and 3 Calvinia 23.10. African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix (1) 1 Sani Pass 15.10. Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba delegorguei delegorguei (1) 5 Dlinza Forest NR 14.10. Lemon Dove Columba larvata larvata (2) 2 Woodbush Forest Reserve 7.10 and 5 Dlinza Forest NR 14.10.

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Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata (21) 1 Johannesburg 5.10, 20 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10 and 5 iSimangaliso WP--Cape Vidal 12.10. Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola (22) 1 heard Johannesburg 5.10 and 15 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10. Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis senegalensis (23) 3 Cape Point NP 19.10 and 5 Brandvlei 23.10. Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos (3) 1 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 10.10. Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria (5) 1 Kurisa Moya 7.10, 1 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 10.10, 1 Ngoye FR 13.10, 1 Dlinza Forest NR 14.10 and 1 heard Sappi--Stanger 17.10. Namaqua Dove Oena capensis capensis (9) 3 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 6 Polokwane GR 7.10, 2 Agulhas Plains 18.10, 5 West Coast NP 21.10, 5 Nieuwoudtville 22.10, 2 Brandvlei 23.10 and 10 Onseepkans 25.10. African Green Pigeon Treron calvus delalandii (2) 1 Dlinza Forest NR 14.10 and 3 Sappi--Stanger 17.10. Turacos Musophagidae Livingstone's Turaco Tauraco livingstonii reichenowi (2) 2 St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 12.10 and 3 St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 13.10. Knysna Turaco Tauraco corythaix (3) 2 Woodbush Forest Reserve 7.10, 1 heard Woodbush Forest Reserve 8.10 and 2 Marutswa NR 16.10. Purple-crested Turaco Tauraco porphyreolophus porphyreolophus (5) 2 heard Mkuze GR 11.10, 2 iSimangaliso WP--Cape Vidal 12.10, 1 St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 13.10, 6 Dlinza Forest NR 14.10 and 2 Sappi--Stanger 17.10. Grey Go-away-bird Corythaixoides concolor (6) 3 Johannesburg 5.10, 3 En route - Kurisa Moya to Wakkerstroom 8.10, 5 Mkuze GR 11.10 and 1 Kimberley 27.10.

Cuckoos Cuculidae Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii burchellii (2) 1 Pietermaritzburg--Darvill Sewage Works 16.10 and 2 Sappi--Stanger 17.10. Green Malkoha australis (3) 1 heard St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 12.10, 3 St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 13.10 and 2 heard Dlinza Forest NR 14.10. Klaas's Cuckoo klaas (2) 1 Mkuze GR 11.10 and 1 St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 12.10. African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus (2) 2 Woodbush Forest Reserve 7.10 and 3 heard Dlinza Forest NR 14.10. Cuculus clamosus clamosus (1) 1 Dlinza Forest NR 14.10. Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius

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(4) 1 heard Woodbush Forest Reserve 8.10, 2 Dlinza Forest NR 14.10, 1 heard Sani Pass 15.10 and 1 heard Marutswa NR 16.10. African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis (1) 1 En route - Kurisa Moya to Wakkerstroom 8.10.

Barn-Owls Tytonidae Western Barn Owl Tyto alba poensis (1) 2 Himeville--Farmlands 15.10.

Owls Strigidae Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus africanus (2) 1 Himeville--Farmlands 15.10 and 2 Cape Town--Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden 21.10. African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii woodfordii (2) 2 heard Kurisa Moya 7.10 and 1 St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 13.10.

Swifts Apodidae African Palm Swift parvus (13) 3 Pietermaritzburg--Darvill Sewage Works 16.10, 5 Agulhas Plains 18.10 and 6 Augrabies Falls NP 25.10. Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba (6) 5 Pongola 10.10, 5 Cedara 16.10, 5 Calvinia 22.10 and 10 Augrabies Falls NP 25.10. African Black Swift Apus barbatus barbatus (1) 6 Cedara 16.10. Little Swift Apus affinis (19) 10 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 25 Hluhluwe--Town 10.10, 25 Mkuze GR 11.10, 15 Brandvlei 23.10 and 5 Augrabies Falls NP 25.10. White-rumped Swift Apus caffer (9) 6 Mkuze GR 11.10, 4 Cape Point NP 19.10 and 6 Brandvlei 23.10.

Mousebirds Coliidae Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus (15) 4 Johannesburg 5.10, 2 Johannesburg 6.10, 5 Polokwane GR 7.10, 5 En route - Kurisa Moya to Wakkerstroom 8.10, 6 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 6 Wakkerstroom 10.10, 2 Ngoye FR 13.10, 3 Dlinza Forest NR 14.10 and 10 Sani Pass 15.10. White-backed Mousebird Colius colius (7) 1 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 4 West Coast NP 21.10, 5 Calvinia 22.10, 5 Brandvlei 23.10, 5 Goegap NR 24.10, 5 Onseepkans 25.10 and 10 Augrabies Falls NP 26.10. Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus (8) 3 Johannesburg 5.10, 1 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 10 Polokwane GR 7.10, 3 En route - Kurisa Moya to Wakkerstroom 8.10, 10 Augrabies Falls NP 26.10 and 5 Marrick GL 27.10.

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Trogons Trogonidae Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina narina (6) 1 heard Woodbush Forest Reserve 7.10, 1 heard Woodbush Forest Reserve 8.10, 1 Hluhluwe-- Umkhumbi Lodge 11.10, 1 heard iSimangaliso WP--Cape Vidal 12.10, 2 Mtunzini 13.10 and 2 Dlinza Forest NR 14.10.

Rollers Coraciidae Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus caudatus (3) 2 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 1 En route - Kurisa Moya to Wakkerstroom 8.10 and 2 Mkuze GR 11.10.

Kingfishers Alcedinidae Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris (7) 2 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 2 Polokwane GR 7.10, 1 En route - Kurisa Moya to Wakkerstroom 8.10, 2 Hluhluwe--Town 10.10, 3 Mkuze GR 11.10, 4 iSimangaliso WP--Cape Vidal 12.10 and 1 Mtunzini 13.10. Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti chelicuti (1) 5 Mkuze GR 11.10. African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta natalensis (1) 1 Muzi Pan 11.10. Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus cristatus (4) 1 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 1 Mkuze GR 11.10, 2 Sani Pass 15.10 and 1 Sappi--Stanger 17.10. Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima maxima (4) Up to 1 Wakkerstroom 8-10.10 and 1 Sani Pass 15.10. Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis rudis (3) 3 Mkuze GR 11.10, 1 Sappi--Stanger 17.10 and 5 Velddrif 22.10.

Bee-eaters Meropidae Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus hirundineus (1) 1 Marrick GL 27.10. Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus (1) 3 Mkuze GR 11.10. White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides (1) 4 Augrabies Falls NP 26.10. European Bee-eater Merops apiaster (6) 1 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 5 Polokwane GR 7.10, 25 Mkuze GR 11.10, 6 Nieuwoudtville 22.10, 10 Brandvlei 23.10 and 6 Goegap NR 24.10.

Hoopoes Upupidae African Hoopoe Upupa africana (15) 1 Polokwane GR 6.10, 10 Polokwane GR 7.10, 1 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 1 Mkuze GR 11.10, 1 St Lucia--Estuary 12.10, 2 Mtunzini 13.10, 1 heard Dlinza Forest NR 14.10, 1 Sani Pass 15.10, 1 heard

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Himeville--Farmlands 16.10, 1 Agulhas Plains 18.10, 1 Nieuwoudtville 22.10, 1 Nieuwoudtville 24.10, 1 Augrabies Falls NP 25.10, 1 Augrabies Falls NP 26.10 and 1 Marrick GL 27.10.

