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Birdwatching Wilderness, Garden Route, Western Cape, South Africa. I enjoyed the morning’s birding with my four clients, two couples from

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Birding on the Garden Route with UK couple – Sedgefield, Sunday morning 19/1/2020

January 22, 2020January 13, 2021 re5511K

Birding on the Garden Route with UK clients. My clients from the UK had a great morning on our birding

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Birding in Knysna and Wilderness for Nairobi and UK clients

January 20, 2020January 13, 2021 re5511K

Birding in Knysna and Wilderness on the Garden Route. What a privilege to end the year with a great birding

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Birding Rondevlei Wilderness on 11 Nov 2019.

January 20, 2020January 13, 2021 re5511K

Birdwatching Rondevlei and Wilderness My clients, a couple from the United Kingdom, phoned the afternoon before the trip, to request

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Birding trip report for USA clients, Wilderness, Garden Route 2/1/2020

January 20, 2020January 13, 2021 re5511K

Starting the new year with early morning birding can only be good. My clients from the USA were ready just

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Rondevlei to Wilderness on 11 Nov 2019

November 12, 2019November 12, 2019 re5511K

My clients, a couple from the United Kingdom, phoned the afternoon before the trip, to request a morning trip for

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Trip Report Enkeldoorn 28 & 29 April 2017

May 3, 2017June 26, 2019 re5511K

The farm Enkeldoorn is situated approximately 80 km north-east of Pretoria. Myself (Ben Fouche) and John Baker visited Enkeldoorn on

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Birding outing to Kloppersbos Trip Report – 11 June 2016

June 14, 2016June 26, 2019 re5511K

Kloppersbos is situated approximately 40km north-east of Pretoria. Ben Fouche, Rihann Geyser, Tiaan Muller and Theuns Botha visited Klopperbos on

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Birding outing to Luiperdskloof Trip Report – 21 May 2016

May 25, 2016June 26, 2019 re5511K

Luiperdskloof Game Lodge is situated south of Rhenosterpoort Private Game Reserve, south of Ezemvelo Nature Reserve on the Gauteng /

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Mabalingwe March 2016

March 9, 2016June 26, 2019 re5511K

Below is a list of the birds found at the Mabalingwe visit during the weekend of 4 to 6 March

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Pafuri – The Makuleke Contractual Park

April 9, 2015February 27, 2017 re5511K African Openbill, Arrow-marked Babbler, Black-winged Stilt, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Burnt-necked Eremomela, Common Cuckoo, Kruger National Park, Pafuri, Paradise Flycatcher, Retz's Helmet-shrike, Sacred Ibis, Spotted Flycatcher

The Makuleke Contractual Park forms the nothern border of the Kruger National Park. Trip Report & Images by: Ben Fouche

Yellow-billed Egret, Geelbekwitreier, (Egretta intermedia)

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Chrissiesmeer Birding September 2014 – Trip Report

October 3, 2014February 27, 2017 re5511K African Jacana, African Snipe, African Spoonbill, African Swamphen, African Wattled Lapwing, Ant-eating Chat, ben fouche, Bird Photography, Birding, Birdwatching, Black-crowned Night Heron, Black-winged Pratincole, Cape Shoveler, Cape Wagtail, Cattle Egret, Chrissiesmeer, Common Greenshank, Crested Francolin, Dark-capped Bulbul, Flamingo, Greater Flamingo, Grey-Crowned Crane, Kittlitz's Plover, Lesser Flamingo, Mahem, Purple Heron, Red-billed Teal, Rock Kestrel, Ruff, Sandpiper, Southern Bald Ibis, Southern Pochard, Speckled Pidgeon, Spike-heeled Lark, Spur-winged Goose, Trip Report, White-throated Swallow, Yellow-billed Egret

Chrissiesmeer Birding – 5 & 6 September 2014 Tripreport & all images by Ben Fouche I visited Chrissiesmeer with

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Boekenhoutskloof Birding – 13 September 2014

September 17, 2014July 9, 2015 re5511K ben fouche, Bird Photography, Birding, Birdlife, Birdwatcher.co.za, Birdwatching, lapwing, Trip Report

On 13 September 2014 Ben Fouché and Rihann Geyser went birding to gather data for SABAP2 at Mutango Lodge which

Magpie Shrike, Langstertlaksman, (Urolestes melanoleucus)

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Birding Trip Report: Rooiwal

