Oli Cottis

Oli Cottis has finished a birding session

19/03/2025 - 12:40pm

South Africa

Session

KwaZulu-Natal 2025!

6 days in KZN, plus a couple of species from the travelling!

African Pygmy Kingfisher

19 Mar 2025 - 11:40am

South Africa

A photo of a African Pygmy Kingfisher photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Blue-cheeked Bee-eater photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Blue-cheeked Bee-eater photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Blue-cheeked Bee-eater photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Pied Crow photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Yellow-billed Duck photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Long-crested Eagle photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Yellow-throated Longclaw photographed in South Africa

A photo of a White-fronted Plover photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Black-headed Heron photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Sanderling photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Goliath Heron photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Swallow photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Roller photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Lesser Sand Plover photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Burchell's Coucal photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Black-collared Barbet photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Spectacled Weaver photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Eastern Golden Weaver photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Kittlitz's Plover photographed in South Africa

A photo of a White-backed Duck photographed in South Africa

A photo of a African Pipit photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Curlew Sandpiper photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Pied Kingfisher photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Black Crake photographed in South Africa

A photo of a African Green Pigeon photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Grey Crowned Crane photographed in South Africa

A photo of a White-faced Whistling Duck photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Brimstone Canary photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Little Tern photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Crowned Hornbill photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird photographed in South Africa

A photo of a African Jacana photographed in South Africa

A photo of a African Jacana photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Palm-nut Vulture photographed in South Africa

A photo of a White-breasted Cormorant photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Little Stint photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Livingstone's Turaco photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Grey-headed Gull photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Greater Crested Tern photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Broad-billed Roller photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Reed Cormorant photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Black-bellied Starling photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Woolly-necked Stork photographed in South Africa

A photo of a African Pygmy Kingfisher photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Blue-cheeked Bee-eater photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Blue-cheeked Bee-eater photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Blue-cheeked Bee-eater photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Pied Crow photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Yellow-billed Duck photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Long-crested Eagle photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Yellow-throated Longclaw photographed in South Africa

A photo of a White-fronted Plover photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Black-headed Heron photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Sanderling photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Goliath Heron photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Swallow photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Roller photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Lesser Sand Plover photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Burchell's Coucal photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Black-collared Barbet photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Spectacled Weaver photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Eastern Golden Weaver photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Kittlitz's Plover photographed in South Africa

A photo of a White-backed Duck photographed in South Africa

A photo of a African Pipit photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Curlew Sandpiper photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Pied Kingfisher photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Black Crake photographed in South Africa

A photo of a African Green Pigeon photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Grey Crowned Crane photographed in South Africa

A photo of a White-faced Whistling Duck photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Brimstone Canary photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Little Tern photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Crowned Hornbill photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird photographed in South Africa

A photo of a African Jacana photographed in South Africa

A photo of a African Jacana photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Palm-nut Vulture photographed in South Africa

A photo of a White-breasted Cormorant photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Little Stint photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Livingstone's Turaco photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Grey-headed Gull photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Greater Crested Tern photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Broad-billed Roller photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Reed Cormorant photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Black-bellied Starling photographed in South Africa