Wood Hoopoes Phoeniculidae Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus (3) 4 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 3 Mkuze GR 11.10 and 4 Cedara 17.10. Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas (3) 2 Polokwane GR 7.10, 2 Mkuze GR 11.10 and 1 Augrabies Falls NP 26.10.

Hornbills Bucerotidae Southern Red-billed Tockus rufirostris (2) 5 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10 and 3 Polokwane GR 7.10. Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas leucomelas (3) 4 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 5 Polokwane GR 7.10 and 3 Mkuze GR 11.10.

Crowned Hornbill alboterminatus (3) 2 Hluhluwe--Town 10.10, 2 St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 12.10 and 3 St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 13.10. Lophoceros nasutus epirhinus (1) 5 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10. Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator (3) 5 Mkuze GR 11.10, 10 St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 13.10 and 10 Dlinza Forest NR 14.10.

African Barbets Lybiidae White-eared Barbet leucotis leucotis (3) 5 St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 12.10, 5 St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 13.10 and 10 Dlinza Forest NR 14.10. Green Barbet Stactolaema olivacea woodwardi (2) 1 heard Ngoye FR 13.10 and 1 Ngoye FR 14.10. Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus bilineatus (4) 4 St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 12.10, 5 St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 13.10, 5 Dlinza Forest NR 14.10 and 1 heard Sappi--Stanger 17.10. Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus pusillus (1) 1 iSimangaliso WP--Cape Vidal 12.10. Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas (4) 1 heard Polokwane GR 7.10 and 1 Mkuze GR 11.10. Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus torquatus (7) 5 Polokwane GR 7.10, 3 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 1 Mkuze GR 11.10, 1 St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 13.10, 2 Dlinza Forest NR 14.10, 2 Sappi--Stanger 17.10 and 1 Augrabies Falls NP 26.10. Crested Barbet vaillantii vaillantii

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(7) 1 Johannesburg 5.10, 1 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 2 Polokwane GR 7.10, 2 Mkuze GR 11.10, 1 Ngoye FR 13.10, 1 Augrabies Falls NP 25.10 and 3 Augrabies Falls NP 26.10.

Honeyguides Indicatoridae Lesser Indicator minor minor (4) 1 Mtunzini 13.10, 1 heard Marutswa NR 16.10, 1 heard Sappi--Stanger 17.10 and 1 Augrabies Falls NP 26.10. Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus (2) 1 St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 13.10 and 1 heard Dlinza Forest NR 14.10. Indicator indicator (2) 1 Polokwane GR 7.10 and 1 heard Mkuze GR 11.10.

Woodpeckers Picidae Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis ruficollis (2) 2 Sani Pass 15.10 and 1 Cedara 16.10.

Golden-tailed Woodpecker abingoni (4) 1 Mkuze GR 11.10, 1 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 12.10, 1 heard Augrabies Falls NP 26.10 and 1 Marrick GL 27.10. Knysna Woodpecker (NT) Campethera notata (1) 2 Agulhas Plains 18.10. Ground Woodpecker Geocolaptes olivaceus (1) 1 Lesotho 15.10. Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens (4) 2 Polokwane GR 7.10, 3 Mkuze GR 11.10, 3 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 12.10 and 1 Ngoye FR 13.10. Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus griseocephalus (3) 4 Woodbush Forest Reserve 7.10, 2 Ngoye FR 14.10 and 1 Sani Pass 15.10.

Falcons and Caracaras Falconidae Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus semitorquatus (2) 1 Augrabies Falls NP 25.10 and 3 Augrabies Falls NP 26.10. Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus (8) 1 Himeville--Farmlands 14.10, 1 Agulhas Plains 17.10, 1 Agulhas Plains 18.10, 1 Agulhas Plains 20.10, 1 Agulhas Plains 21.10, 3 Nieuwoudtville 22.10, 4 Onseepkans 25.10 and 1 Augrabies Falls NP 26.10. Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides rupicoloides (6) 5 Nieuwoudtville 22.10, 3 Calvinia 23.10 and 1 Marrick GL 27.10. Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus biarmicus (2) 1 Wakkerstroom 9.10 and 1 Himeville--Farmlands 15.10. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus

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(3) 1 Cedara 16.10, 1 Pietermaritzburg--Darvill Sewage Works 17.10 and 2 Augrabies Falls NP 26.10.

African & New World Parrots Psittacidae Cape Poicephalus robustus (2) 4 Woodbush Forest Reserve 7.10 and 10 Marutswa NR 16.10.

Wattle-eyes, Batises Platysteiridae Cape Batis Batis capensis (4) 2 Woodbush Forest Reserve 7.10, 2 Woodbush Forest Reserve 8.10, 2 Sani Pass 15.10 and 2 Marutswa NR 16.10. Woodward's Batis Batis fratrum (2) 2 iSimangaliso WP--Cape Vidal 12.10 and 2 St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 13.10. Chinspot Batis Batis molitor (2) 4 Polokwane GR 7.10 and 3 Mkuze GR 11.10. Pririt Batis Batis pririt (2) 1 Augrabies Falls NP 26.10 and 1 Marrick GL 27.10.

Bushshrikes and Allies Malaconotidae Grey-headed Bushshrike blanchoti (2) 1 Woodbush Forest Reserve 8.10 and 1 Mkuze GR 11.10. Black-fronted Bushshrike nigrifrons sandgroundi (1) 3 Woodbush Forest Reserve 7.10. Olive Bushshrike Chlorophoneus olivaceus (5) 1 heard Woodbush Forest Reserve 7.10, 1 heard Woodbush Forest Reserve 8.10, 1 heard Hluhluwe-- Umkhumbi Lodge 12.10, 1 heard Dlinza Forest NR 14.10 and 1 Marutswa NR 16.10. Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus similis (5) 1 Polokwane GR 7.10, 1 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 10.10, 1 Mkuze GR 11.10, 2 Hluhluwe-- Umkhumbi Lodge 12.10 and 1 heard St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 13.10. Gorgeous Bushshrike viridis quadricolor (4) 1 heard Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 10.10, 1 Mkuze GR 11.10, 1 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 12.10 and 1 heard St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 13.10. Telophorus zeylonus (9) 1 En route - Kurisa Moya to Wakkerstroom 8.10, 1 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 5 Sani Pass 15.10, 3 Agulhas Plains 18.10, 5 Agulhas Plains 20.10, 3 Langebaan 22.10, 1 heard Brandvlei 23.10, 2 Goegap NR 24.10 and 1 Port Nolloth 25.10. Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis (2) 2 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10 and 1 Mkuze GR 11.10. Southern Tchagra Tchagra tchagra (1) 1 Agulhas Plains 18.10. Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus (3) 2 Mkuze GR 11.10, 1 heard Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 12.10 and 1 heard Ngoye FR 13.10. Black-backed Puffback cubla

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(6) 4 Polokwane GR 7.10, 3 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 10.10, 5 Mkuze GR 11.10, 5 Hluhluwe-- Umkhumbi Lodge 12.10, 5 St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 13.10 and 3 Dlinza Forest NR 14.10. Southern Boubou ferrugineus (11) 2 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 1 Woodbush Forest Reserve 8.10, up to 3 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 10-12.10, 2 St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 13.10, 2 Sani Pass 15.10, 2 Marutswa NR 16.10, 2 heard Sappi--Stanger 17.10, 4 Agulhas Plains 18.10 and 2 Cape Town--Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden 21.10. Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus (3) 2 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 6 Polokwane GR 7.10 and 1 Marrick GL 27.10. Brubru Nilaus afer (3) 1 Polokwane GR 7.10, 2 Mkuze GR 11.10 and 1 Augrabies Falls NP 26.10.

Vangas Vangidae White-crested Prionops plumatus (1) 4 Mkuze GR 11.10. Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii retzii (1) 2 Mkuze GR 11.10. Cuckoo- Campephagidae Grey Cuckooshrike caesius caesius (2) 2 Woodbush Forest Reserve 7.10 and 1 Dlinza Forest NR 14.10. Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava (1) 2 Mkuze GR 11.10.