September 11, 2013July 9, 2015 re5511K African Fish Eagle, African Green Pidgeon, African Grey Hornbill, African Jacana, African Pipit, African Purple Swamphen, African Reed Warbler, African Snipe, African Wattled Lapwing, Amethyst Sunbird, Bar-throated Apalis, ben fouche, Birding, Black Crake, Black-backed Puffback, Black-crowned Night Heron, Black-headed Oriole, Black-winged Stilt, Brown-crowned Tchagra, Brown-throated Martin, Burchell's Coucal, Burnt-necked Eremomela, Cape Shoveler, Cape Teal, Common Greenshank, Common Waxbill, Giant Kingfisher, Green-backed Heron, Ground-scraper Thrush, Hammerkop, Hottentot Teal, Kurrichane Thrush, Lesser Striped Swallow, Lesser Swamp-warbler, Little Rush-Warbler, Little Stint, Long-creasted Eagle, Magpie Shrike, Nest, Northern Black Korhaan, Orange-breasted Waxbill, Pied Avocet, Pin-tailed Whydah, Purple Heron, Rattling Cisticalo, Red-billed Firefinch, Red-breasted Swallow, Rooiwal, Ruff, South African Cliff-swallow, Southern Pochard, Spotted Thick-knee, Squacco Heron, Thick-billed Weaver, Trip Report, Wattled Starling, White-fronted Bee-eater, Wood Sandpiper, Zitting Cisticalo

Spring has arrived and with it a new season for birds and birders. (Click images to enlarge) I would like

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Birding Trip Report: Kameelfontein

August 6, 2013June 6, 2019 re5511K African Black Duck, African Grey Hornbill, African Palm-Swift, African Wattled Lapwing, Amethyst Sunbird, ben fouche, Birdwatcher.co.za, Black Crake, Black-collared Barbet, Black-crowned Tchagra, Black-headed Oriole, Bronze Mannikin, Brown-crowned Tchagra, Brown-hooded Kingfisher, Brown-throated Martin, Burnt-necked Eremomela, Cape Grassbird, Cardinal Woodpecker, Common Moorhen, Common Waxbill, Crimson-breasted Shrike, Fiscal Flycatcher, Golden-tailed Woodpecker, Ground-scraper Thrush, Kalahari Scrub-Robin, Kameelfontein, Lesser Honeyguide, Lesser Swamp-warbler, Levaillant’s Cisticola, Little Grebe, Malachite King-fisher, Neddicky and Chinspot Batis, Pearl-breasted Swallow, Red-collared Widowbirds, Southern Boubou, Streaky-headed Seed-eater, Trip Report, White-throated Robin-chat, Yellow-Fronted Canary, Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird

Rihann Geyser and Ben Fouche Kameelfontein Birding Trip The farm Kameelfontein is situated ±4 km east of the Roodeplaat Dam,

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KwaNdaba, Rust de Winter Birding Trip Report 19 – 21 July 2013

July 26, 2013July 9, 2015 re5511K African Black Duck, African Darter, African Fish Eagle, African Grey Hornbill, African Jacana, African Pied Barbet, African Purple Swamphen, African Snipe, African Wattled Lapwing, Amethyst Sunbird, Arrow-marked Babbler, Barn Owl, Birding, Birdwatcher.co.za, Black Crake, Black Heron, Black-backed Puffback, Black-headed Heron, Black-shouldered Kite, Blacksmith Lapwing, Brown-hooded Kingfisher, Burchell's Coucal, Cape Robin-chat, Cardinal Woodpecker, Chestnut-vented Tit-babbler, Chinspot Batis, Common Waxbill, Crested Francolin, Crimson-breasted Shrike, Egyptian Goose, Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove, Fairy Flycatcher, Fiery-necked Nightjar, Fulvous Duck, Golden-breasted Bunting, Golden-tailed Woodpecker, Goliath Heron, Green Wood-Hoopoe, Grey Heron, Grey-backed Camaroptera, Jameson’s Firefinch, Kwandaba Game Lodge, Lesser Honeyguide, Lesser Swamp-warbler, Lesser-Masked Weaver, Little Bee-eater, Little Bittern, Little Grebe, Little Rush-Warbler, Long-billed Crombeck, Magpie Shrike, Marico Flycatcher, Marico Sunbird, Natal Spurfowl, Neddicky, Pearl-breasted Swallow, Pearl-spotted Owlet, Pied Crow, Red-billed Firefinch, Red-billed Hornbill, Red-billed Oxpecker, Red-chested Flufftail, Red-crested Korhaan, Red-headed Weaver, Red-knobbed Coot, Red-winged Starling, Reed Cormorant, Southern Boubou, Southern Pied Babbler, Southern Pochard, Speckled Pigeon, Spotted Eagle-Owl, Swainson’s Spurfowl, Tawny-flanked Prinia, Three-banded Plover, Trip Report, White-backed Duck, White-bellied Sunbird, White-breasted Cormorant, White-faced Duck, White-throated Robin-chat, White-winged Widowbirds, Yellow-Fronted Canary, Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird

KwaNdaba, Rust de Winter Birding Trip Report 19 – 21 July 2013 At last it was Friday , the

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Birding at Sandalwood Savannah Lodge

June 24, 2013June 6, 2019 re5511K Birdwatcher.co.za, Blue Waxbill, Chestnut-vented Tit-babbler, Grey-backed Camaroptera, Pearl-spotted Owlet, Sabota Lark, Sandalwood Savannah Lodge, Southern Grey-Headed Sparrow, Southern Masked Weaver, Yellow-Fronted Canary

Although our time for birdwatching was very limited (only 2 hours available for birding) and it was already late morning,

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