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We flew British Airways from LHR, into Cape Town and back from Livingstone, Zambia, via Johannesburg.
In Cape Town we stayed in 30 Fiskaal Road Guest House. I persuaded my wife that a trip to the winelands should take in Paarl Sewage Treatment works, but mostly we just chilled out.
Our direct flight to Maun, Botswana was cancelled, so we had a frantic day flying to Jo'burg, then Gaberone then to Maun. We then had one night at the Royal Tree Lodge outside Maun.
A bush flight took us to Moremi Crossing Lodge in the Okavango, where we spent 3 nights. We returned to Maun and took another bush flight through a thunderstorm to Kasane where we were met and taken to Muchenje Lodge, just outside Chobe Game Reserve, for another 3 nights.
Then we travelled back to Kasane and crossed the Chobe River into Zambia where we stayed at the Waterberry Lodge, on the River Zambesi, for a final 3 nights. This lodge is around 20 miles upstream of the Victoria Falls.
All, except the Cape Town - Botswana flight, went exceptionally smoothly, thanks to Audley Travel for making the arrangements.
It was only a few days away from the end of the dry season, but we had next to no rain, and only two seriously hot (38 C) days. Malaria prophyllaxis was taken but nowhere was very buggy.
Mammals
African Elephant Loxodonta africana 15, Moremi on 11/10/12. 3, Moremi on 12/10/12. 50, Chobe Game Reserve on 14/10/12. 250, Chobe Game Reserve on 14/10/12. 10, Waterberry Lodge on 16/10/12.
South African Galago Galago moholi 1, Chobe Game Reserve on 15/10/12.
Vervet Monkey Chlorocebus aethiops 4, Royal Tree Lodge on 07/10/12. 12, Waterberry Lodge on 16/10/12.
Chacma Baboon Papio ursinus 20, Cape Point on 07/10/12. 25, Moremi on 11/10/12. 25, Moremi on 12/10/12. 20, Chobe Game Reserve on 15/10/12. 25, Waterberry Lodge on 16/10/12.
Red Bush Squirrel Paraxerus palliatus 1, Royal Tree Lodge on 07/10/12.
Four-striped Grass Mouse Rhabdomys pumilio 1, Cape Point on 07/10/12.
Egyptian Rousette Rousettus aegyptiacus 10, Cape Town on 07/10/12.
Burchell's Zebra Equus burchellii 3, Moremi on 11/10/12. 20, Moremi on 12/10/12. 10, Waterberry Lodge on 16/10/12.
Spotted Hyena Crocuta crocuta 1, Moremi on 11/10/12.
Serval Leptailurus serval 1, Chobe Game Reserve on 15/10/12.
Lion Panthera leo 2, Chobe Game Reserve on 14/10/12. 7, Chobe Game Reserve on 15/10/12.
Slender Mongoose Galerella sanguinea 1, Chobe Game Reserve on 14/10/12.
Banded Mongoose Mungos mungo 15, Chobe Game Reserve on 14/10/12. 25, Chobe Game Reserve on 15/10/12.
African Civet Civettictis civetta 1, Chobe Game Reserve on 15/10/12.
Black-backed Jackal Canis mesomelas 3, Chobe Game Reserve on 15/10/12.
African Wild Dog Lycaon pictus 7, Waterberry Lodge on 18/10/12 seen from Zambesi river cruise in Victoria Falls NP in Zimbabwe.
Honey Badger Mellivora capensis 1, Moremi on 11/10/12.
Warthog Phacochoerus africanus 4, Moremi on 11/10/12. 2, Moremi on 12/10/12.
Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis 1, Moremi on 13/10/12. 3, Chobe Game Reserve on 14/10/12. 1, Chobe Game Reserve on 15/10/12.
Impala Aepyceros melampus 50, Moremi on 11/10/12. 25, Moremi on 12/10/12. 100, Chobe Game Reserve on 14/10/12. 100, Chobe Game Reserve on 14/10/12. 50, Chobe Game Reserve on 15/10/12.