Shrikes Laniidae Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus (3) 3 Polokwane GR 8.10. Southern White-crowned Shrike anguitimens (1) 2 Woodbush Forest Reserve 8.10. Southern Fiscal collaris (18) 5 Wakkerstroom 8.10, 5 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 4 Hluhluwe--Town 10.10, 5 Mkuze GR 11.10, 3 Ngoye FR 13.10, 3 Himeville--Farmlands 14.10, 5 Himeville--Farmlands 15.10, 3 Cedara 16.10, 3 Brandvlei 23.10 and 2 Goegap NR 24.10.

Old World Orioles Oriolidae Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus larvatus (3) 1 Polokwane GR 7.10, 1 heard Mkuze GR 11.10 and 1 Dlinza Forest NR 14.10.

Drongos Dicruridae Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii ludwigii (7) 3 Woodbush Forest Reserve 7.10, 1 heard Woodbush Forest Reserve 8.10, 5 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 10.10, 2 Mkuze GR 11.10, 3 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 12.10, 5 St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 13.10 and 5 Dlinza Forest NR 14.10.

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Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis (14) 5 En route - Kurisa Moya to Wakkerstroom 8.10, 5 Mkuze GR 11.10, 4 Himeville--Farmlands 15.10 and 2 Sappi--Stanger 17.10.

Monarchs Monarchidae Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas (3) 1 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 11.10, 1 heard St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 13.10 and 1 heard Ngoye FR 14.10. African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis (5) 2 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 1 Mkuze GR 11.10, 1 St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 13.10, 1 Himeville-- Farmlands 15.10 and 2 Marutswa NR 16.10.

Crows, Jays, and Cape Crow capensis capensis (12) 2 Wakkerstroom 8.10 and 4 Wakkerstroom 9.10.

Pied Crow Corvus albus (21) 3 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 2 Woodbush Forest Reserve 7.10, 5 En route - Kurisa Moya to Wakkerstroom 8.10, 5 Pongola 10.10, 5 Mpempe Pan 11.10 and 4 Cape Point NP 19.10. White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis (8) 1 Pongola 10.10, 1 Himeville--Farmlands 14.10, 5 Sani Pass 15.10, 5 Agulhas Plains 18.10, 5 Rooi- Els 20.10, 4 Nieuwoudtville 22.10 and 3 Brandvlei 23.10.

Rockjumpers Chaetopidae Cape Rockjumper Chaetops frenatus (1) 6 Rooi-Els 20.10. Chaetops aurantius (1) 10+3 heard Sani Pass 15.10.

Fairy Flycatchers Stenostiridae Fairy Flycatcher Stenostira scita (2) 3+1 heard Lesotho 15.10 and 3 Nieuwoudtville 22.10.

Tits, Chickadees Paridae Southern Black Tit niger niger (1) 4 Mkuze GR 11.10. Ashy Tit Melaniparus cinerascens cinerascens (1) 1 Polokwane GR 7.10. Grey Tit Melaniparus afer arens (1) 3 Sani Pass 15.10.

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afer: (1) 1 Nieuwoudtville 22.10.

Penduline-Tits Remizidae Grey caroli hellmayri (1) 1 Mkuze GR 11.10. Anthoscopus minutus gigi (1) 2 West Coast NP 21.10. minutus: (2) 2 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10 and 2 Polokwane GR 7.10.

Nicators Nicatoridae Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis (3) 1 heard Mkuze GR 11.10, 1 heard Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 12.10 and 1 St Lucia-- iGwalaGwala Trail 13.10.

Larks Alaudidae Spike-heeled Lark Chersomanes albofasciata (5) 5 Wakkerstroom 8.10, 15 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 10 Brandvlei 23.10, 5 Onseepkans 25.10 and 5 Marrick GL 27.10. Short-clawed Lark chuana (1) 3 Polokwane GR 7.10. Karoo Long-billed Lark Certhilauda subcoronata (1) 10 Brandvlei 23.10. Eastern Long-billed Lark Certhilauda semitorquata (1) 2 Wakkerstroom 9.10. Cape Long-billed Lark Certhilauda curvirostris (1) 2 Port Nolloth 25.10. Agulhas Long-billed Lark Certhilauda brevirostris (1) 10 Agulhas Plains 18.10. Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis (3) 3 Nieuwoudtville 22.10, 30 Onseepkans 25.10 and 25 Marrick GL 27.10. Sabota Lark sabota (3) 1 Polokwane GR 7.10, 3 Mkuze GR 11.10 and 3 Brandvlei 23.10. Karoo Lark Calendulauda albescens (2) 2 West Coast NP 21.10 and 1 Port Nolloth 25.10. Red Lark Calendulauda burra (1) 1 Brandvlei 23.10. Barlow's Lark Calendulauda barlowi (1) 2 Port Nolloth 25.10. Rudd's Lark (VU) Heteromirafra ruddi

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(1) 1 Wakkerstroom 9.10. fasciolata fasciolata (1) 2 Wakkerstroom 9.10. Cape Clapper Lark Mirafra apiata (3) 10 Agulhas Plains 18.10, 1 Agulhas Plains 20.10 and 3 CItrusdal - Ceres 22.10. Rufous-naped Lark Mirafra africana (2) 1 Polokwane GR 7.10 and 3 Wakkerstroom 9.10. Stark's Lark Spizocorys starki (1) 200 Onseepkans 25.10. Large-billed Lark Galerida magnirostris (4) 5 Lesotho 15.10, 1 Nieuwoudtville 22.10 and 4 Calvinia 24.10. Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea cinerea (4) 5 En route - Kurisa Moya to Wakkerstroom 8.10, 25 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 2 Lesotho 15.10 and 4 Brandvlei 23.10.

Bulbuls Pycnonotidae African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans (4) 2 Goegap NR 24.10 and 5 Augrabies Falls NP 25.10. Cape Bulbul Pycnonotus capensis (5) 4 Langebaan 22.10 and 5 Goegap NR 24.10. Dark-capped Bulbul Pycnonotus tricolor layardi (13) 2 Johannesburg 5.10. Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus (11) 10 Woodbush Forest Reserve 7.10, 3 heard Woodbush Forest Reserve 8.10, 4 heard Hluhluwe-- Umkhumbi Lodge 10.10, 5 St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 13.10, 3 Dlinza Forest NR 14.10, 1 heard Sappi--Stanger 17.10, 3 heard Agulhas Plains 18.10, 5 heard Agulhas Plains 20.10 and 5 heard Cape Town--Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden 21.10. Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris (5) 4 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 10.10, 4 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 12.10, 6 St Lucia-- iGwalaGwala Trail 13.10 and 3 heard Dlinza Forest NR 14.10. Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris (2) 5 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 11.10 and 4 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 12.10. Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus flavostriatus (1) 5 Woodbush Forest Reserve 7.10.

Swallows Hirundinidae Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera (7) 1 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 10.10, 2 Mkuze GR 11.10, 4 iSimangaliso WP--Cape Vidal 12.10, 5 St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 13.10, 2 Dlinza Forest NR 14.10, 5 Sani Pass 15.10 and 4 Sappi--Stanger 17.10.

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Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola paludicola (5) 4 Wakkerstroom 8.10, 4 Pietermaritzburg--Darvill Sewage Works 16.10 and 5 Sappi--Stanger 17.10. Banded Martin Riparia cincta cincta (1) 6 West Coast NP 21.10. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica rustica (11) 2 Polokwane GR 7.10 and 2 Marrick GL 27.10. White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis (8) 1 Polokwane GR 7.10, 5 En route - Kurisa Moya to Wakkerstroom 8.10, 15 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 2 Himeville--Farmlands 15.10 and 6 Velddrif 22.10. Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii smithii (3) 15 Mkuze GR 11.10, 3 Pietermaritzburg--Darvill Sewage Works 16.10 and 1 Sappi--Stanger 17.10. Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata (1) 1 Polokwane GR 7.10. Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula (14) 4 Johannesburg 5.10 and 3 Polokwane GR 7.10.

Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata (12) 2 Polokwane GR 6.10, 2 Polokwane GR 7.10, 10 En route - Kurisa Moya to Wakkerstroom 8.10, 10 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 4 Wakkerstroom 10.10, 10 Sani Pass 15.10, 2 Nieuwoudtville 22.10, 3 Augrabies Falls NP 26.10 and 5 Marrick GL 27.10. Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica unitatis (5) 1 heard Woodbush Forest Reserve 7.10, 1 Wakkerstroom 9.10 and 5 iSimangaliso WP--Cape Vidal 12.10. Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa semirufa (4) 2 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 2 Polokwane GR 7.10, 6 Mkuze GR 11.10 and 2 Ngoye FR 14.10. South African Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon spilodera (3) 15 Wakkerstroom 9.10 and 4 Brandvlei 23.10.

Crombecs, African warblers Cape Grassbird Sphenoeacus afer (3) 3 Sani Pass 15.10, 1 Agulhas Plains 18.10 and 3 Rooi-Els 20.10. Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens (6) 1 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 4 Polokwane GR 7.10, 1 West Coast NP 21.10, 2 Nieuwoudtville 22.10, 1 Goegap NR 24.10 and 1 Augrabies Falls NP 26.10. Victorin's Warbler Cryptillas victorini (1) 1 Rooi-Els 20.10.

Leaf warblers and allies Phylloscopidae Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus ruficapilla (2) 2 Woodbush Forest Reserve 7.10 and 2 heard Marutswa NR 16.10.

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Reed warblers and allies Acrocephalidae Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris (6) 2 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 3 Himeville--Farmlands 15.10, 2 heard Pietermaritzburg--Darvill Sewage Works 16.10, 3 heard Sappi--Stanger 17.10, 3 heard Strandfontein Sewage Works 21.10 and 3 Augrabies Falls NP 26.10. African Reed Warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus (4) 1 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 2 Himeville--Farmlands 15.10, 1 Pietermaritzburg--Darvill Sewage Works 16.10 and 1 Sappi--Stanger 17.10. African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis natalensis (2) 1 Himeville--Farmlands 15.10 and 3 Marutswa NR 16.10.

Grassbirds and allies Locustellidae Barratt's Warbler Bradypterus barratti (2) 5 heard Woodbush Forest Reserve 7.10 and 2 Sani Pass 15.10. Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala (5) 1 Himeville--Farmlands 15.10, 3 heard Pietermaritzburg--Darvill Sewage Works 16.10, 3 Sappi-- Stanger 17.10, 3 heard Strandfontein Sewage Works 21.10 and 1 heard Velddrif 22.10. Cisticolas and allies Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops nyasa (2) 1 heard Pietermaritzburg--Darvill Sewage Works 16.10 and 1 heard Sappi--Stanger 17.10. Lazy Cisticola Cisticola aberrans (2) 2 Woodbush Forest Reserve 8.10 and 1 Marutswa NR 16.10. Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana (5) 10 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 6 Polokwane GR 7.10, 1 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 10.10, 10 Mkuze GR 11.10 and 5 iSimangaliso WP--Cape Vidal 12.10. Grey-backed Cisticola Cisticola subruficapilla (4) 5 Rooi-Els 20.10, 3 Nieuwoudtville 22.10, 3 Brandvlei 23.10 and 1 Goegap NR 24.10. Wailing Cisticola Cisticola lais (1) 3+5 heard Sani Pass 15.10. Rufous-winged Cisticola Cisticola galactotes galactotes (1) 5 Sappi--Stanger 17.10. Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens (6) 3 Wakkerstroom 8.10, 5 Himeville--Farmlands 15.10, 20 Pietermaritzburg--Darvill Sewage Works 16.10 and 2 Velddrif 22.10. Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis natalensis (1) 1 iSimangaliso WP--Cape Vidal 12.10. Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla (3) 1 Cedara 16.10, 1 Rooi-Els 20.10 and 1 Nieuwoudtville 22.10. Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis terrestris (1) 1 Agulhas Plains 18.10. Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus (2) 1 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10 and 1 Polokwane GR 7.10.

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Cloud Cisticola Cisticola textrix (3) 1 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 3 Agulhas Plains 18.10 and 3 Agulhas Plains 20.10. Pale-crowned Cisticola Cisticola cinnamomeus egregius (1) 3 Cedara 16.10. Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii ayresii (3) 1 Wakkerstroom 8.10, 3 Wakkerstroom 9.10 and 2 heard Himeville--Farmlands 15.10. Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava (4) 3 Mkuze GR 11.10, 3 Dlinza Forest NR 14.10 and 10 Sappi--Stanger 17.10. Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans (4) 5 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 3 Polokwane GR 7.10, 2 Brandvlei 23.10 and 10 Marrick GL 27.10. Prinia maculosa (7) 3 Lesotho 15.10, 5 Nieuwoudtville 22.10, 1 Brandvlei 23.10 and 1 Goegap NR 24.10. Prinia hypoxantha (2) 10 Sani Pass 15.10. Phragmacia substriata (2) 2 Brandvlei 23.10 and 2 heard Augrabies Falls NP 26.10.

Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica (6) 2 Woodbush Forest Reserve 7.10, 5 heard Woodbush Forest Reserve 8.10, 5 Marutswa NR 16.10, 4 Agulhas Plains 20.10 and 5 heard Cape Town--Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden 21.10. Rudd's Apalis Apalis ruddi fumosa (4) 4 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 10.10, 3 Mkuze GR 11.10, 5 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 12.10 and 5 St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 13.10. Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida (5) 1 Polokwane GR 7.10, 3 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 10.10, 3 Mkuze GR 11.10, 5 Hluhluwe-- Umkhumbi Lodge 12.10 and 5 St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 13.10. Rufous-eared Warbler Malcorus pectoralis (2) 5 Brandvlei 23.10 and 3 Onseepkans 25.10. Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura (5) Up to 5 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 10-12.10, 3 St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 13.10 and 3 heard Dlinza Forest NR 14.10. Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi pintoi (1) 1 Mkuze GR 11.10. Cinnamon-breasted Warbler Euryptila subcinnamomea (1) 3 Goegap NR 24.10. Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis (1) 10 Brandvlei 23.10. Karoo Eremomela Eremomela gregalis (1) 6 Goegap NR 24.10. Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis usticollis (2) 2 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10 and 5 Polokwane GR 7.10.

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Laughingthrushes Leiothrichidae Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii jardineii (2) 10 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10 and 10 Polokwane GR 7.10. Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor (1) 8 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10.

Sylviid Babblers Bush Blackcap (NT) Lioptilus nigricapillus (2) 1 Sani Pass 15.10 and 2 heard Marutswa NR 16.10. Chestnut-vented Warbler Sylvia subcoerulea (6) 6 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 3 Polokwane GR 7.10, 2 West Coast NP 21.10 and 4 Brandvlei 23.10. Layard's Warbler Sylvia layardi (2) 3 Lesotho 15.10 and 2 Nieuwoudtville 22.10.

White-eyes Zosteropidae Cape White-eye Zosterops virens capensis Observed 3 day(s) in total. virens: (10) 3 Johannesburg 5.10, 3 Johannesburg 6.10, 5 Polokwane GR 7.10, 3 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 12.10 and 5 Cape Point NP 19.10. Orange River White-eye Zosterops pallidus (3) 5 Goegap NR 24.10 and 1 Onseepkans 25.10.

Sugarbirds Promeropidae Cape Sugarbird Promerops cafer (3) 10 Agulhas Plains 18.10, 15 Agulhas Plains 20.10 and 15 Cape Town--Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden 21.10.

