A real bonanza week with some high octane birding taking place. I think I am going to struggle to top this line up for a while European Nightjar. Thanks to Derek Solomon and Mike Pope for confirming the ID on this uncommon non-breeding migrant for me Double-banded Sandgrouse male. A hand held spotlight was used and my ISO setting was at the maximum (12800) to capture this somewhat grainy image. Despite this I am very pleased to get a record shot of this relatively scarce near endemic species Double-banded Sandgrouse female An African Wood-Owl. A lifer for me. Its rhythmic call alerted me to its presence in the tree-line in front of our house. Jen held the spotlight whilst I took the shot. ISO setting at 10000 African Green-Pigeon. They are enjoying the figs that are on currently on offer A Bearded Scrub-Robin. This species is occasionally parasitized by the Red-chested Cuckoo. In this instance it bred successfully One of two juvenile Bearded Scrub-Robins that I saw being fed by the adults Chinspot Batis male seen at the hide A female Black-backed Puffback. Part of the bird party that I watched mobbing a Boomslang The snake in question. A female Boomslang. This back-fanged snake is classified as very dangerous, it has potent haemotoxic venom. Note the very large eye, the largest of any African snake African Pygmy-Kingfisher, the smallest S. African Kingfisher. I come across this little chap on a regular basis at the hide This Crested Francolin casually came past the hide as it was busy scratching around in the leaf litter for tasty grubs Female Red-crested Korhaan blending in perfectly with the background A male Red-backed Shrike enjoying the late afternoon sun Last, but not least this male Red-billed Firefinch seen at the water edge
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