A photo of a Woolly-necked Stork photographed in South Africa

Sightings

184

Species

184

Sightings

Name

Date

Time

Location

New Lifer

Mandingoa nitidula

African Pygmy Kingfisher

Common Sandpiper

Actitis hypoleucos

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater

Merops persicus

Black-winged Kite

Elanus caeruleus

Emerald-spotted Wood Dove

Turtur chalcospilos

African Olive Pigeon

Columba arquatrix

Lesser Striped Swallow

Cecropis abyssinica

Tachybaptus ruficollis capensis

Green-backed Camaroptera

Camaroptera brachyura

Yellow-billed Duck

Black-crowned Tchagra

Tchagra senegalus

Zosterops virens

Ploceus cucullatus

Rufous-winged Cisticola

Cisticola galactotes

Rufous-naped Lark

Mirafra africana

Blacksmith Lapwing

Vanellus armatus

Charadrius hiaticula

Grey-headed Bushshrike

Malaconotus blanchoti

Southern Boubou

Laniarius ferrugineus

Sombre Greenbul

Andropadus importunus

Cyanomitra veroxii

Pink-throated Twinspot

Hypargos margaritatus

Tringa nebularia

Great White Egret

Red-backed Mannikin

Spermestes nigriceps nigriceps

African Oystercatcher

Haematopus moquini

Long-crested Eagle

Lophaetus occipitalis

Red-breasted Swallow

Cecropis semirufa

Merops apiaster

Yellow-throated Longclaw

Macronyx croceus

Red-capped Robin-Chat

Cossypha natalensis

Streptopelia semitorquata

Fan-tailed Widowbird

Euplectes axillaris

Southern Red Bishop

Red-billed Oxpecker

Buphagus erythrorynchus

Ring-necked Dove

Streptopelia capicola

Red-backed Shrike

Lanius collurio

Stactolaema olivacea

White-fronted Plover

Charadrius marginatus

Yellow-streaked Greenbul

Phyllastrephus flavostriatus flavostriatus

Three-banded Plover

Charadrius tricollaris tricollaris

Alopochen aegyptiaca

Black-headed Heron

Ardea melanocephala

Tringa glareola

Croaking Cisticola

Cisticola natalensis

Pandion haliaetus

Golden-tailed Woodpecker

Campethera abingoni

Larus dominicanus

Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Chalcomitra senegalensis

White-rumped Swift

Spotted Eagle-Owl

Yellow-fronted Canary

Crithagra mozambica

Cyanomitra olivacea

Hirundo rustica

Turdus olivaceus

Dark-backed Weaver

Ploceus bicolor

African Spoonbill

Fiscal Flycatcher

Melaenornis silens

Collared Sunbird

Hedydipna collaris

African Swamphen

Porphyrio madagascariensis

Gorgeous Bushshrike

Telophorus viridis

Tambourine Dove

Turtur tympanistria

Southern Grey-headed Sparrow

Passer diffusus

Brown-hooded Kingfisher

Halcyon albiventris

Oenanthe familiaris

Corvus capensis

Water Thick-knee

Burhinus vermiculatus

Orange-breasted Bushshrike

Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus

Coracias garrulus

Bostrychia hagedash

Lesser Sand Plover

Charadrius mongolus

Speckled Mousebird

Colius striatus

Cardinal Woodpecker

Dendropicos fuscescens

Burchell's Coucal

Centropus burchellii

Black-collared Barbet

Lybius torquatus

Thick-billed Weaver

Amblyospiza albifrons

Spectacled Weaver

Ploceus ocularis

Crested Guineafowl

Guttera pucherani edouardi

Eastern Golden Weaver

Ploceus subaureus

Red-billed Teal

Anas erythrorhyncha

Trumpeter Hornbill

Bycanistes bucinator

Kittlitz's Plover

Charadrius pecuarius

Neophedina cincta

Estrilda astrild

Malachite Kingfisher

Corythornis cristatus cristatus

Spotted Ground Thrush

Geokichla guttata

White-backed Duck

Thalassornis leuconotus

Anthus cinnamomeus

Columba larvata

Curlew Sandpiper

Calidris ferruginea

Cisticola fulvicapilla

Saddle-billed Stork

Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis

Pied Kingfisher

Purple-banded Sunbird

Cinnyris bifasciatus

Zapornia flavirostra

Black-throated Wattle-eye

Platysteira peltata

African Green Pigeon

Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher

Trochocercus cyanomelas

Fan-tailed Warbler

Cisticola juncidis

Grey Crowned Crane

Balearica regulorum

Pternistis natalensis

White-faced Whistling Duck

Dendrocygna viduata

African Wood Owl

Strix woodfordii

Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon

Columba delegorguei

Brimstone Canary

Crithagra sulphurata

African Goshawk

Accipiter tachiro

Acridotheres tristis

Riparia riparia

African Fish Eagle

Haliaeetus vocifer

Giant Kingfisher

Megaceryle maxima

Sternula albifrons

Crowned Hornbill

Lophoceros alboterminatus

Bronze Mannikin

Spermestes cucullata

Olive Bushshrike

Chlorophoneus olivaceus

Brown Snake Eagle

Circaetus cinereus

Rattling Cisticola

Cisticola chiniana

Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird

Pogoniulus bilineatus bilineatus

African Palm Swift

Cypsiurus parvus

Greater Striped Swallow

Cecropis cucullata

Lamprotornis nitens

Long-billed Crombec

Sylvietta rufescens

African Harrier-Hawk

Polyboroides typus

Terathopius ecaudatus

Actophilornis africanus

Yellow-breasted Apalis

Brown Scrub Robin

Cercotrichas signata

Southern Fiscal

Lanius collaris

Numenius phaeopus

Terrestrial Brownbul

Phyllastrephus terrestris

Purple-crested Turaco

Gallirex porphyreolophus

African Pygmy Goose

Nettapus auritus

Grey Cuckooshrike

Ceblepyris caesius

Lesser Swamp Warbler

Acrocephalus gracilirostris

Palm-nut Vulture

Gypohierax angolensis

Long-tailed Widowbird

Euplectes progne

White-eared Barbet

Stactolaema leucotis leucotis

Trachyphonus vaillantii

Yellow-billed Kite

Milvus aegyptius parasitus

Woodward's Batis

Ceuthmochares australis

Motacilla capensis

Black-chested Snake Eagle

Circaetus pectoralis

Psalidoprocne pristoptera

Eastern Nicator

Nicator gularis

White-throated Swallow

Hirundo albigularis

White-breasted Cormorant

Phalacrocorax lucidus

Calidris minuta

Livingstone's Turaco

Tauraco livingstonii

Chorister Robin-Chat

Cossypha dichroa

Grey-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus

Red-billed Quelea

African Sacred Ibis

Threskiornis aethiopicus

African Reed Warbler

Acrocephalus baeticatus

Fork-tailed Drongo

Dicrurus adsimilis

Passer melanurus

Fiery-necked Nightjar

Caprimulgus pectoralis

Pluvialis squatarola

Greater Crested Tern

Thalasseus bergii

African Pied Wagtail

Motacilla aguimp

Red-faced Cisticola

Cisticola erythrops

Passer domesticus

Broad-billed Roller

Eurystomus glaucurus

Yellow-bellied Greenbul

Chlorocichla flaviventris

Red-winged Starling

Onychognathus morio

Microcarbo africanus

Tawny-flanked Prinia

Prinia subflava

Black-bellied Starling

Notopholia corusca

Dark-capped Bulbul

Pycnonotus tricolor

Black-backed Puffback

Dryoscopus cubla

Buteo rufofuscus

Woolly-necked Stork

Ciconia episcopus microscelis

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