We were up early and left after breakfast, stopping
to see a close Grey-breasted Spurfowl
before making our way across the plains and yet more impressive Wildebeest
migration that held us up for some time as they were continually crossing the
tracks we were driving on.
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| Grey-breasted Spurfowl |
We spent some time trying to get better views of Singing Bushlarks and White-tailed Larks that were
songflighting out in the grassland. Another Cheetah was found, and there were Yellow-billed Oxpeckers riding on the Wildebeest, Hooded, Ruppell’s, White-backed and Lappet-faced
Vultures dotted around the area Nick S spotted a Goliath Heron in a small stream and back at the Visitor Centre a Spotted Eagle-Owl was found at its day
roost and a Lesser Kestrel flew over.
It’s always an action-packed visit here!
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| Goliath Heron |
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| Spotted Eagle-Owl |
Moving on we saw another 2 Cheetahs, more Silverbirds,
Buff-bellied Warbler, Dark-chanting Goshawk, Purple Grenadier and 3 Heuglin’s Coursers on the way to the
picnic site at the Hippo Pools.
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| Cheetahs |
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| Heuglin's Courser |
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| Giraffes are very common here |
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| More Hippos.... |
An impressive number of Hippos were here, as well as our second Pearl-spotted Owlet of the day. After our picnic we saw our first Brown Parrot and Fischer’s Lovebirds. We followed this with stops for Foxy Lark and Pied Wheatear before another major highlight of the tour occurred.
A termite swarm was attracting 50+ eagles, comprising Steppe and Tawny Eagles, as well as an assortment of
vultures, Hammerkop and Marabou Stork. But it was the presence
of 10+ Levant Sparrowhawks that was
pretty astonishing – this being a scarce bird here. Oh and an Ovambo Sparrowhawk flew over us and I
managed to obtain a series of reasonable photos of a species I’ve wanted to see
for a very long time.
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| Ovambo Sparrowhawk |
Leaving the park on the way to our next lodge a Rufous Chatterer and amazingly a pair
of Grey (Buff-bellied) Penduline-Tits
were seen to end another fantastic day in Africa.
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| Grey Penduline-Tit |
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