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05 march 2011 - milnerton lagoon |
We decided to head down to Milnerton Lagoon early this morning to do a bit of photography. Most of the commoner waterbirds were encountered with nothing out of the ordinary really. We did have a reasonable procession of birds flying up and down the waterway passed us which at least gave some reasonable photographic opportunities. |
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Swift Tern |
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African Darter |
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juvenile Reed Cormorant |
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Hartlaub's Gull |
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Little Egret |
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Egyptian Goose |
Full list of species recorded at Milnerton Lagoon | |
Links to pages with additional photos highlighted in red | |
Common Name | Scientific Name |
Birds - 44 species | |
Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca |
Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos |
Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata |
Cape Shoveler | Anas smithii |
Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis |
African Black Swift | Apus barbatus |
Rock Dove | Columba livia |
Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea |
Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis |
Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata |
Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus |
Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia |
Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea |
Water Thick-knee | Burhinus vermiculatus |
Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus |
Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus |
Hartlaub's Gull | Larus hartlaubii |
Caspian Tern | Sterna caspia |
Swift Tern | Sterna bergii |
Sandwich Tern | Sterna sandvicensis |
Common Tern | Sterna hirundo |
Rock Kestrel | Falco rupicolis |
African Darter | Anhinga rufa |
Reed Cormorant | Phalacrocorax africanus |
White-breasted Cormorant | Phalacrocorax lucidus |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea |
Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
Hadeda Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash |
African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus |
Pied Crow | Corvus albus |
Brown-throated Martin | Riparia paludicola |
White-throated Swallow | Hirundo albigularis |
Greater Striped Swallow | Hirundo cucullata |
Lesser Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris |
Cape White-eye | Zosterops capensis |
Levaillant's Cisticola | Cisticola tinniens |
Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris |
Cape Weaver | Ploceus capensis |
Southern Masked Weaver | Ploceus velatus |
Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix |
Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild |
Cape Sparrow | Passer melanurus |
Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis |