25/06/11

Absolutely insane coming out here this morning. The wind is bitterly cold and is blowing directly into the hides.

Temperature: 8 degrees Celsius [car temp] 1.5 degrees Celsius [thermometer temp] wind chill insane

Water temp : 2 degrees Celsius.

A little overcast but really uncomfortable.

A new lifer for rondebult today .Great Crested Grebe. African Goshawk

 Not a fantastic list today due to the weather.

List

Black Headed Heron                                                              Little Grebe

Blacksmith Lapwing                                                               White Faced Duck

Egyptian Goose                                                                      Red Knobbed Coot

Black Collared Barbet                                                                        Levaillant’s Cistacola

Great Crested Grebe [Rondebult lifer]                                   Feral Pigeon

Laughing Dove                                                                       Cape Turtle Dove

Sacred Ibis                                                                              Hadida Ibis

Fiscal Shrike                                                                            Cape Reed Warbler

White Breasted Cormorant                                                     Common Peacock

Southern Masked Weaver                                                       Cape Sparrow

African Goshawk [Rondebult Lifer]                                      Grey Headed Gull

Reed Cormorant                                                                     African Darter

Olive Thrush

I wanted to visit Marievale but that would have been crazy with today’s temperatures.

                                          Black collared barbet

 

Great Crested Grebe

                                      

                                                      Common Peacock

                                           Common Peacock Female

The peacocks where in full display today and where actually competeing for this female.I have never seen a female display and in fact did not know that they did in fact display.