Starlings Sturnidae Common Myna Acridotheres tristis tristis Observed 11 day(s) in total. Sturnus vulgaris vulgaris (9) 1 Himeville--Farmlands 15.10 and 1 Himeville--Farmlands 16.10. Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca corusca (3) 10 St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 12.10, 200 St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 13.10 and 1 Dlinza Forest NR 14.10. Cape Starling nitens

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(11) 2 Johannesburg 5.10, 3 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 2 Polokwane GR 7.10, 10 En route - Kurisa Moya to Wakkerstroom 8.10, 3 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 3 Wakkerstroom 10.10, 15 Mkuze GR 11.10, 5 Ngoye FR 13.10, 5 Ngoye FR 14.10, 5 Augrabies Falls NP 26.10 and 3 Marrick GL 27.10. Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis (1) 5 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10. Lamprotornis bicolor (13) 15 Wakkerstroom 8.10, 5 Wakkerstroom 10.10, 3 Himeville--Farmlands 15.10, 10 Agulhas Plains 17.10, 10 Kimberley 26.10 and 10 Kimberley 27.10. Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster verreauxi (1) 5 Pietermaritzburg--Darvill Sewage Works 16.10. Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio morio (13) 5 En route - Kurisa Moya to Wakkerstroom 8.10, 10 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 3 Wakkerstroom 10.10, 3 Mkuze GR 11.10, 10 Sani Pass 15.10 and 6 Cape Point NP 19.10. Pale-winged Starling Onychognathus nabouroup (4) 3 Nieuwoudtville 22.10, 10 Goegap NR 24.10, 6 Onseepkans 25.10 and 10 Augrabies Falls NP 26.10.

Oxpeckers Buphagidae Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythrorynchus (1) 3 Mkuze GR 11.10.

Thrushes and Allies Turdidae Orange Ground Thrush gurneyi (3) 2 heard Ngoye FR 13.10, 2 heard Ngoye FR 14.10 and 1 Marutswa NR 16.10. Spotted Ground Thrush Geokichla guttata guttata (1) 1 Dlinza Forest NR 14.10. Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa litsitsirupa (2) 2 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10 and 5 Polokwane GR 7.10. Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana (2) 4 Polokwane GR 7.10 and 2 Mkuze GR 11.10. Turdus olivaceus (6) 1 Woodbush Forest Reserve 7.10, 1 Wakkerstroom 10.10, 4 Dlinza Forest NR 14.10, 3 Himeville-- Farmlands 15.10, 2 Himeville--Farmlands 16.10 and 6 Cape Town--Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden 21.10. Karoo Thrush Turdus smithi (6) 5 Johannesburg 5.10, 5 Johannesburg 6.10, 1 Polokwane GR 7.10, 1 Goegap NR 24.10, 3 Augrabies Falls NP 25.10 and 1 Augrabies Falls NP 26.10.

Chats, Old World Flycatchers Muscicapidae Karoo Cercotrichas coryphoeus

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(6) 2 Agulhas Plains 18.10, 3 West Coast NP 21.10, 1 Nieuwoudtville 22.10, 3 Brandvlei 23.10, 2 Goegap NR 24.10 and 2 Onseepkans 25.10. Cercotrichas quadrivirgata quadrivirgata (3) 1 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 10.10, 4 Mkuze GR 11.10 and 1 heard Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 12.10. Kalahari Scrub Robin Cercotrichas paena (3) 4 Polokwane GR 7.10. White-browed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas leucophrys leucophrys (2) 1 Polokwane GR 7.10 and 1 Mkuze GR 11.10. Cercotrichas signata (3) 1 Polokwane GR 7.10, 1 iSimangaliso WP--Cape Vidal 12.10 and 1 heard St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 13.10. Grey Tit-Flycatcher Myioparus plumbeus (1) 2 Mkuze GR 11.10. Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina (4) 2 Mkuze GR 11.10, 1 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 12.10, 2 St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 13.10 and 1 Sappi--Stanger 17.10. Pale Flycatcher Melaenornis pallidus (1) 1 Mkuze GR 11.10. Chat Flycatcher Melaenornis infuscatus (2) 10 Brandvlei 23.10. Marico Flycatcher Melaenornis mariquensis (2) 6 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10 and 5 Polokwane GR 7.10. Fiscal Flycatcher Melaenornis silens (4) 4 Polokwane GR 7.10, 5 Agulhas Plains 20.10 and 6 Marrick GL 27.10. Ashy Flycatcher Muscicapa caerulescens (1) 2 Dlinza Forest NR 14.10. African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta (4) 1 Woodbush Forest Reserve 7.10, 1 Woodbush Forest Reserve 8.10, 1 Dlinza Forest NR 14.10 and 2 Sani Pass 15.10. Cape Robin-Chat Cossypha caffra (11) 2 Johannesburg 5.10, 1 Woodbush Forest Reserve 8.10, 3 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 1 Wakkerstroom 10.10, 1 Himeville--Farmlands 14.10, 10 Agulhas Plains 18.10 and 3 Augrabies Falls NP 26.10. White-throated Robin-Chat Cossypha humeralis (3) 2 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 1 Polokwane GR 7.10 and 2 Mkuze GR 11.10. White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini (1) 2 Muzi Pan 11.10. Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis (5) 1 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 10.10, 1 Mkuze GR 11.10, 6 St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 12.10, 5 St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 13.10 and 1 heard Ngoye FR 14.10. Chorister Robin-Chat Cossypha dichroa

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(4) 2 Woodbush Forest Reserve 7.10, 1 Woodbush Forest Reserve 8.10, 1 heard Ngoye FR 13.10 and 1 Ngoye FR 14.10. White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata (2) 4 Woodbush Forest Reserve 7.10 and 1 Marutswa NR 16.10. Cape Rock Thrush Monticola rupestris (2) 2 Sani Pass 15.10 and 4 Rooi-Els 20.10. Sentinel Rock Thrush Monticola explorator (2) 1 Wakkerstroom 8.10 and 5+3 heard Sani Pass 15.10. African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus (9) 3 Woodbush Forest Reserve 7.10, 15 Wakkerstroom 8.10, 4 Himeville--Farmlands 14.10, 4 Velddrif 22.10 and 1 Calvinia 23.10. Buff-streaked Chat Campicoloides bifasciatus (3) 1 Wakkerstroom 8.10, 2 Wakkerstroom 9.10 and 2 Sani Pass 15.10. Sickle-winged Chat Emarginata sinuata (1) 4+3 heard Sani Pass 15.10. Emarginata schlegelii (4) 5 Brandvlei 23.10. Emarginata tractrac (3) 25 Brandvlei 23.10.

Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris (2) 2 Mkuze GR 11.10 and 1 Cedara 16.10. Ant-eating Chat formicivora (9) 25 Wakkerstroom 8.10, 2 Himeville--Farmlands 15.10, 4 Nieuwoudtville 22.10 and 3 Brandvlei 23.10. Myrmecocichla monticola monticola (6) 5 Wakkerstroom 8.10, 5 Sani Pass 15.10 and 3 Goegap NR 24.10. Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata (6) 8 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 5 Wakkerstroom 8.10, 4 Agulhas Plains 20.10, 5 Goegap NR 24.10 and 2 Goegap NR 25.10. Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris (6) 1 Kurisa Moya 7.10, 1 Sani Pass 15.10, 2 Marutswa NR 16.10, 5 Rooi-Els 20.10, 10 Brandvlei 23.10 and 3 Calvinia 24.10.

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters Nectariniidae Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris (3) 3 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 10.10, 4 iSimangaliso WP--Cape Vidal 12.10 and 5 St Lucia-- iGwalaGwala Trail 13.10. Orange-breasted Sunbird Anthobaphes violacea (3) 1 Agulhas Plains 18.10, 10 Rooi-Els 20.10 and 1 Cape Town--Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden 21.10. Olive Sunbird olivacea (3) 1 iSimangaliso WP--Cape Vidal 12.10.

