A very full day visiting several hides in the West Coast National Park, 120 kilometres up the west coast from Cape Town.

We reached the lagoon at high tide and so most of the birds were quite distant but we visited other hides where the birds were much more accessible. I still can’t believe how the rock kestrel posed for us only a few yards from the car.

I look forward to some free time to identify some of the birds I haven’t got to grip with yet.

Rock kestrel

Bontebok

Cape bunting

Cape sparrow

Cape sparrow

White-throated canary 

African sacred ibis

African sacred ibis

Yellow-billed duck

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Lesser flamingo

Lesser flamingo

On the foreshore there were curlew sandpiper, bar-tailed godwits, sanderlings and a few other small jobbies.

I’m sure I have seen this grey heron in Eastville Park

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Travelog for Sunday 25th February

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