Birdlife

A number of birds are found in the nearby wetlands.

Species Count Breeding Season
Dabchick 6 September - March
Whitebreasted Cormorant 8
Reed Cormorant 4
Darter 2
Grey Heron 4 July - January
Blackheaded Heron 4
Purple Heron 1 June - December
Great White Egret Recorded only
Little Egret 7
Yellowbilled Egret Recorded only
Cattle Egret 8
Blackcrowned Night Heron 12 August - January
Little Bittern Recorded only August - April
Sacred Ibis 10
Glossy Ibis 3
African Spoonbill 2
Egyptian Goose 4 June - February
Yellowbilled Duck 100 July - December
Cape Teal Recorded only
Redbilled Teal 100 August - December
Cape Shoveller 40 July - December
African Black Duck 1 June - November
Southern Pochard 1
African Marsh Harrier 1
Purple Gallinule 8 August - February
Moorhen 6 August - March
Kittlitz's Plover Recorded only
Threebanded Plover Recorded only
Blacksmith Plover 30 July - December
Wood Sandpiper 1
Marsh Sandpiper Recorded only
Greenshank Recorded only
Curlew Sandpiper Recorded only
Little Stint Recorded only
Ruff Recorded only
Ethiopian Snipe 3 July - September
Avocent 30
Blackwinged Stilt 20 August - December
Kelp Gull 50
Hartlaub's Gull 50
Hartlaub's Gull 1
Burchell's Coucal 3 August - February
Whitethroated Swallow 4 September - February
Brownthroated Martin Recorded only July - December
African Marsh Warbler 1 October - January
Cape Reed Warbler Common, not counted August - Januaryå
African Sedge Warbler Common, not counted August - December
Levaillant's Cisticola Common, not counted August - February
Cape Wagtail 6 July - December
Cape Weaver Common, not counted June - November
Masked Weaver Common, not counted July - December
Red Bishop Common, not counted July - December
Yellowrumped Widow Common, not counted August - November
Common Waxbill Common, not counted August - November