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Grey Sunbird Cyanomitra veroxii (2) 2 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 12.10 and 3 St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 13.10. Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina amethystina (3) 5 Polokwane GR 7.10, 1 Ngoye FR 14.10 and 1 Sappi--Stanger 17.10. Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis gutturalis (1) 5 Mkuze GR 11.10. Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa famosa (5) 10 Sani Pass 15.10, 10 Cedara 16.10, 5 Cape Town--Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden 21.10 and 10 CItrusdal - Ceres 22.10. Southern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris chalybeus (6) 4 Woodbush Forest Reserve 7.10, 4 Woodbush Forest Reserve 8.10, 5 Marutswa NR 16.10 and 2 Agulhas Plains 18.10. Neergaard's Sunbird Cinnyris neergaardi (1) 2 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 12.10. Greater Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris afer (2) 1 Woodbush Forest Reserve 8.10 and 3 Sani Pass 15.10. Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis mariquensis (1) 4 Polokwane GR 7.10. Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus microrhynchus (4) 3 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 10.10 and 4 St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 13.10. White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala (4) 6 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10 and 3 Marrick GL 27.10. Dusky Sunbird Cinnyris fuscus fuscus (4) 4 Brandvlei 23.10 and 1 Goegap NR 24.10.

Old World Sparrows Passeridae domesticus domesticus (17) 5 Johannesburg 6.10 and 6 Polokwane GR 7.10. Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus (15) 5 Johannesburg 5.10, 5 Johannesburg 6.10 and 5 Polokwane GR 7.10. Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus (7) 10 Polokwane GR 7.10, 1 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 3 Pongola 10.10, 10 Mkuze GR 11.10, 1 Sani Pass 15.10 and 1 Sappi--Stanger 17.10. Yellow-throated Petronia superciliaris superciliaris (1) 4 Mkuze GR 11.10.

Weavers, Widowbirds White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali mahali (5) 2 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 10 Polokwane GR 7.10, 15 En route - Kurisa Moya to Wakkerstroom 8.10, 10 Marrick GL 26.10 and 1 Marrick GL 27.10. Philetairus socius (2) 200 Onseepkans 25.10.

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Scaly-feathered Weaver squamifrons (4) 15 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10 and 5 Onseepkans 25.10. Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons (3) 1 iSimangaliso WP--Cape Vidal 12.10, 15 St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 13.10 and 2 Kimberley 27.10. ocularis ocularis (5) 1 heard Polokwane GR 7.10, 2 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 10.10, 3 Mkuze GR 11.10, 2 St Lucia-- iGwalaGwala Trail 13.10 and 1 heard Dlinza Forest NR 14.10. Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis (11) 5 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 3 Wakkerstroom 10.10, 20 Langebaan 22.10 and 10 Calvinia 23.10. Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus subaureus (2) 10 St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 12.10 and 3 Pietermaritzburg--Darvill Sewage Works 16.10. Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus marleyi (2) 10 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 11.10 and 5 Sappi--Stanger 17.10. Ploceus intermedius cabanisii (1) 5 Polokwane GR 7.10. Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus (10) 1 Johannesburg 6.10, 10 Polokwane GR 7.10, up to 15 Wakkerstroom 8-10.10, 20 St Lucia-- iGwalaGwala Trail 13.10 and 1 Nieuwoudtville 22.10.

Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus (8) 10 Polokwane GR 7.10, 25 Wakkerstroom 9.10 and 25 Wakkerstroom 10.10. Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor (5) 2 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 10.10, 4 Mkuze GR 11.10, 4 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 12.10, 5 St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 13.10 and 1 heard Dlinza Forest NR 14.10. Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps rubriceps (1) 1 Mkuze GR 11.10. Red-billed Quelea quelea lathamii (6) 1 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 3 Wakkerstroom 10.10, 1 Nieuwoudtville 22.10, 1 Augrabies Falls NP 25.10 and 10 Marrick GL 27.10. Yellow-crowned Bishop afer taha (2) 75 Wakkerstroom 8.10. Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix (18) 3 Johannesburg 5.10, 5 Johannesburg 6.10, 10 Polokwane GR 7.10, 30 Wakkerstroom 8.10, 3 Calvinia 23.10, 3 Calvinia 24.10 and 15 Augrabies Falls NP 25.10. Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis (5) 10 Sani Pass 15.10, 10 Rooi-Els 20.10, 1 West Coast NP 21.10 and 1 CItrusdal - Ceres 22.10. Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris axillaris (4) 5 Ngoye FR 13.10 and 5 Ngoye FR 14.10. Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens ardens (2) 5 Cedara 16.10 and 1 Sappi--Stanger 17.10. Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne progne

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(5) 100 Wakkerstroom 8.10 and 10 Cedara 16.10.

Waxbills, Munias and allies Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba melba (3) 10 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 10 Polokwane GR 7.10 and 3 Mkuze GR 11.10. Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala (4) 30 Johannesburg 5.10, 30 Johannesburg 6.10 and 2 Polokwane GR 7.10. Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula nitidula (1) 2 Dlinza Forest NR 14.10. Pink-throated Twinspot Hypargos margaritatus (2) 1 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 10.10 and 8 Mkuze GR 11.10. Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala rendalli (3) 30 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 2 Mkuze GR 11.10 and 4 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 12.10. African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata rubricata (2) 2 Dlinza Forest NR 14.10 and 3 Cedara 17.10. Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis (3) 6 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10 and 5 Mkuze GR 11.10. Violet-eared Waxbill Uraeginthus granatinus (2) 2 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10 and 4 Polokwane GR 7.10.

Swee Waxbill Coccopygia melanotis (3) 15 Woodbush Forest Reserve 8.10, 6 Cape Town--Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden 21.10 and 1 CItrusdal - Ceres 22.10. Grey Waxbill perreini incana (1) 2 St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 13.10. Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild (6) 15 Wakkerstroom 8.10, 10 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 25 Mkuze GR 11.10, 10 Himeville--Farmlands 15.10 and 30 Cedara 16.10. Black-faced Waxbill Estrilda erythronotos erythronotos (1) 3 Marrick GL 27.10. Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis digressa (2) 5 Wakkerstroom 9.10 and 3 Marrick GL 27.10. Bronze Mannikin Lonchura cucullata scutata (3) 3 Johannesburg 5.10, 10 Dlinza Forest NR 14.10 and 4 heard Marutswa NR 16.10. Red-backed Mannikin Lonchura nigriceps (2) 15 Woodbush Forest Reserve 8.10 and 10 Dlinza Forest NR 14.10.

Indigobirds Viduidae Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura (6) 1 Polokwane GR 7.10, 2 Pongola 10.10, 6 Himeville--Farmlands 15.10, 4 Sappi--Stanger 17.10 and 3 Strandfontein Sewage Works 21.10. Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia

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(1) 1 Marrick GL 27.10. Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea (1) 6 Mkuze GR 11.10.

