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| 05 march 2011 - milnerton lagoon |
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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 |