| | Birds we have seen on a wonderful outing to Paarl Mountain and waterworks on Saturday, 30.10.2010 Pieter la Grange took us along:
Rosie Breuer, Santa Coward, Martin and Janice Oosthuizen The wild flower garden was a spectacular sight, with watsonias flowering en masse, proteas, orange coloured orchids (Satyricum), euryops, aristeas and many more - an unbelievable show of colour!
Birds we have seen or heard:
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Roberts Birds VII Number Common name Photos © Pieter La Grange
11 Cape Spurfowl, 1, 2
20 Helmeted Guineafowl, 1, 2
24 Maccoa Duck
25 Egyptian Goose, 1
26 South African Shelduck Kopereend Graukopf-Rostgans
30 Cape Teal
33 Yellow-billed Duck, 1 , 2
34 Cape Shoveler, 1
36 Red-billed Teal
80 African Hoopoe, 1, 2
91 Malachite Kingfisher, 1, 22
111 Red-faced Mousebird, 1
119 African Cuckoo
151 Little Swift
151 Little Swift
153 White-rumped Swift
180 Speckled Pigeon, 1, 2
187 Cape Turtle-Dove, 1
188 Red-eyed Dove
221 African Purple Swamphen, 1
224 Common Moorhen
226 Red-knobbed Coot, 2, 3
247 Common Sandpiper
275 Black-Winged Stilt, 1, 2
276 Pied Avocet
283 Three-banded Plover, 1
291 Blacksmith Lapwing, 2, 3
316 Grey-headed Gull
317 Hartlaub's Gull, 1, 2
349 b Yellow-billed Kite
370 African Harrier-Hawk
375 African Goshawk
414 Little Grebe, 1, 2
424 African Darter, 1
425 Reed Cormorant,
1, 2
427 White-Breasted Cormorant, 2
432 Little Egret, 1, 2, 3
438 Grey Heron, 1, 2
439 Black-headed Heron, 1
442 Cattle Egret, 1, 2, 3
453 Greater Flamingo, 1
456 Hadeda Ibis, 1, 2
458 African Sacred Ibis, 1, 2, 3
460 Great White Pelican, 1, 2, 3, 4
539 Fork-tailed Drongo, 1
541 African Paradise-Flycatcher
550
Southern Boubou, 1
563
Cape Batis, 1
571 Pied Crow,
1
576 Common Fiscal,
1, 2
593 Brown-throated Martin
599 White-Throated Swallow, 1
602 Pearl-breasted Swallow Pêrelborsswael Perlbrustschwalbe
603 Greater Striped Swallow, 1
616 Cape Bulbul, 1, 2
612 Black Saw-wing
640 Little Rush-Warbler
645 African Reed-Warbler
650 Lesser Swamp-Warbler, 1
670 Cape White-eye, 1, 2
682 Levaillant's Cisticola
693 Karoo Prinia, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
699 Bar-throated Apalis, 1
749 Olive Thrush
756 Fiscal Flycatcher, 1
758
African Dusky Flycatcher, 1, 2, 3
766 Cape Robin-Chat, 1, 2, 3
791 Familiar Chat, 1
808 Common Starling Europese Spreeu Star
814 Orange-breasted Sunbird, 1, 2, 3
820 Malachite Sunbird, 2, 3
823 Southern Double-collared Sunbird, 1, 2, 3, 4
834 Cape Sugarbird, 1, 2, 3
841 Cape Weaver, 1, 2 3, 4
845 Southern Masked-Weaver, 1, 2
850 Swee Waxbill
856 Southern Red Bishop
876 Common Waxbill
857 Yellow Bishop, 1
900 House Sparrow Huismossie Haussperling
902 Cape Sparrow, 1, 2, 3, 4
907 Cape Wagtail, 1, 2
932 Cape Canary
939 Brimstone Canary Dikbekkanarie Schwefelgirlitz
942 Streaky-headed Seedeater, Streepkopkanarie
948 Cape Bunting, 1 | 
African Black Duck
Pied Avocet
Greater Flamingo
Malachite Sunbird
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