Birding
Terence and Ildikó are passionate about Nature. We love Wildlife, Birds in particular.
A few of our birding highlights include:
- A family of Blue Cranes breed on our property, seen above. The little one, pictured above between the parents, was born in December 2019. The youngster successfully made it to adulthood! We have spotted them on our property ever since.
- Red-chested Flufftail, lives and breeds in our small Wetland to the left of our dam.
- Secretary Birds regularly wander across the fields.
- European Roller generally spotted every December.
- Lilac-breasted Roller spotted at the Lodge in 2016 and 2017.
- Bronze-winged Courser seen near the gate in February 2021.
- White-bellied Korhaan often heard and seen above the property in the open fields.
- Black Sparrow-hawk nests in the forest near the Lodge.
- We often see and hear Spotted Eagle Owl.
- In December 2022 we were graced with the presence of a beautiful African Emerald Cuckoo. Terence heard him singing “Pretty Georgie” and that is how he spotted him.
- We assist the Dullstroom Bird of Prey & Rehabilitation Centre with soft & hard releases of Birds and Wildlife.
BIRD SIGHTINGS AT THE LODGE
African Black Duck
African Emerald Cuckoo
African Fish Eagle
African Goshawk
African Harrier-Hawk
African Olive Pigeon
African Sacred Ibis
African Spoonbill
African Wattled Lapwing
Amethyst Sunbird
Ant-eating Chat
Arrow-marked Babbler
Black Crake
Black Cuckoo
Black Sparrowhawk
Black-bellied Bustard
Black-headed Oriole
Black-winged Lapwing
Black-winged Stilt
Black Stork
Blue Crane
Bokmakierie
Bronze-winged Courser
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
Buff-streaked Chat
Cape Canary
Cape Longclaw
Cape Robin-Chat
Cape Sparrow
Cape Vulture
Cape Weaver
Cape White-eye
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
Common Buzzard
Dark-capped Bulbul
Diederik Cuckoo
Dikkop (Spotted Thick-knee)
Eastern Long-billed Lark
Egyptian Goose
Emerald Cuckoo
European Roller
Fiery-necked Nightjar
Forest Buzzard
Giant Kingfisher
Golden-breasted Bunting
Greater Double-collared Sunbird
Greater Honeyguide
Greater Striped Swallow
Grey Heron
Hadada Ibis
Hamerkop
Helmeted Guineafowl
House Sparrow
Intermediate Egret
Jackal Buzzard
Klaas’ Cuckoo
Knob-billed Duck
Lesser Striped Swallow
Lilac-Breasted Roller
Long-crested Eagle
Malachite Kingfisher
Malachite Sunbird
Marsh Owl
Mountain Wheatear
Natal Spurfowl
Olive Thrush
Olive Woodpecker
Pied Kingfisher
Pin-tailed Whydah
Purple Heron
Red-billed Quelea
Red-chested Cuckoo
Red-chested Flufftail (H)
Red-throated Wryneck
Red-winged Francolin
Red-winged Starling
Reed Cormorant
Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk
Secretarybird
South African Shelduck
Southern Boubou
Southern Masked Weaver
Southern Red Bishop
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Spur-winged Goose
Wattled Starling
Whiskered Tern
White-bellied Bustard
White-breasted Cormorant
White-necked Raven
White-rumped Swift
White-throated Swallow
White Stork
Wing-snapping Cisticola