Blue Wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus 3, Moremi on 11/10/12.
Tsessebe Damaliscus lunatus 2, Moremi on 11/10/12.
Steenbok Raphicerus campestris 1, Chobe Game Reserve on 13/10/12.
African Buffalo Syncerus caffer 200, Chobe Game Reserve on 14/10/12. 2, Chobe Game Reserve on 15/10/12.
Eland Taurotragus oryx 12, Chobe Game Reserve on 15/10/12.
Bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus 2, Waterberry Lodge on 18/10/12. 1, Waterberry Lodge on 18/10/12.
Greater Kudu Tragelaphus strepsiceros 2, Moremi on 11/10/12. 1, Moremi on 12/10/12. 5, Chobe Game Reserve on 14/10/12. 4, Chobe Game Reserve on 15/10/12.
Roan Antelope Hippotragus equinus 1, Chobe Game Reserve on 15/10/12.
Sable Antelope Hippotragus niger 2, Chobe Game Reserve on 15/10/12.
Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus 25, Chobe Game Reserve on 14/10/12.
Lechwe Kobus leche 6, Moremi on 11/10/12. 20, Chobe Game Reserve on 14/10/12.
Puku Kobus vardonii 6, Chobe Game Reserve on 14/10/12.
Southern Reedbuck Redunca arundinum 1, Moremi on 11/10/12.
Birds
Ostrich Struthio camelus 1, Royal Tree Lodge on 10/10/12. 3, Chobe Game Reserve on 13/10/12.
White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis 3, Cape Point on 07/10/12.
African Reed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus 10, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12. 25, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12. 20, Muchenje Lodge on 13/10/12. 50, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12. 10, Victoria Falls NP on 16/10/12. 5, Waterberry Lodge on 17/10/12.
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 1, Moremi Crossing on 12/10/12. 1, Waterberry Lodge on 16/10/12.
Cormorants Phalacrocorax spp Plenty in Cape Town but I didn't bother with them!
African Darter Anhinga rufa 1, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12. 2, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12. 5, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12.
Great White Pelecan Pelecanus onocrotalus 45, Muchenje Lodge on 13/10/12. 25, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12. 20, Chobe Game Reserve on 14/10/12.
Pink-backed Pelecan Pelecanus rufescens 1, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12.
White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata 6, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12. 20, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12. 10, Moremi Crossing on 12/10/12. 25, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12.
Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa 50, Paarl STW on 08/10/12.
Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus 10, Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden on 06/10/12. 10, Paarl STW on 08/10/12. 20, Muchenje Lodge on 13/10/12. 20, Chobe Game Reserve on 14/10/12. 5, Victoria Falls NP on 16/10/12.
Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis 10, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12. 10, Moremi Crossing on 12/10/12. 25, Muchenje Lodge on 13/10/12. 100, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12. 20, Victoria Falls NP on 16/10/12.
Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos 10, Muchenje Lodge on 13/10/12. 10, Victoria Falls NP on 16/10/12.
African Pygmy-goose Nettapus auritus 6, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12. 5, Moremi Crossing on 12/10/12.
Cape Teal Anas capensis 50, Paarl STW on 08/10/12.
Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata 3, Paarl STW on 08/10/12.
Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha 50, Paarl STW on 08/10/12. 50, Muchenje Lodge on 13/10/12. 10, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12.
Cape Shoveler Anas smithii 20, Paarl STW on 08/10/12.
Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma 50, Paarl STW on 08/10/12.
Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula 1, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12. 10, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12. 4, Moremi Crossing on 12/10/12. 5, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12.
Little Egret Egretta garzetta 50, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12. 20, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12.
Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia 10, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12.
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 4, Muchenje Lodge on 13/10/12. , Sidudu Island on 14/10/12.
Goliath Heron Ardea goliath 1, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12. 5, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12.
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 15, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12. 1, Waterberry Lodge on 16/10/12.
