St Lucia Birding Tours - Ian Ferreira

St Lucia Birding Tours - Ian Ferreira All tours guided by your passionate and experienced birding specialist guide - Ian Ferreira.
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Whether you are a twitcher hoping to add new bird species to your list, a photographer hoping to get excellent photo's of birds or would simply like to revel in their beauty and learn more about birds, the birding excursions will be tailored to suit your birding goals.

Beautiful sighting of a floating lek of calling Narina trogon males on this afternoon's bird walk in St Lucia!
28/12/2024

Beautiful sighting of a floating lek of calling Narina trogon males on this afternoon's bird walk in St Lucia!

Some great birding in St Lucia this past week. Thanks for the fantastic pictures Andries Roesch!
27/12/2024

Some great birding in St Lucia this past week. Thanks for the fantastic pictures Andries Roesch!

Whinchat was still showing beautifully this morning on the Eastern shores, Isimangaliso.
27/12/2024

Whinchat was still showing beautifully this morning on the Eastern shores, Isimangaliso.

Special sighting of Whinchat on the Eastern shores, Isimangaliso today!
26/12/2024

Special sighting of Whinchat on the Eastern shores, Isimangaliso today!

Some great birding at the Lake St Lucia estuary mouth at the moment. Sightings the last week have included Tibetan sand ...
20/12/2024

Some great birding at the Lake St Lucia estuary mouth at the moment. Sightings the last week have included Tibetan sand plover, Terek sandpiper, Lesser crested tern, Little tern, Greater crested tern, Common tern, Sandwich tern, Southern brown-throated weaver, Rufous-winged cisticola, Eurasian whimbrel, Common-ringed plover, Sanderling to name a few.

The Dwarf bittern has been treating us to great views on recent bird walks!
15/12/2024

The Dwarf bittern has been treating us to great views on recent bird walks!

Beautiful sighting of a male and female Narina trogon in St Lucia yesterday!
10/12/2024

Beautiful sighting of a male and female Narina trogon in St Lucia yesterday!

Some birds seen and photographed on the Eastern shores, Isimangaliso today: Rosy-throated longclaw, Yellow-billed oxpeck...
09/12/2024

Some birds seen and photographed on the Eastern shores, Isimangaliso today: Rosy-throated longclaw, Yellow-billed oxpecker, Saddle-billed stork, Secretarybird, Blue-cheeked bee-eater.

Unusual and lucky sighting of Dwarf bittern in the wetlands close to St Lucia this afternoon.
08/12/2024

Unusual and lucky sighting of Dwarf bittern in the wetlands close to St Lucia this afternoon.

Some birds seen and photographed on recent bird walks: White-eared barbet, Green malkoha, Livingstone's turaco, Grey wax...
03/12/2024

Some birds seen and photographed on recent bird walks: White-eared barbet, Green malkoha, Livingstone's turaco, Grey waxbill, African emerald cuckoo.

Very unusual to see a Serval out in the daylight on the Eastern shores, Isimangaliso.
02/12/2024

Very unusual to see a Serval out in the daylight on the Eastern shores, Isimangaliso.

Some birds photographed on recent bird walks: Narina trogon, Green malkoha, Woodward's batis, Yellow-rumped tinkerbird, ...
29/11/2024

Some birds photographed on recent bird walks: Narina trogon, Green malkoha, Woodward's batis, Yellow-rumped tinkerbird, Dark-backed weaver, Klaas' cuckoo, Crowned hornbill, Ashy flycatcher.

Was amazing to watch these 3 Violet-backed starling males performing for a female, turning their bodies at different ang...
28/11/2024

Was amazing to watch these 3 Violet-backed starling males performing for a female, turning their bodies at different angles to the sun to show off their beautiful iridescence whilst fluttering their wings.

A nice selection of terns (Greater crested, Lesser crested, Little, Caspian and Sandwich) at the estuary mouth yesterday...
27/11/2024

A nice selection of terns (Greater crested, Lesser crested, Little, Caspian and Sandwich) at the estuary mouth yesterday afternoon. Other birds seen included Grey plover, Southern brown-throated weaver, Eurasian whimbrel, Common ringed plover, Common sandpiper, White-fronted plover, Rufous-winged cisticola, Eastern golden weaver, Thick-billed weaver, Brimstone canary to name a few.

A couple of birds seen and photographed on the Eastern shores of Isimangaliso Wetlands Park this morning: Senegal lapwin...
26/11/2024

A couple of birds seen and photographed on the Eastern shores of Isimangaliso Wetlands Park this morning: Senegal lapwing, Blue-cheeked bee-eater, Broad-billed roller.

Great sightings of Narina trogon and African emerald cuckoo on this morning's bird walk in St Lucia. Also seen: Green ma...
25/11/2024

Great sightings of Narina trogon and African emerald cuckoo on this morning's bird walk in St Lucia. Also seen: Green malkoha, Livingstone's turaco, Purple-banded sunbird, Yellow-bellied greenbul, Crested guineafowl, Yellow-rumped tinkerbird, Black-bellied starling, Square-tailed drongo, Dark-backed weaver, Lesser-masked weaver, Sombre greenbul, Black-backed puffback, African harrier-hawk, Green-backed camaroptera and many more!

A couple of birds seen and photographed today in St Lucia: Livingstone's turaco, Narina trogon and Brown scrub-robin.
21/11/2024

A couple of birds seen and photographed today in St Lucia: Livingstone's turaco, Narina trogon and Brown scrub-robin.

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For those wondering about the current state of the Lake St Lucia estuary mouth: It is closed from the ocean on the low tide but on the Spring high tide ocean water still pushes in. With the large storm swell of the past few days large volumes of ocean water pushing in flattening reedbeds towards the ski boat club.

Rufous-bellied heron, St Lucia
Rufous-bellied heron, St Lucia

Beautiful views of the Rufous-bellied heron this morning!

Narina trogon in St Lucia
Narina trogon in St Lucia

Narina trogon on this morning's walk.

The naughty Isimangaliso elephants have been making a nuisance of themselves ripping out sign posts, destroying thatch roofs and making a mess of the road the last couple of days.

Spotted ground-thrush, St Lucia
Spotted ground-thrush, St Lucia

Great sighting of Spotted ground-thrush on this morning's bird walk. Special Winter visitors to the forests surrounding St Lucia where they can be found scratching through leaf litter on the forest floor.

St Lucia estuary mouth on the high tide this afternoon. Nice flow of crystal clean ocean water pushing up the mouth.

Incredible sighting of a leopard on the outskirts of St Lucia this evening. What a special place!

Lake St Lucia estuary mouth on the neap high tide this morning with crystal clean ocean water pushing in.

The Lake St Lucia estuary this afternoon on the high tide. Large, powerful swell pushing alot of water up the mouth and into the Lake and Umfolozi river channel. Large swell is also pushing the bank opposite the mouth inwards narrowing the mouth considerably. The channel only 10m across but still deep. With large swell predicted for the upcoming week the mouth will do well to stay open. Will have to wait and see.

Beautiful sighting of this male leopard scent marking, flehmen and walking along the road this morning on the Eastern shores, Isimangaliso Wetlands Park.

Beautiful afternoon at the Lake St Lucia estuary mouth with a large tern roost nicely positioned on the sand island in the center of the mouth.

The Lake St Lucia estuary mouth on the low tide (neaps) today. There are now 2 channels separated by a sand island. The Northern Channel is extremely shallow and on the brink of closing. The Southern Channel is wide but also shallow.

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