Our last few days in and around Cape Town were spent visiting friends and doing tourist activities. However, we did manage to pack in one more trip to the birding area at Strandfontein. It was a last minute decision and we didn’t even have binoculars with us (although I did have a camera!) but once again we had lovely close-up views of the birds. The best were barn swallows, African black oyster catchers and African sacred ibis.
Barn swallows
African black oystercatchers
African Sacred Ibis
Black-winged stilts
Pied avocet
Great white pelican
Southern Masked Weaver
Spur-winged goose
Greater flamingos
Cattle egret
Hadeda ibis
Cape Wagtail
Click below for gallery of photos.
Pied Avocet
Black-winged Stilt
Spur-winged Goose
African Sacred Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
African Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
White-necked Raven
African Sacred Ibis
Barn Swallow
Greater Flamingo
Greater Flamingo
Cape Teal
African Black Oystercatcher
Kelp Gull
Blck-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt
African Black Oystercatcher
African Black Oystercatcher
Greater Flamingo
Cape Teal
Greater Flamingo
Nice photos! I’ve never been to Strandfontein, but I regularly hear of vagrants being reported from there. I should have went while still living in South Africa;)!
P.S. The bird you question marked is a Southern Masked Weaver and the one you called flycatcher is a Cape Wagtail.
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Thank you so much for your comments and the help with id. Absolutely love Strandfontein. I would like to spend more time there. Looking forward to going back next January. I’ve started to catalogue my bird watching in Southern Africa. https://martinsbirdblog.com/birds-of-southern-africa/ Its a bigger job than I thought, so I have just sent for Newman’s Birds of Southern Africa for more help.
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