Great Egret Casmerodius albus 10, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12. 100, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12. 100, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12.
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 50, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12. 5, Victoria Falls NP on 16/10/12.
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 50, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12. 50, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12. 25, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12.
Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris 2, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12.
Striated Heron Butorides striatus 1, Waterberry Lodge on 18/10/12.
Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 1, Moremi Crossing on 12/10/12.
White-backed Night-Heron Gorsachius leuconotus 1, Victoria Falls NP on 19/10/12.
Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus 1, Moremi Crossing on 12/10/12, 1 male.
Hammerkop Scopus umbretta 4, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12. 10, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12. 1, Muchenje Lodge on 15/10/12.
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 20, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12.
Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash 2, Camp's Bay on 05/10/12. 25, Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden on 06/10/12.
Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus 3, Camp's Bay on 05/10/12. 20, Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden on 06/10/12. 10, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12.
African Spoonbill Platalea alba 3, Muchenje Lodge on 14/10/12. 15, Chobe Game Reserve on 14/10/12. 1, Chobe Game Reserve on 15/10/12.
Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis 1, Muchenje Lodge on 13/10/12. 10, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12.
African Open-billed Stork Anastomus lamelligerus 1, Moremi Crossing on 12/10/12. 100, Muchenje Lodge on 13/10/12. 4, Waterberry Lodge on 16/10/12.
Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis 3, Moremi Crossing on 12/10/12.
Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus 6, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12. 20, Moremi Crossing on 13/10/12. 10, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12. 3, Waterberry Lodge on 16/10/12.
Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus 1, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12.
Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius 10, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12. 4, Muchenje Lodge on 13/10/12. 50, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12.
African Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer 5, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12. 50, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12. 1, Muchenje Lodge on 13/10/12. 10, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12.
Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus 3, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12.
White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus 4, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12. 2, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12. 3, Chobe Game Reserve on 13/10/12. 3, Chobe Game Reserve on 14/10/12. 10, Chobe Game Reserve on 15/10/12 on dead elephant.
Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus 1, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12. 1, Moremi Crossing on 13/10/12.
White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis 1, Moremi Crossing on 13/10/12.
Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus 1, Chobe Game Reserve on 14/10/12. 1, Muchenje Lodge on 15/10/12.
Brown Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinereus 1, Chobe Game Reserve on 14/10/12. 1, Muchenje Lodge on 15/10/12.
Banded Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinerascens 1, Victoria Falls NP on 19/10/12, 1 juvenile.
Bateleur Eagle Terathopius ecaudatus 2, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12. 1, Muchenje Lodge on 15/10/12.
African Marsh-Harrier Circus ranivorus 6, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12. 2, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12.
Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus 1, Waterberry Lodge on 18/10/12.
African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro 2, Waterberry Lodge on 18/10/12.
Shikra Accipiter badius 2, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12. 1, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12. 1, Moremi Crossing on 12/10/12.
Black Sparrowhawk Accipiter melanoleucus 1, Paarl STW on 08/10/12.
Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax 2, Muchenje Lodge on 14/10/12.
Wahlberg's Eagle Aquila wahlbergi 1, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12. 2, Waterberry Lodge on 18/10/12.
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus 1, Camp's Bay on 05/10/12 pale.
Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris 3, Camp's Bay on 05/10/12. 25, Muchenje Lodge on 13/10/12.
Crested Francolin Francolinus sephaena 3, Chobe Game Reserve on 14/10/12.
Red-billed Francolin Francolinus adspersus 1, Royal Tree Lodge on 09/10/12. 15, Chobe Game Reserve on 14/10/12.
Swainson's Francolin Francolinus swainsonii 10, Chobe Game Reserve on 13/10/12. 2, Chobe Game Reserve on 14/10/12.
Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostris 4, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12. 5, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12.
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 1, Paarl STW on 08/10/12.
Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata 50, Paarl STW on 08/10/12.
