Underberg, Highlands and Mist Belt Areas- I highly recommend doing this bucket list trip

AK Saib

AK Saib has finished a birding session

23/11/2024 - 11:22am

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Session

Underberg, Highlands and Mist Belt Areas- I highly recommend doing this bucket list trip

A special special of 3 blue swallows at the Buddhist retreat. A lovely area for birding from the highlands to the forests and vlei’s around the area. You can hear tons of birds in the forests but sightings are lucky. Just logged both days to save time.

23 Nov 2024 - 11:22am

Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo taken during a birding session by AK Saib in a session called Underberg, Highlands and Mist Belt Areas- I highly recommend doing this bucket list trip

A photo taken during a birding session by AK Saib in a session called Underberg, Highlands and Mist Belt Areas- I highly recommend doing this bucket list trip

A photo taken during a birding session by AK Saib in a session called Underberg, Highlands and Mist Belt Areas- I highly recommend doing this bucket list trip

A photo taken during a birding session by AK Saib in a session called Underberg, Highlands and Mist Belt Areas- I highly recommend doing this bucket list trip

A photo taken during a birding session by AK Saib in a session called Underberg, Highlands and Mist Belt Areas- I highly recommend doing this bucket list trip

A photo taken during a birding session by AK Saib in a session called Underberg, Highlands and Mist Belt Areas- I highly recommend doing this bucket list trip

A photo of a Buff-streaked Chat photographed in Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo of a Buff-streaked Chat photographed in Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo of a Southern Bald Ibis photographed in Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo of a Southern Bald Ibis photographed in Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo of a Southern Bald Ibis photographed in Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo of a Intermediate Egret photographed in Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo of a African Emerald Cuckoo photographed in Polela, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo of a African Emerald Cuckoo photographed in Polela, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo of a Drakensberg Prinia photographed in Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo of a Drakensberg Prinia photographed in Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo of a Drakensberg Rockjumper photographed in Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo of a Drakensberg Rockjumper photographed in Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo of a Black Cuckoo photographed in Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo of a Black Cuckoo photographed in Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo of a Black Cuckoo photographed in Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo of a Mountain Pipit photographed in Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo of a Mountain Pipit photographed in Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo of a Black-headed Heron photographed in Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo of a Black-headed Heron photographed in Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo of a Malachite Sunbird photographed in Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo of a Malachite Sunbird photographed in Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo of a Malachite Sunbird photographed in Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo taken during a birding session by AK Saib in a session called Underberg, Highlands and Mist Belt Areas- I highly recommend doing this bucket list trip

A photo taken during a birding session by AK Saib in a session called Underberg, Highlands and Mist Belt Areas- I highly recommend doing this bucket list trip

A photo taken during a birding session by AK Saib in a session called Underberg, Highlands and Mist Belt Areas- I highly recommend doing this bucket list trip

A photo taken during a birding session by AK Saib in a session called Underberg, Highlands and Mist Belt Areas- I highly recommend doing this bucket list trip

A photo taken during a birding session by AK Saib in a session called Underberg, Highlands and Mist Belt Areas- I highly recommend doing this bucket list trip

A photo taken during a birding session by AK Saib in a session called Underberg, Highlands and Mist Belt Areas- I highly recommend doing this bucket list trip

A photo of a Buff-streaked Chat photographed in Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo of a Buff-streaked Chat photographed in Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo of a Southern Bald Ibis photographed in Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo of a Southern Bald Ibis photographed in Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo of a Southern Bald Ibis photographed in Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo of a Intermediate Egret photographed in Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo of a African Emerald Cuckoo photographed in Polela, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo of a African Emerald Cuckoo photographed in Polela, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo of a Drakensberg Prinia photographed in Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo of a Drakensberg Prinia photographed in Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo of a Drakensberg Rockjumper photographed in Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo of a Drakensberg Rockjumper photographed in Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo of a Black Cuckoo photographed in Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo of a Black Cuckoo photographed in Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo of a Black Cuckoo photographed in Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo of a Mountain Pipit photographed in Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo of a Mountain Pipit photographed in Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo of a Black-headed Heron photographed in Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo of a Black-headed Heron photographed in Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo of a Malachite Sunbird photographed in Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo of a Malachite Sunbird photographed in Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A photo of a Malachite Sunbird photographed in Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Sightings

120

Species

122

Sightings

Name

Date

Time

Location

New Lifer

Yellow-crowned Bishop

Himeville,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Red-necked Spurfowl

Pternistis afer

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Southern Boubou

Laniarius ferrugineus

Polela,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Drakensberg Siskin

Crithagra symonsi

Cobham,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Speckled Mousebird

Colius striatus

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Prinia maculosa

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Southern Grey-headed Sparrow

