Hugh Bulcock

Hugh Bulcock has finished a birding session

20/03/2025 - 7:39am

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Session

Amber Lakes

Malachite Sunbird

20 Mar 2025 - 7:38am

South Africa

Sightings

56

Species

56

Sightings

Name

Date

Time

Location

New Lifer

Malachite Sunbird

Nectarinia famosa

Oenanthe familiaris

Microcarbo africanus

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Estrilda astrild

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Golden-tailed Woodpecker

Campethera abingoni

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Speckled Mousebird

Colius striatus

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Southern Black Flycatcher

Melaenornis pammelaina

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Delichon urbicum

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Psalidoprocne pristoptera

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Ptyonoprogne fuligula

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

African Palm Swift

Cypsiurus parvus

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Tachymarptis melba

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Bronze Mannikin

Spermestes cucullata

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Half-collared Kingfisher

Alcedo semitorquata

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Croaking Cisticola

Cisticola natalensis

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Zapornia flavirostra

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Greater Striped Swallow

Cecropis cucullata

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Woolly-necked Stork

Ciconia episcopus microscelis

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Gallinula chloropus

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Passer melanurus

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Yellow-fronted Canary

Crithagra mozambica

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Pin-tailed Whydah

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Ploceus cucullatus

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Zosterops virens

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Turdus olivaceus

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Hirundo rustica

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Little Rush Warbler

Bradypterus baboecala

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Corvus capensis

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

South African Shelduck

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Fan-tailed Widowbird

Euplectes axillaris

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Southern Red Bishop

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Spur-winged Goose

Plectropterus gambensis

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Bostrychia hagedash

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Black Sparrowhawk

Accipiter melanoleucus

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Red-knobbed Coot

Fulica cristata

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Spatula smithii

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Helmeted Guineafowl

Numida meleagris

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

White-rumped Swift

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Levaillant's Cisticola

Cisticola tinniens

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Alopochen aegyptiaca

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Yellow-billed Duck

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Southern Fiscal

Lanius collaris

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Motacilla capensis

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Cape Robin-Chat

Cossypha caffra

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Amethyst Sunbird

Chalcomitra amethystina

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Southern Boubou

Laniarius ferrugineus

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Spilopelia senegalensis

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Speckled Pigeon

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Streptopelia semitorquata

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Fork-tailed Drongo

Dicrurus adsimilis

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Dark-capped Bulbul

Pycnonotus tricolor

Amber Valley,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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