African Finfoot Podica senegalensis 1, Victoria Falls NP on 16/10/12. 1, Waterberry Lodge on 17/10/12.
Wattled Crane Grus carunculatus 2, Moremi Crossing on 12/10/12.
Southhern Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum 1, Victoria Falls NP on 16/10/12. 3, Victoria Falls NP on 17/10/12.
Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori 2, Chobe Game Reserve on 14/10/12.
Red-crested Korhaan Eupodotis ruficrista 3, Chobe Game Reserve on 13/10/12.
African Jacana Actophilornis africanus 4, Royal Tree Lodge on 09/10/12. 20, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12. 250, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12. 10, Muchenje Lodge on 13/10/12. 25, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12. 3, Waterberry Lodge on 16/10/12. 5, Victoria Falls NP on 16/10/12.
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 2, Moremi Crossing on 12/10/12.
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 1, Moremi Crossing on 12/10/12. 1, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12.
Common Sandpiper Tringa hypoleucos 10, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12. 2, Victoria Falls NP on 16/10/12. 1, Waterberry Lodge on 17/10/12. 8, Victoria Falls NP on 19/10/12.
Ruff Philomachus pugnax 1, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12.
Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus 1, Waterberry Lodge on 18/10/12.
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 5, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12.
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola 2, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12. 1, Chobe River in Namibia on 14/10/12.
Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis 2, Victoria Falls on 17/10/12. 4, Waterberry Lodge on 19/10/12.
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 1, Chobe Game Reserve on 13/10/12.
Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius 2, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12.
Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris 6, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12.
Blacksmith Plover Vanellus armatus 5, Royal Tree Lodge on 09/10/12. 2, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12. 1, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12.
White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps 1, Waterberry Lodge on 16/10/12. 1, Victoria Falls NP on 16/10/12.
Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus 2, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12.
Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus 4, Chobe Game Reserve on 13/10/12.
Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus 25, Camp's Bay on 06/10/12.
Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus 20, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12.
Hartlaub's Gull Larus hartlaubii 500, Camp's Bay on 07/10/12. 1000, Paarl STW on 08/10/12.
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus 20, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12.
Crested Tern Sterna bergii 100, Camp's Bay on 07/10/12.
African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris 10, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12. 1, Waterberry Lodge on 17/10/12.
Rameron Pigeon Columba arquatrix 10, Paarl STW on 08/10/12.
Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea 5, Camp's Bay on 05/10/12.
Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis 2, Camp's Bay on 05/10/12. 5, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12. 20, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12.
Cape Turtle Dove Streptopelia capicola 10, Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden on 06/10/12. 10, Royal Tree Lodge on 09/10/12. 1, Royal Tree Lodge on 10/10/12. 10, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12. 20, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12. 15, Victoria Falls NP on 16/10/12.
Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata 6, Camp's Bay on 05/10/12. 20, Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden on 06/10/12. 1, Royal Tree Lodge on 10/10/12. 20, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12. 5, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12.
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur chalcospilos 1, Royal Tree Lodge on 09/10/12. 1, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12. 5, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12.
Namaqua Dove Oena capensis 4, Chobe Game Reserve on 14/10/12.
African Green-Pigeon Treron calva 25, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12.
Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri 3, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12. 1, Moremi Crossing on 12/10/12. 2, Muchenje Lodge on 14/10/12.
Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus 3, Waterberry Lodge on 18/10/12.
Grey Lowrie Corythaixoides concolor 10, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12. 10, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12.
African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis 1, Moremi Crossing on 12/10/12.
Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus 6, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12. 10, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12.
Pel's Fishing-Owl Scotopelia peli 2, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12. 2, Moremi Crossing on 12/10/12 different island.
African Barred Owl Glaucidium capense 1, Royal Tree Lodge on 09/10/12. 1, Moremi Crossing on 12/10/12.
African Palm-Swift Cypsiurus parvus 20, Maun on 10/10/12. 25, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12. 50, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12. 10, Muchenje Lodge on 14/10/12. 50, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12. 10, Waterberry Lodge on 16/10/12.
Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 1, Camp's Bay on 05/10/12. 2, Paarl STW on 08/10/12.
African Black Swift Apus barbatus 1, Cape Town on 06/10/12. 6, Paarl STW on 08/10/12.
Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata 1, Victoria Falls NP on 16/10/12.
Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata 2, Paarl STW on 08/10/12. 4, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12. 5, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12.
Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala 2, Victoria Falls NP on 16/10/12. 3, Victoria Falls NP on 19/10/12.
Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti 1, Moremi Crossing on 12/10/12.
Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima 1, Waterberry Lodge on 16/10/12.
Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis 1, Royal Tree Lodge on 09/10/12. 30, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12. 20, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12. 20, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12. 3, Victoria Falls NP on 16/10/12.
White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides 2, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12.
Little Green Bee-eater Merops pusillus 2, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12. 1, Moremi Crossing on 12/10/12. 2, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12.
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus 1, Chobe Game Reserve on 14/10/12.
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster 2, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12. 15, Waterberry Lodge on 16/10/12.
Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides 2, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12. 3, Muchenje Lodge on 14/10/12. 5, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12.
European Roller Coracias garrulus 1, Royal Tree Lodge on 10/10/12. 10, Chobe Game Reserve on 14/10/12.
Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudata 1, Royal Tree Lodge on 10/10/12. 1, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12. 2, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12. 1, Moremi Crossing on 12/10/12. 5, Chobe Game Reserve on 14/10/12. 2, Victoria Falls NP on 16/10/12.
Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus 1, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12. 1, Muchenje Lodge on 15/10/12. 3, Waterberry Lodge on 18/10/12.
African Hoopoe Upupa africana 3, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12.
Red-biled Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus 2, Royal Tree Lodge on 09/10/12. 2, Royal Tree Lodge on 10/10/12. 3, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12. 3, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12. 2, Moremi Crossing on 12/10/12. 3, Chobe Game Reserve on 14/10/12.
Common Scimitar-bill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas 2, Muchenje Lodge on 15/10/12. 2, Waterberry Lodge on 18/10/12.
Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus 10, Royal Tree Lodge on 09/10/12. 20, Royal Tree Lodge on 10/10/12. 3, Moremi Crossing on 12/10/12. 25, Chobe Game Reserve on 14/10/12.
Bradfield's Hornbill Tockus bradfieldi 1, Waterberry Lodge on 16/10/12.
African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus 5, Royal Tree Lodge on 10/10/12. 2, Muchenje Lodge on 14/10/12. 10, Chobe Game Reserve on 14/10/12.
Trumpeter Hornbill Ceratogymna bucinator 1, Waterberry Lodge on 17/10/12. 4, Victoria Falls on 17/10/12.
Southern Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus cafer 2, Moremi Crossing on 12/10/12.
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus 1, Waterberry Lodge on 17/10/12.
Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus 1, Royal Tree Lodge on 09/10/12. 1, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12. 2, Moremi Crossing on 12/10/12. 1, Victoria Falls on 17/10/12.
Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii 1, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12. 1, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12. 2, Moremi Crossing on 12/10/12. 1, Muchenje Lodge on 14/10/12.
Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor 1, Muchenje Lodge on 15/10/12. 1, Waterberry Lodge on 18/10/12.
Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni 1, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12. 1, Moremi Crossing on 12/10/12. 1, Muchenje Lodge on 14/10/12.
Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens 1, Muchenje Lodge on 15/10/12. 1, Waterberry Lodge on 18/10/12.
African Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis 2, Waterberry Lodge on 16/10/12. 2, Waterberry Lodge on 18/10/12.
Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis 25, Royal Tree Lodge on 09/10/12.
Pied Crow Corvus albus 3, Camp's Bay on 05/10/12. 3, Camp's Bay on 07/10/12. 10, Paarl STW on 08/10/12. 2, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12. 2, Waterberry Lodge on 18/10/12.
African Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus 1, Waterberry Lodge on 17/10/12.
Common Fiscal Shrike Lanius collaris 1, Camp's Bay on 05/10/12. 2, Paarl STW on 08/10/12.
African Long-tailed Shrike Corvinella melanoleuca 2, Royal Tree Lodge on 09/10/12. 1, Moremi Crossing on 12/10/12. 1, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12.
Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla 2, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12. 2, Chobe Game Reserve on 14/10/12. 2, Muchenje Lodge on 15/10/12. 2, Waterberry Lodge on 16/10/12. 8, Waterberry Lodge on 17/10/12.
Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi 1, Royal Tree Lodge on 10/10/12. 1, Muchenje Lodge on 15/10/12.
Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulpfureopectus 2, Waterberry Lodge on 17/10/12. 2, Waterberry Lodge on 18/10/12.
Tropical Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus 2, Chobe Game Reserve on 14/10/12. 2, Waterberry Lodge on 16/10/12.
Swamp Boubou Laniarius bicolor 2, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12.
Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti 2, Muchenje Lodge on 15/10/12.
White Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus 15, Chobe Game Reserve on 14/10/12.
Red-billed Helmetshrike Prionops retzii 2, Muchenje Lodge on 15/10/12.
Cape Batis Batis capensis 2, Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden on 06/10/12.
Chinspot Batis Batis molitor 2, Muchenje Lodge on 15/10/12. 1, Muchenje Lodge on 15/10/12. 2, Waterberry Lodge on 16/10/12.
Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus 2, Camp's Bay on 05/10/12. 4, Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden on 06/10/12.
Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyanus 3, Muchenje Lodge on 13/10/12.
Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio 25, Camp's Bay on 05/10/12. 50, Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden on 06/10/12. 10, Victoria Falls on 17/10/12.
Red-shouldered Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis nitens 1, Muchenje Lodge on 14/10/12.
Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus 2, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12. 4, Chobe Game Reserve on 14/10/12.
Burchell's Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis australis 20, Royal Tree Lodge on 10/10/12. 10, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12. 10, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12.
Meves' Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis mevesii 10, Royal Tree Lodge on 09/10/12. 25, Royal Tree Lodge on 10/10/12. 20, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12. 20, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12.
Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster 3, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12. 20, Waterberry Lodge on 16/10/12.
Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea 3, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12.
Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 5, Camp's Bay on 05/10/12.
Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus 4, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12 only on buffalo.
Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythrorhynchus 1, Royal Tree Lodge on 09/10/12. 50, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12.
Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens 5, Paarl STW on 08/10/12.
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 1, Victoria Falls NP on 19/10/12.
African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta 3, Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden on 06/10/12.
Blue-grey Flycatcher Muscicapa caerulescens 2, Waterberry Lodge on 16/10/12. 2, Waterberry Lodge on 17/10/12.
Cape Robin-Chat Cossypha caffra 1, Camp's Bay on 05/10/12. 4, Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden on 06/10/12. 4, Paarl STW on 08/10/12.
Heuglin's Robin Cossypha heuglini 2, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12.
Collared Palm-Thrush Cichladusa arquata 1, Waterberry Lodge on 17/10/12.
White-browed Robin Erythropygia leucophrys 2, Muchenje Lodge on 14/10/12. 1, Waterberry Lodge on 18/10/12.
Common Stonechat Saxicola torquata 3, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12.
Sand Martin Riparia riparia 1, Muchenje Lodge on 14/10/12. 1, Waterberry Lodge on 18/10/12.
Brown-throated Sand Martin Riparia paludicola 10, Paarl STW on 08/10/12. 1, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12.
Banded Martin Riparia cincta 10, Maun on 10/10/12. 4, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12. 3, Victoria Falls NP on 19/10/12.
African Rock Martin Hirundo fuligula 2, Camp's Bay on 05/10/12. 4, Victoria Falls on 17/10/12.
