Ringing at Greystone Park on the 10th was quite good, with three Red-throated Twinspots caught, along with a Cardinal Woodpecker and more. There were a few re-traps; two fairly recent Spectacled Weavers, a Tawny-flanked Prinia and a Lesser Swamp-warbler from about a year ago.
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| Female Red-throated Twinspot... |
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| ...and the male. |
Ringing at Haka Park was very slow, but I was kept busy by dung beetles, which were constantly getting stuck in our nets. There were also nice birds around, except they weren't flying into our nets!
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| African Cuckoo. |
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| White-breasted Cuckooshrike. |
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| Dung beetles. |
On Sunday (the 11th) I went rock climbing in Christon Bank Nature Reserve, with a little bit of birding on the side. Retz's Helmet-shrike, White-breasted Cuckooshrike, Familiar Chat, Red-chested Cuckoo, Mocking Cliff-chat and Red-winged Starling were some of the birds I saw.
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| The climbing spot. |
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| A gorgeous male Violet-backed Starling. |
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| This baby Familiar Chat was hanging around near the climbing spot with its family. |
To finish off the weekend I went to Greengrove Dam, and was quickly chased away by a thunderstorm! During the 30 minutes I managed to spend there, there were four Black-crowned Night-herons out in broad daylight - a real treat!
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| A trio of adult Black-crowned Night-herons. There was also a juvenile nearby. |
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