13 April 2024

Local Midrand patch

20 December 2023 - Glen Austin Pan, Midrand

I had a quick visit to Glen Austin Pan to check water level's which are still quite high and to see if there were any species of interest. Not much, other than a single Whiskered Tern in summer plumage that never really came close

Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida)


A few Three-banded Plover's

Three-banded Plover (Charadrius tricollaris)


and a courting Pin-tailed Whydah which seems suspended in mid-air during its courtship

Pin-tailed Whydah (Vidua macroura)







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