Bird Watching in Plett

08/07/2022

Yesterday I got some great photography practise on a pelagic out of Knysna. These pics are of the many White-chinned Petrels which offered some fun flybys
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19/03/2022

10/01/2022

Some awesome birding on this amazing property

25/12/2021

Some bird pics on a recent trip to look for the Pectoral Sandpiper

06/12/2021

Some great birds seen in Plett today

04/11/2021

It was so awesome to photograph this African Cuckoo-Hawk on a recent recce for BBD. A massive thank you to Carr (one of the top guides in the Garden Route)from Reflections Eco Reserve(arguably the best "birder friendly" accomodation along the Garden Route) for showing us this beauty! Garden Route Birds - Share Your Birds! Let's Go Birding South Africa

19/10/2021

09/09/2021

A super fun mornings birding in and around Plett with the Tygerberg Bird Club / Voëlklub with some really nice birds seen.

10/04/2021

Some excitement in the Garden Route when this Grey Wagtail was spotted near Hoekwil. This bird seemed to prefer showing itself in the late afternoon when there seem to be more insect life on the river. Luckily we managed to connect with it too. Thanks to Rupert Horley for a successful twitch!

25/03/2021

Not taken in Plett, but a recent twitch to the Sunday's River near PE to see the Rare Sooty Gull and some other good birds.

10/03/2021

Some obliging birds allowed me to get some close up photos.

29/01/2021

Getting some bird photography practice in...

07/01/2021

Black Saw-wings and Barn Swallows in flight

07/01/2021

Some of the birds I managed to get photos of on my birding tours this year

23/12/2020

Some more pics from my morning at Cairnbrogie

23/12/2020

The Zitting Cisticola in flight at Cairnbrogie

20/12/2020

Lots of excitement in the birding world today, as a pair of Buff-breasted Sandpipers(note the yellow legs), were found at Voelvlei by Justin and Mark this morning. The sighting had birding enthusiasts driving from Cape Town to tick the rare visitor that has only been recorded in SA about 20 times!. ...It breeds in the Arctic Tundra and usually heads to South America this time of year.

16/12/2020

A special pelagic trip out of Knysna Heads today: White-chinned Petrel, Great Shearwater, Subantarctic Skua, Shy Albatross, Indian Yellow-nosed and Sooty Shearwater to name a few. If you are in the area and keen for a trip around the 27th Dec, get hold of Tim on 071 683 4133

13/12/2020

What a wonderful morning looking for pelagics of Plett! Photographed bird species include: Common Terns, Sabine's Gull, Cory Shearwater, Parasitic Jaeger and Cape Gannet.
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09/12/2020

A Blue-cheeked Bee-eater: a non-breeding Palearctic migrants visited the Plett area today. A Palearctic migrant is a bird that migrates from a region that includes Europe, northern Asia, eastern Siberia and North Africa.
Thanks to the Plett Bird Alert Whatsapp group (Tinus) for the heads up!!

08/12/2020

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04/12/2020

Caspian tern flying over the Keurbooms River with a fish

04/12/2020

Giant Kingfisher shots from the Keurbooms River - Always a pleasure to get some pics of our largest kingfisher

24/11/2020

The elusive Knysna Warbler... a tough bird to see sometimes

18/11/2020

National Rarity: Elegant Tern (with the reddish bill)- seen on Tuesday where the Bitou joins the Keurbooms!
This tern usually breeds on the Pacific coasts of the southern United States and Mexico and winters south to Peru, Ecuador and Chile - so you can get an idea of the excitement to all birders!

17/11/2020

Trying to photograph this white throated swallow was quite challenging

14/11/2020

Pale morphed Booted Eagle over Piesang Valley, Plett

14/11/2020

Some birding in Plett(Common waxbill, LittleBittern, Lesser Striped Swallow, Cape Weaver, Sombre Greenbul, Cape Bulbul)

14/11/2020

What the wagtail eats....

13/11/2020

You dont see a wattled starling every day in Plett