14 June 2025 - Hoogland Spa
Following my morning at the Aloe Farm and The Mill, I detoured to Hoogland Spa on the way home. This was my first visit to this site which is well-known for Short-toed Rock Thrush.
It was late in the morning when I arrived and already pretty hot. After parking, I added Mocking Cliff Chat
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| Male Mocking Cliff Chat (Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris) |
Large Rock Martin
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| Large Rock Martin (Ptyonoprogne fuligula) |
And Familiar Chat
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| Familiar Chat (Oenanthe familiaris) |
I then did the walk through the hills that should produce the Rock Thrush - not a peep or sound. I dipped photographically on Lazy Cistic which I heard and then saw briefly A pair of Pearl-breasted Swallows also did not play ball - so some early frustrations already.
On the way back to the car, I did add Wryneck. Just a confirmation image - nothing more!
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| Red-throated Wryneck (Jynx ruficollis) |
And then on the drive out Neddicky (got that earlier at the Aloe Farm)
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| Neddicky (Cisticola fulvicapilla) |
and the last bird of this outing, Black-winged Kite
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| Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus) |
But, I was still happy with the outcome, as I did manage a few target species
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