Palmiet frogs

Palmiet Drive Bird List as at January 2014
130 species

Apalis Barthroated

Barbet Crested
Barbet White eared







Barbet Black collared
Barbet Goldenrumped Tinker (Tinkerbird)

Batis Chinspot







Batis Cape
Bittern Dwarf

Boubou Southern

Bulbul Terrestrial
Bulbul Yellowbellied
Bulbul Blackeyed
Bulbul Sombre (Greenbul)

Bunting Golden-breasted

Buzzard Steppe

Canary Yellow eyed
Canary Bully
Canary Streaky headed

Cuckoo Black
Cuckoo Diederick
Cuckoo Emerald
Cuckoo Klaas
Cuckoo Red chested

Coucal Burchells

Crow Pied

Cormorant Reed

Dove Redeyed
Dove Greenspotted (Emerald spotted wood-dove)
Dove Tambourine
Dove Laughing

Duck African Black

Duck Yellow billed

Drongo forktailed
Drongo Squaretailed

Eagle Crowned
Eagle African Fish
Egret Little

Firefinch Bluebilled
Firefinch Redbilled




Flufftail Buffspotted

Francolin Natal (Spurfowl)






Flycatcher African Dusky
Flycatcher Ashy (Blue-Grey)
Flycatcher Southern Black
Flycatcher Fiscal
Flycatcher Paradise

Goose Egyptian

Goshawk African

Gymnogene (African Harrier Hawk)

Hamerkop

Hawk Little Sparrow
Hawk Black Sparrow

Heron Grey
Heron Greenbacked
Heron Purple

Honeyguide Scalythroated
Honeyguide Sharpbilled
Honeyguide Lesser
Honeyguide Greater

Hoopoe African
Hoopoe Redbilled Wood






Hornbill Trumpeter

Ibis Hadeda
Ibis Sacred





Indigobird Dusky (Black Widowfinch)

Kingfisher Brownhooded
Kingfisher Giant
Kingfisher Halfcollared
Kingfisher Malachite
Kingfisher Pygmy

Kite Yellowbilled

Lourie Purplecrested (Turaco)

Mannikin Bronze
Mannikin Redbacked

Mousebird Speckled

Myna Indian

Narina Trogon
Nightjar Fiery necked




Oriole Blackheaded




Owl Wood


Owl Spotted Eagle

Parakeet Roseringed (introduced)

Prinia Tawny










Puffback

Robin Natal (Red-capped Robin-chat)
Robin Whitebrowed Scrub

Shrike Blackcuckoo
Shrike Greycuckoo
Shrike Fiscal

Shrike Orange breasted
Shrike Greyheaded Bush

Sparrow Greyheaded

Spoonbill African


Starling Plum coloured
Starling Redwinged
Starling Blackbellied
Starling Glossy





Stork Woolynecked
Stork Black
Stork White











Sunbird Olive
Sunbird Grey
Sunbird Black




Sunbird Double Collared
Sunbird Collared
Sunbird White bellied

Swift Palm

Tchagra Southern

Tit Southern Black

Thrush Kurrichane
Thrush Olive

Twinspot Green

Vulture Palmnut

Wagtail Longtailed
Wagtail Cape

Warbler Bleating





Warbler Little Rush (African Sedge)





Warbler Willow





Waxbill Common
Waxbill Grey

Weaver Forest
Weaver Spectacled
Weaver Yellow
Weaver Spottedbacked (Village)
Weaver Thickbilled

White-eye Cape





Whydah Pintailed

Woodpecker Cardinal
Woodpecker Goldentailed
Woopecker Olive

Black Cuckoo

Over the past week we have had daily visits from the forest weavers, and on Sunday was the first report of a black cuckoo in our road.

Mushrooms

With all the wet weather this week, I had lots of these little mushrooms pop up in my garden - it looked like the fairies had come for tea!

Vine Snake

Paul sent in some photos of this vine snake

This slender mongoose is a local resident. And then there were two dassies:-) Thanks for the photos Paul!

Some sightings from Helen