Passer diffusus

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Psalidoprocne pristoptera

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

White-rumped Swift

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

South African Shelduck

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Passer melanurus

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Southern Pochard

Netta erythrophthalma

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Spur-winged Goose

Plectropterus gambensis

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Southern Red Bishop

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Wailing Cisticola

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Collared Sunbird

Hedydipna collaris

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Southern Ground Hornbill

Bucorvus leadbeateri

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Black-headed Oriole

Oriolus larvatus

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

South African Cliff Swallow

Petrochelidon spilodera

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Buff-streaked Chat

Campicoloides bifasciatus

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

African Marsh Harrier

Circus ranivorus

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Cape Rock Thrush

Monticola rupestris

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

African Goshawk

Accipiter tachiro

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Red-knobbed Coot

Fulica cristata

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Crithagra flaviventris

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Blacksmith Lapwing

Vanellus armatus

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

White-throated Swallow

Hirundo albigularis

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Buteo rufofuscus

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Anthus cinnamomeus

Cobham,
Thaba-Tseka District, Lesotho

Southern Fiscal

Lanius collaris

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Grey Crowned Crane

Balearica regulorum

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Black-backed Puffback

Dryoscopus cubla

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Red-billed Quelea

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Olive Woodpecker

Dendropicos griseocephalus

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Southern Bald Ibis

Geronticus calvus

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Ptyonoprogne fuligula

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Black-collared Barbet

Lybius torquatus

Ixopo,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Gyps coprotheres

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Dark-capped Bulbul

Pycnonotus tricolor

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Hirundo atrocaerulea

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

White-winged Widowbird

Euplectes albonotatus

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Red-throated Wryneck

Jynx ruficollis

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Cinnamon-breasted Bunting

Emberiza tahapisi

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Streaky-headed Seedeater

Crithagra gularis

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

African Dusky Flycatcher

Muscicapa adusta

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

White-necked Raven

Corvus albicollis

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Microcarbo africanus

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Alopochen aegyptiaca

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Southern Boubou

Laniarius ferrugineus

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Gallinula chloropus

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Intermediate Egret

Ardea intermedia brachyrhyncha

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Bostrychia hagedash

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Sickle-winged Chat

Emarginata sinuata

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Yellow-billed Kite

Milvus aegyptius parasitus

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Falco rupicolus

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Gurney's Sugarbird

Promerops gurneyi

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Tachybaptus ruficollis capensis

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Serinus canicollis

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Black-winged Kite

Elanus caeruleus

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Greater Striped Swallow

Cecropis cucullata

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Neophedina cincta

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

African Stonechat

Saxicola torquatus

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Bearded Vulture

Gypaetus barbatus

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Long-crested Eagle

Lophaetus occipitalis

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Ant-eating Chat

Myrmecocichla formicivora

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Motacilla capensis

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Greater Double-collared Sunbird

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Crithagra scotops

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Spatula smithii

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Red-capped Lark

Calandrella cinerea

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Southern Double-collared Sunbird

Cinnyris chalybeus

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

African Emerald Cuckoo

Chrysococcyx cupreus

Polela,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Drakensberg Prinia

Prinia hypoxantha

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Brown-throated Martin

Riparia paludicola paludicola

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Large-billed Lark

Galerida magnirostris

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Ground Woodpecker

Geocolaptes olivaceus

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Pin-tailed Whydah

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Fork-tailed Drongo

Dicrurus adsimilis

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

African Sacred Ibis

Threskiornis aethiopicus

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Drakensberg Siskin

Crithagra symonsi

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Levaillant's Cisticola

Cisticola tinniens

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

African Spoonbill

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Melaniparus afer

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Turdus olivaceus

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Drakensberg Rockjumper

Chaetops aurantius

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Red-chested Cuckoo

Cuculus solitarius

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Cuculus clamosus

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

African Olive Pigeon

Columba arquatrix

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Red-billed Teal

Anas erythrorhyncha

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Ploceus capensis

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Corvus capensis

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Long-tailed Widowbird

Euplectes progne

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler

Phylloscopus ruficapilla

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Red-winged Starling

Onychognathus morio

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Estrilda astrild

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Sylvia nigricapillus

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Ring-necked Dove

Streptopelia capicola

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Zosterops virens

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Emberiza capensis

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Oenanthe familiaris

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Red-collared Widowbird

Euplectes ardens ardens

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Euplectes capensis

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Sentinel Rock Thrush

Monticola explorator

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Fan-tailed Widowbird

Euplectes axillaris

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

African Yellow Warbler

Iduna natalensis

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Hirundo rustica

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Black-headed Heron

Ardea melanocephala

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Streptopelia semitorquata

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Layard's Warbler

Curruca layardi

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Bar-throated Apalis

Apalis thoracica

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Three-banded Plover

Charadrius tricollaris tricollaris

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Fairy Flycatcher

Stenostira scita

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Cape Robin-Chat

Cossypha caffra

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Malachite Sunbird

Nectarinia famosa

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

African Paradise Flycatcher

Terpsiphone viridis

Himeville,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Lamprotornis bicolor

Underberg,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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