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North-eastern Free-state and Lesotho Highlands Birding Weekend
7-9 November 2008 | ||
IntroductionThe quality birding in the Golden Gate, Clarens, Witsieshoek and Harrismith area is well-known in the birding community. But did you know that just over the border in Lesotho is a wondrous fairyland of montane endemics? This trip focusses on the splendour of the Motheng pass and above, as well as the former Qua-qua national park - now incorportated into Golden Gate. It also includes some little known birding areas around Harrismith were more specials can be seen! This is the shortest way to get the Lesotho Highland Specials, as well as learning a good deal about LBJ's in general. The weekend is based at Camelroc Guest Farm, close to the Caledon River near Fouriesburg. You can either do it on a self-drive basis (two way radios provided by Indicator Birding) or travel with us in a Microbus. Specials include: Southern Bald Ibis Black Stork Secretarybird Bearded Vulture Cape Vulture Verreaux's Eagle Jackal Buzzard Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk Black Harrier Lanner Falcon Grey-winged Francolin Red-winged Francolin Common Quail Grey Crowned Crane Wattled Crane Blue Crane Blue Korhaan Barrow's Korhaan African Snipe Cape Eagle-Owl Horus Swift Ground Woodpecker Eastern Long-billed Lark Large-billed Lark Spike-heeled Lark Pink-billed Lark Botha's Lark White-necked Raven Grey Tit Cape Rock-Thrush Sentinel Rock-Thrush Bush Blackcap Mountain Wheatear Sickle-winged Chat Drakensburg Rock-jumper Layard's tit-Babbler Barratt's Warbler Cloud Cisticola Wing-snapping Cisticola Wailing Cisticola Drakensberg Prinia Karoo Prinia Fiscal Flycatcher Fairy Flycatcher Mountain Pipit Long-billed Pipit African Rock Pipit Greater Double-collared Sunbird African Quailfinch Yellow Bishop Drakensberg Siskin Yellow Canary Cape Bunting For more information: REQUEST details/pricing | ||
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