(55 species)
I dipped on Crab Plover and Lemon-breasted Canary which I was hoping to pick up.
Part 1 - The Birds A few of my images and bird list from a recent visit to Linene Island which is situated in the Vilanculos Coastal Wildlife Reserve in Mozambique Olive Bee-eater with catch Olive Bee-eater hovering above the nest site Olive Bee-eater nest in a sandy bank on Linene Island Little Egret fishing in the shallow pools created at low tide White-breasted Cormorant A small flock of Greater Flamingos A splash of colour on take-off Flamingos filter feeding on an outgoing tide A Ruddy Turnstone. They were seen in good numbers Grey-headed Gull flying past in the evening Yellow-billed Stork roosting in the mangroves Lesser Masked Weaver male The common Sombre Greenbul Male Black-throated Wattle-eye. A lifer for me. Listed as Near-threatened Mangrove Kingfisher. A lifer for me Pink-backed Pelican on take-off Pink-backed Pelican in cruise mode Pink-backed Pelican roosting in a tree in the mangroves late in the evening. Listed as Vulnerable. Great White Pelican. Listed as Near-threatened Great White Pelican on take-off A single Caspian Tern was observed My tick list is as follows: Great White Pelican, Pink-backed Pelican, White-breasted Cormorant, Reed Cormorant, Grey Heron, Little Egret, Green-backed Heron, Woolly-necked Stork, Yellow-billed Stork, African Sacred Ibis, Hadeda Ibis, Greater Flamingo, Yellow-billed Kite, Western Osprey, Common Ringed Plover, White-fronted Plover, Grey Plover, Ruddy Turnstone, Common Sandpiper, Terek Sandpiper, Common Greenshank, Curlew Sandpiper, Common Whimbrel, Pied Avocet, Caspian Tern, Lesser Crested Tern, Little Tern, Red-eyed Dove, Emerald-spotted Wood Dove, Klaas's Cuckoo, Diederick Cuckoo, Red-faced Mousebird, Pied Kingfisher, Mangrove Kingfisher, Olive-Bee-eater, Trumpeter Hornbill, Cardinal Woodpecker, Barn Swallow, Pied Crow, Dark-capped Bulbul, Sombre Bulbul, Yellow-breasted Apalis, Red-faced Crombec, Rattling Cisticola, Black-throated Wattle-eye, African Paradise Flycatcher, African Pipit, Black-backed Puffback, Black-bellied Starling, Grey Sunbird, House Sparrow, Thick-billed weaver, Spectacled Weaver, and Lesser Masked Weaver.
(55 species) I dipped on Crab Plover and Lemon-breasted Canary which I was hoping to pick up.
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