Wagtails, Pipits Cape Motacilla capensis capensis (17) 2 Johannesburg 5.10, 2 Johannesburg 6.10, 4 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 4 Wakkerstroom 10.10, 1 iSimangaliso WP--Cape Vidal 12.10, 2 Dlinza Forest NR 13.10, 2 Dlinza Forest NR 14.10, 5 Pietermaritzburg--Darvill Sewage Works 16.10, 3 Sappi--Stanger 17.10 and 5 Port Nolloth 25.10. African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp (5) 2 Mkuze GR 11.10, 3 St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 12.10, 2 St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 13.10, 1 Sappi--Stanger 17.10 and 1 Augrabies Falls NP 26.10. Macronyx capensis (7) 5 Wakkerstroom 8.10, 10 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 3 Sani Pass 15.10, 2 Pietermaritzburg--Darvill Sewage Works 16.10, 1 Agulhas Plains 17.10 and 1 West Coast NP 21.10. Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus vulturnus (1) 2 Ngoye FR 14.10. African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus (9) 6 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 15 Wakkerstroom 8.10, 2 iSimangaliso WP--Cape Vidal 12.10, 10 Cedara 16.10 and 2 Marrick GL 26.10. Mountain Pipit Anthus hoeschi (1) 6 Lesotho 15.10. Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis (1) 1 Sani Pass 15.10. Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris (1) 1 Woodbush Forest Reserve 8.10. African Rock Pipit Anthus crenatus (1) 1 Lesotho 15.10. Yellow-breasted Pipit (VU) Anthus chloris (1) 10 Wakkerstroom 9.10.

Finches Fringillidae Forest Canary scotops umbrosa (1) 3 Marutswa NR 16.10. scotops: (1) 8 Cape Town--Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden 21.10. Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis impigra (1) 10 Polokwane GR 7.10. Lemon-breasted Canary Crithagra citrinipectus (1) 1 Mpempe Pan 11.10. Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica

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(6) 15 Polokwane GR 7.10, 1 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 10.10, 5 Mkuze GR 11.10, 1 St Lucia-- iGwalaGwala Trail 13.10 and 25 Pietermaritzburg--Darvill Sewage Works 16.10. Cape Siskin Crithagra totta (3) 15 Rooi-Els 20.10, 10 Cape Town--Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden 21.10 and 2 CItrusdal - Ceres 22.10. Drakensberg Siskin Crithagra symonsi (1) 10+10 heard Sani Pass 15.10. Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris (6) 1 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10 and 2 West Coast NP 21.10. Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata (3) 10 Mpempe Pan 11.10, 1 Pietermaritzburg--Darvill Sewage Works 16.10 and 5 Cape Town-- Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden 21.10. Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis (1) 1 Sani Pass 15.10. White-throated Canary Crithagra albogularis (6) 6 CItrusdal - Ceres 22.10, 4 Goegap NR 24.10, 4 Onseepkans 25.10 and 2 Augrabies Falls NP 26.10. Protea Canary Crithagra leucoptera (1) 2 CItrusdal - Ceres 22.10. Cape Canary canicollis (7) 6 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 2 Sani Pass 15.10 and 3 Cedara 16.10. Black-headed Canary Serinus alario leucolaemus (1) 6 Goegap NR 24.10.

Old World Buntings Emberizidae Lark-like Bunting Emberiza impetuani (4) 3 Brandvlei 23.10 and 2 Onseepkans 25.10. Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi tahapisi (1) 1 Marrick GL 27.10. Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis (8) 1 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 5 heard Agulhas Plains 18.10, 4 Nieuwoudtville 22.10, 3 Goegap NR 24.10, 4 Onseepkans 25.10 and 2 Augrabies Falls NP 26.10. Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris (1) 4 Polokwane GR 7.10.

Mammals (60 in total: 60 seen) Status codes: E = Endemic, NE = Near-endemic, I = Introduced IUCN codes: CR = Critically endangered, EN = Endangered, VU = Vulnerable, EW = Extinct in the Wild, NT = Near Threatened, DD = Data Deficient

Aardvarks Orycteropodidae Aardvark Orycteropus afer

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(1) 2 Marrick GL 26.10.

Elephants Elephantidae African Elephant Loxodonta africana (2) 1 Mkuze GR 11.10 and 2 iSimangaliso WP--Cape Vidal 12.10.

Hylaxes Procaviidae Rock Hyrax Procavia capensis (7) 3 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 3 Sani Pass 15.10, 5 Agulhas Plains 20.10, 3 Brandvlei 23.10, 5 Goegap NR 24.10, 6 Onseepkans 25.10 and 15 Augrabies Falls NP 26.10.

Galagos Galagidae Thick-tailed Greater Galago Otolemur crassicaudatus crassicaudatus (3) 1 heard Kurisa Moya 7.10, 1 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 10.10 and 1 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 11.10.

Old World monkeys Cercopithecidae Cercopithecus mitis (3) 1 Kurisa Moya 7.10, 5 iSimangaliso WP--Cape Vidal 12.10 and 1 heard Ngoye FR 13.10.

Vervet Chlorocebus pygerythrus (9) 5 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 5 Polokwane GR 7.10, 4 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 10.10, 5 Cedara 16.10 and 5 Kimberley 27.10. Chacma Papio ursinus ursinus (7) 15 En route - Kurisa Moya to Wakkerstroom 8.10, 10 Hluhluwe--Town 10.10, 25 Mkuze GR 11.10, 25 Sani Pass 15.10, 25 Agulhas Plains 18.10, 10 Nieuwoudtville 24.10 and 10 Augrabies Falls NP 26.10.

Rabbits, Hares Leporidae Cape Hare Lepus capensis (2) 1 Agulhas Plains 17.10 and 15 Marrick GL 26.10. Scrub Hare Lepus saxatilis (2) 1 Polokwane GR 7.10 and 1 Wakkerstroom 9.10. Smith's Pronolagus rupestris (1) 1 Marrick GL 26.10.

Hedgehogs, Gymnures Erinaceidae Southern African Hedgehog Atelerix frontalis (1) 3 Marrick GL 26.10.

Springhares Pedetidae Spring Hare capensis

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(1) 150 Marrick GL 26.10.

Old World Porcupines Hystricidae Cape Porcupine Hystrix africaeaustralis (1) 3 Marrick GL 26.10.

True Mice and Rats, Gerbils, Spiny Mice, Crested Rat Muridae Sloggett's Vlei Rat sloggetti (1) 10 Sani Pass 15.10. Brants's Whistling Rat Parotomys brantsii (1) 1 Port Nolloth 25.10. Four-striped Grass Mouse Rhabdomys pumilio (1) 1 Langebaan 22.10.

Squirrels Sciuridae Red Bush Paraxerus palliatus (2) 2 iSimangaliso WP--Cape Vidal 12.10 and 3 Ngoye FR 14.10. Eastern Gray Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis (1) 1 Cape Point NP 20.10.

South African Ground Squirrel Xerus inauris (4) 3 Brandvlei 23.10.

Cats Wild Cat Felis silvestris cafra (1) 1 Marrick GL 26.10.

Mongooses Herpestidae Yellow Mongoose Cynictis penicillata (7) 1 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 3 Wakkerstroom 8.10, 4 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 2 Nieuwoudtville 22.10 and 3 Onseepkans 25.10. Cape Grey Mongoose Herpestes pulverulentus (4) 3 Rooi-Els 20.10, 5 West Coast NP 21.10, 4 Brandvlei 23.10 and 3 Calvinia 24.10. Slender Mongoose Herpestes sanguineus (3) 1 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 3 Mkuze GR 11.10 and 1 Kimberley 26.10. Banded Mongoose Mungos mungo (2) 15 Polokwane GR 7.10 and 25 iSimangaliso WP--Cape Vidal 12.10. Meerkat Suricata suricatta (3) 15 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 6 Calvinia 22.10 and 10 Marrick GL 27.10.

Hyenas, Aardwolf Hyaenidae Aardwolf Proteles cristata

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(1) 1 Marrick GL 26.10.

Wolves, Coyote, Foxes, Jackals Canidae Black-backed Jackal Canis mesomelas (2) 1 Langebaan 22.10 and 1 Marrick GL 26.10. Bat-eared Fox Otocyon megalotis megalotis (2) 7 Onseepkans 25.10 and 15 Marrick GL 26.10.

Sea Lions Otariidae Afro-Australian Fur Seal Arctocephalus pusillus (4) 1 Agulhas Plains 18.10, 30 Cape Town--Pelagic W 19.10, 2 Rooi-Els 20.10 and 4 Port Nolloth 25.10.

