A few from last week

 

Still a few fieldfare about

A few pair of goosander still on the river

A distant local goshawk

Lots of marsh harriers at Blacktoft, giving us a good show

Ravens, cronking over

Reed Bunting

and a sparrowhawk with a blue sky

Some stunning birds from Kruger

 

White-fronted Bee-eaters. We saw quite a few of these during our stay. Beautiful birds

Bateleur

Heuglin's Robin

Mozambique Batis

White-browed Robin

Giant Kingfisher

Lappet-faced Vulture

Ostriches

Black Sparrowhawk

Golden-tailed Woodpecker

Gorgeous Bush Shrike - this was the only one we saw whilst having our breakfast at Letaba. We found out at the same time that Europe had won the Ryder Cup !  Celebrations all round.....so we had double toast !

Hoopoe

Mocking Cliff Chat on our roofs in Oliphants Camp

Oxpeckers on giraffes

Red-billed Firefinch

We were very pleased with the birds we saw in Kruger but due to the season it wasn't easy or plentiful. We saw around 200 species with just under 20 being new to us. 

A few more birds from Kruger

 

Striped Swallows

Ostrich - absolutely massive ! We say alot of these birds probably because the vegetation was so low

Lappet-faced Vulture

Giant Kingfisher

African Pied Wagtail

Black Sparrowhawk

Black-bellied Koorhan

Common Waxbill

Cinnamon-breasted Rock Bunting

Crested Barbet

Crested Guineafowl

Golden-breasted Bunting

Golden-tailed Woodpecker

Gorgeous Bush Shrike

Hoopoe

Long-billed Crombec

Melba Finch

Mocking Cliff Chat

Mozambique Batis - a new bird for us

Yellow-billed Oxpecker

Purple Heron

Red-billed Firefinch

Red-billed Wood Hoopoe