this is the third of a series of short reports from the whole 3 weeks, many photographs and film clips will be shown - watch this space don't miss any!
Tendaba Camp & the 'Creek Crawl' in the mangrove swamps was without doubt the best part of both of the tours. It provided a list of 73 species during the trip on the 21st Nov and we thought that wouldn't be beaten! Wrong!! We amassed an incredible list of 77 species on the 28th and it was high tide during this second trip!!
The Blue Breasted Kingfisher featured strongly during both trips we saw 23 on the first trip and 25 on the second. But a mouth watering list of species was also seen try these for size;
White-backed Heron, African Scop's Owl, Ayres hawk Eagle, Martial Eagle, African Fish Eagle, banded Snake Eagle, Goliath Heron, Malachite Kingfisher, Black-crowned Crane, Sacred Ibis, Woolly-necked Stork, Yellow-billed Stork, African Spoonbill,
Kingfishers galore, waders, herons, egrets, pelicans, storks, ibis, spoonbills, eagles, hawks and vultures filled our note books, what a great couple of trips we had.
The sun set seen from the river at Tendaba was beautiful, if you look carefully you can see a Pink-backed Pelican swimming in the river.
We also saw an Otter which was very inquisitive and sat up on hind legs to watch us, the photograph was taken by Richard Headford.
We also saw an Otter which was very inquisitive and sat up on hind legs to watch us, the photograph was taken by Richard Headford.
No comments:
Post a Comment