29 June 2024 - Glen Austin Pan
Not much birding done during the month of June, other than my two local patches.
A few hours in the afternoon at the Pan was rewarding, as a small flock of Greater Flamingo's had arrived earlier in the week - this was my first record of Flamingo's at Glen Austin, although I had heard of previous records in the past - so it was a real treat
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| Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) |
The Sacred Ibis now have a breeding colony in the reeds, much to the other species dismay, I can imagine
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| African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) |
Overhead, there were Palm Swift's
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| African Palm Swift (Cypsiurus parvus) |
and a single Large Rock Martin (the new name) amongst the Brown-throated
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| Large Rock Martin (Ptyonoprogne fuligula) |
African Wattled Lapwing's enjoy the adjacent grassland's
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| African Wattled Lapwing (Vanellus senegallus) |
While the Three-banded Plover's are found on the exposed mud banks around the pan
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| Three-banded Plover (Charadrius tricollaris) |
Waterfowl are plentiful with a good few species represented with Blue-billed Teal
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| Blue-billed Teal (Spatula hottentota) |
and Cape Shoveler amongst some of the species
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| Cape Shoveler (Spatula smithii) |
Despite the winter month's, the water level is still favourably high!
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