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 20, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12. 1, Muchenje Lodge on 14/10/12. 20, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12. 20, Victoria Falls NP on 16/10/12. 10, Victoria Falls on 17/10/12. 20, Waterberry Lodge on 18/10/12.
White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis 3, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12.
Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii 6, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12. 4, Victoria Falls NP on 16/10/12. 10, Victoria Falls on 17/10/12. 2, Waterberry Lodge on 18/10/12.
Greater Striped-Swallow Hirundo cucullata 4, Waterberry Lodge on 18/10/12.
Lesser Striped-Swallow Hirundo abyssinica 10, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12. 10, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12. 50, Moremi Crossing on 13/10/12. 12, Waterberry Lodge on 16/10/12.
Red-breasted Swallow Hirundo semirufa 1, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12.
House Martin Delichon urbica 1, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12. 1, Muchenje Lodge on 14/10/12.
Black Sawwing Psalidoprocne holomelas 2, Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden on 06/10/12.
Black-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus 20, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12. 10, Chobe Game Reserve on 14/10/12. 6, Waterberry Lodge on 16/10/12.
African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans 6, Royal Tree Lodge on 09/10/12.
Cape Bulbul Pycnonotus capensis 1, Camp's Bay on 05/10/12. 10, Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden on 06/10/12.
Sombre Bulbul Andropadus importunus 1, Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden on 06/10/12.
African Yellow-bellied Bulbul Chlorocichla flaviventris 1, Muchenje Lodge on 14/10/12. 2, Waterberry Lodge on 16/10/12.
Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris 2, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12.
African Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis 1, Muchenje Lodge on 14/10/12. 1, Muchenje Lodge on 15/10/12.
Cape White-eye Zosterops pallidus 4, Camp's Bay on 05/10/12. 100, Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden on 06/10/12.
Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops 1, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12. 1, Waterberry Lodge on 18/10/12 check.
Lazy Cisticola Cisticola aberrans 2, Muchenje Lodge on 15/10/12.
Black-backed Cisticola Cisticola galactotes 1, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12.
Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens 1, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12. 1, Moremi Crossing on 12/10/12.
Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis 1, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12. 2, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12.
Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava 3, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12. 2, Moremi Crossing on 13/10/12.
Spotted Prinia Prinia maculosa 4, Paarl STW on 08/10/12.
Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida 5, Waterberry Lodge on 17/10/12. 10, Waterberry Lodge on 17/10/12.
Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura 2, Royal Tree Lodge on 10/10/12. 2, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12. 3, Waterberry Lodge on 16/10/12. 10, Waterberry Lodge on 17/10/12.
Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi 1, Muchenje Lodge on 15/10/12. 1, Muchenje Lodge on 15/10/12.
African Sedge Warbler Bradypterus baboecala 2, Paarl STW on 08/10/12.
African Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus 10, Paarl STW on 08/10/12. 1, Waterberry Lodge on 17/10/12.
Greater Swamp-Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens 1, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12.
Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens 1, Royal Tree Lodge on 09/10/12. 3, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12. 1, Chobe Game Reserve on 14/10/12. 1, Waterberry Lodge on 16/10/12.
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 3, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12.
Chestnut-vented Tit-babbler Parisoma subcaeruleum 1, Royal Tree Lodge on 10/10/12.
Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii 5, Royal Tree Lodge on 10/10/12. 2, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12. 3, Muchenje Lodge on 15/10/12.
Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii 6, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12. 20, Chobe Game Reserve on 14/10/12.
Southern Black-Tit Parus niger 2, Chobe Game Reserve on 14/10/12.
House Sparrow Passer domesticus 4, Camp's Bay on 05/10/12. 3, Waterberry Lodge on 16/10/12.
Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus 1, Paarl STW on 08/10/12. 100, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12. 10, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12. 20, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12.
Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba 1, Royal Tree Lodge on 09/10/12. 1, Muchenje Lodge on 14/10/12. 5, Chobe Game Reserve on 15/10/12. 1, Waterberry Lodge on 19/10/12.
Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala 2, Victoria Falls on 17/10/12.
Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia 4, Moremi Crossing on 13/10/12. 1, Muchenje Lodge on 14/10/12, 1 male. 2, Waterberry Lodge on 18/10/12.
Common Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis 25, Royal Tree Lodge on 10/10/12. 10, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12. 20, Muchenje Lodge on 14/10/12. 10, Victoria Falls on 17/10/12. 10, Waterberry Lodge on 18/10/12.
Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild 2, Paarl STW on 08/10/12.
Black-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda erythronotos 1, Royal Tree Lodge on 10/10/12.
Bronze Mannikin Lonchura cucullata 5, Waterberry Lodge on 17/10/12.
Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia 1, Muchenje Lodge on 15/10/12.
Eastern Paradise-Whydah Vidua paradisaea 2, Victoria Falls on 17/10/12.
African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp 1, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12. 2, Waterberry Lodge on 16/10/12.
Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis 2, Camp's Bay on 05/10/12. 2, Paarl STW on 08/10/12.
Flava Wagtail Motacilla flava spp 2, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12.
Grassveld Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus 3, Sidudu Island on 14/10/12.
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver Bubalornis niger 1, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12.
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali 3, Royal Tree Lodge on 10/10/12. 1, Muchenje Lodge on 15/10/12.
Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis 1, Waterberry Lodge on 17/10/12.
Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops 4, Royal Tree Lodge on 09/10/12. 10, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12. 6, Waterberry Lodge on 16/10/12.
Southern Masked-Weaver Ploceus velatus 20, Paarl STW on 08/10/12. 20, Moremi Crossing on 10/10/12. 500, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12.
Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus 4, Waterberry Lodge on 18/10/12. 1, Waterberry Lodge on 19/10/12, 1 male.
Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps 1, Muchenje Lodge on 14/10/12. 1, Waterberry Lodge on 16/10/12.
Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea 2500, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12.
Red Bishop Euplectes orix 6, Paarl STW on 08/10/12.
Yellow-rumped Widow Euplectes capensis 2, Paarl STW on 08/10/12.
Red-shouldered Widowbird Euplectes axillaris 1, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12.
Cape Sugarbird Promerops cafer 1, Camp's Bay on 05/10/12.
Collared Sunbird Anthreptes collaris 3, Moremi Crossing on 13/10/12. 2, Waterberry Lodge on 16/10/12. 2, Waterberry Lodge on 17/10/12. 3, Waterberry Lodge on 18/10/12.
Orange-breasted Sunbird Nectarinia violacea 3, Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden on 06/10/12.
African Black Sunbird Nectarinia amethystina 1, Waterberry Lodge on 17/10/12. 1, Waterberry Lodge on 18/10/12.
Scarlet-chested Sunbird Nectarinia senegalensis 1, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12. 1, Muchenje Lodge on 14/10/12. 1, Chobe Game Reserve on 14/10/12. 2, Waterberry Lodge on 16/10/12.
White-bellied Sunbird Nectarinia talatala 2, Royal Tree Lodge on 09/10/12. 1, Muchenje Lodge on 14/10/12. 10, Waterberry Lodge on 16/10/12. 10, Waterberry Lodge on 17/10/12. 10, Waterberry Lodge on 18/10/12.
Lesser Double-collared Sunbird Nectarinia chalybea 1, Camp's Bay on 05/10/12. 50, Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden on 06/10/12.
Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa 2, Paarl STW on 08/10/12.
Marico Sunbird Nectarinia mariquensis 3, Moremi Crossing on 11/10/12.
Cape Canary Serinus canicollis 10, Paarl STW on 08/10/12.
Yellow-fronted Canary Serinus mozambicus 1, Muchenje Lodge on 15/10/12.
Bully Canary Serinus sulphuratus 1, Paarl STW on 08/10/12.
Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis 1, Cape Point on 07/10/12.