Zebras, Horse, Asses Equidae Plains Zebra Equus quagga (3) 25 iSimangaliso WP--Cape Vidal 12.10 and 2 Marrick GL 27.10. Mountain Zebra Equus zebra (1) 4 Agulhas Plains 18.10.

Pigs Suidae Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus sundevallii (6) 5 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 4 Hluhluwe--Town 10.10, 4 Mkuze GR 11.10, 5 iSimangaliso WP-- Cape Vidal 12.10, 4 Marrick GL 26.10 and 2 Marrick GL 27.10.

Rorquals Balaenopteridae Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae (1) 1 Cape Town--Pelagic W 19.10.

Hippopotamuses Hippopotamidae Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius capensis (2) 6 Mkuze GR 11.10 and 1 St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 13.10.

Cattle, Antelopes, , Bovidae Impala Aepyceros melampus melampus (6) 25 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 25 Polokwane GR 7.10, 10 En route - Kurisa Moya to Wakkerstroom 8.10, 10 Hluhluwe--Town 10.10 and 5 iSimangaliso WP--Cape Vidal 12.10. Hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus (2) 6 Marrick GL 26.10 and 6 Marrick GL 27.10. Springbok Antidorcas marsupialis (10) 25 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 6 Wakkerstroom 10.10, 10 Agulhas Plains 18.10, 3 West Coast NP 21.10, 15 Calvinia 22.10, 15 Goegap NR 24.10 and 5 Onseepkans 25.10.

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Natal Red Duiker Cephalophus natalensis (4) 4 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 10.10, 4 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 11.10, 10 iSimangaliso WP-- Cape Vidal 12.10 and 8 St Lucia--iGwalaGwala Trail 13.10. Black Wildebeest Connochaetes gnou (3) 10 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 4 Wakkerstroom 10.10 and 6 Marrick GL 27.10. Common Wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus (3) 2 Mkuze GR 11.10, 5 iSimangaliso WP--Cape Vidal 12.10 and 1 Kimberley 26.10. Topi Damaliscus lunatus lunatus (1) 5 Polokwane GR 7.10. Blesbok Damaliscus pygargus (7) 3 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, up to 30 Wakkerstroom 8-10.10, 25 Agulhas Plains 18.10, 4 West Coast NP 21.10 and 15 Marrick GL 27.10. Roan Antelope Hippotragus equinus (1) 15 Marrick GL 27.10. Sable Antelope Hippotragus niger (6) 8 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 10 Polokwane GR 7.10, 5 Wakkerstroom 9.10, 6 Wakkerstroom 10.10, 6 Marrick GL 26.10 and 6 Marrick GL 27.10. Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus ellipsiprymnus (1) 30 iSimangaliso WP--Cape Vidal 12.10.

Klipspringer Oreotragus oreotragus (1) 10 Onseepkans 25.10. Gemsbok Oryx gazella (2) 1 Onseepkans 25.10 and 10 Marrick GL 27.10. Pelea capreolus (2) 5 Agulhas Plains 18.10 and 10 Agulhas Plains 20.10. Blue Duiker Philantomba monticola (1) 1 Dlinza Forest NR 14.10. Raphicerus campestris campestris (5) 2 Agulhas Plains 18.10, 3 Langebaan 22.10, 1 Calvinia 23.10, 3 Onseepkans 25.10 and 3 Kimberley 26.10. Cape Grysbok Raphicerus melanotis (1) 1 Rooi-Els 20.10. Southern Reedbuck Redunca arundinum (3) 4 Pongola 10.10, 10 Himeville--Farmlands 15.10 and 1 Cedara 16.10. Common Duiker Sylvicapra grimmia (3) 1 Polokwane GR 7.10, 1 Mkuze GR 11.10 and 3 Marrick GL 26.10. African Buffalo Syncerus caffer caffer (2) 40 Wakkerstroom 10.10 and 10 iSimangaliso WP--Cape Vidal 12.10. Nyala Tragelaphus angasii (5) 3 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 25 Polokwane GR 7.10, 3 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 10.10 and 5 iSimangaliso WP--Western Shores 12.10.

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Common Eland Tragelaphus oryx (4) 1 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 8 Sani Pass 15.10, 45 Agulhas Plains 18.10 and 1 West Coast NP 21.10. Bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus (1) 1 iSimangaliso WP--Cape Vidal 12.10. Greater Kudu Tragelaphus strepsiceros (4) 10 Zaagkuilsdrift Road 6.10, 10 iSimangaliso WP--Cape Vidal 12.10, 10 Marrick GL 26.10 and 10 Marrick GL 27.10.

Giraffe, Okapi Giraffidae Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa (5) 1 Polokwane GR 6.10, 1 Polokwane GR 7.10, 1 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 10.10, 3 Hluhluwe-- Umkhumbi Lodge 12.10 and 1 Kimberley 26.10.

Reptiles (16 in total: 16 seen)

Status codes: E = Endemic, NE = Near-endemic, I = Introduced IUCN codes: CR = Critically endangered, EN = Endangered, VU = Vulnerable, EW = Extinct in the Wild, NT = Near Threatened, DD = Data Deficient

Tortoises Testudinidae Angulated Tortoise Chersina angulata (3) 5 Agulhas Plains 20.10, 3 West Coast NP 21.10 and 1 Brandvlei 23.10. Tortoise Stigmochelys pardalis (2) 8 Mkuze GR 11.10 and 2 Agulhas Plains 18.10.

Afro-American Sideneck Turtles Pelomedusidae Helmeted Turtle Pelomedusa subrufa nigra (1) 3 Mkuze GR 11.10. East African Serrated Mud Turtle Pelusios sinuatus (1) 10 Mkuze GR 11.10.

Agamas Agamidae Southern Agama Acanthocercus atricollis atricollis (2) 1 Sappi--Stanger 17.10 and 3 Agulhas Plains 20.10. Ground Agama Agama aculeata aculeata

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(1) 1 Sani Pass 15.10. Common Spiny Agama Agama hispida (1) 6 Agulhas Plains 20.10.

Geckos Gekkonidae House Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia (2) 1 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 11.10 and 2 Cape Point NP 20.10.

Spinytail Cordylidae Crag Cordylus melanotus (1) 6+1 heard Sani Pass 15.10. Augrabies Flat Lizard Platysaurus broadleyi (1) 6 Augrabies Falls NP 26.10.

Plated Lizards Gerrhosauridae Longtail Whip Lizard Tetradactylus tetradactylus (1) 1 Sani Pass 15.10.

Skinks Scincidae Red-sided Skink Trachylepis homalocephala (1) 3 Stony Point 20.10. African Striped Skink Trachylepis striata striata (3) 2 Mkuze GR 11.10, 1 Sani Pass 15.10 and 1 Cedara 16.10.

Lamprophiidae Lamprophiidae Mole Snake Pseudaspis cana (1) 2 West Coast NP 21.10.

Vipers Viperidae Puff Adder Bitis arietans arietans (1) 2 West Coast NP 21.10.

Crocodiles and relatives Crocodylidae Crocodylus niloticus cowiei (1) 5 Mkuze GR 11.10.

Amphibians (3 in total: 3 seen)

Status codes: E = Endemic, NE = Near-endemic, I = Introduced

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IUCN codes: CR = Critically endangered, EN = Endangered, VU = Vulnerable, EW = Extinct in the Wild, NT = Near Threatened, DD = Data Deficient

True toads Bufonidae Guttural Toad Amietophrynus gutturalis (1) 1 Hluhluwe--Umkhumbi Lodge 11.10.

True frogs Ranidae Drakensberg River Frog Amietia dracomontana (1) 1 Lesotho 15.10.

Moss frogs Rhacophoridae Grey Foam-nest Treefrog Chiromantis xerampelina

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