Birdlife at the Vlei 12 March 2009

12 March 009

• 1 Malachite Kingfisher, sitting on the front landing site, flew towards the reeds on the North-Shore erosion site. This reed area is called the erosion site because the reeds were planted there to stop the erosion.

• 2 Spotted (Dikkop) Thick-knee Chicks were spotted at the parking area opposite the clubhouse.

• 70 Great White Pelicans on the north shore and on the vlei.

• 800 Gulls.

• A Juvenile Sandwich Tern and 50 Swift Terns on the jetty

Also spotted 1 African Purple Swamphen (Purple Gallinule)


Photographs: Malachite Kingfisher, Swift Terns and other birds on jetty.

Monday 26 Jan 2009 (Big Bay beach, Cape)

(PHOTOGRAPH - PLOVER CHICK)

Monday 26 Jan 2009 (Big Bay beach, Cape)

Big bay beach and Nature Strip

• 3 Thick-knee chicks

• I Peregrine Falcon

• White-fronted Plovers with three chicks

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