Wilson's Phalarope © Trevor Hardaker

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Year: 2010


  species locality photographer date of sighting date added to website
           
Northern Royal Albatross Cape pelagic trip Trevor Hardaker 28 August 2010 30 August 2010
Eurasian Honey Buzzard Benoni Mark Greenslade 24 August 2010 30 August 2010
Red-necked Phalarope Walvis Bay Shaun Overmeyer 21 August 2010 24 August 2010
Northern Royal Albatross Cape pelagic trip Trevor Hardaker 15 August 2010 17 August 2010
Southern Royal Albatross Cape pelagic trip Trevor Hardaker 13 August 2010 17 August 2010
Lesser Black-backed Gull Orient Beach Shaun Overmeyer 08 August 2010 12 August 2010
Lesser Black-backed Gull Orient Beach Jeff Curnick 06 August 2010 12 August 2010
Black-headed Gull Cape Vidal Matthew Matthiessen 25 July 2010 02 August 2010
Black-headed Gull Cape Vidal David Hoddinott 25 July 2010 02 August 2010
Red-necked Phalarope Walvis Bay Maans Booysen 15 July 2010 02 August 2010
Australian Gannet Malgas Island Bruce Dyer 20 July 2010 26 July 2010
Red-necked Phalarope Walvis Bay Allan Ridley 15 July 2010 26 July 2010
South Polar Skua Richard's Bay Meidad Goren 14 July 2010 26 July 2010
Franklin's Gull Nxaxo estuary Grant Atkinson 10 June 2010 28 June 2010
Greater Frigatebird Richard's Bay Meidad Goren 10 June 2010 28 June 2010
Grey-headed Albatross Hout Bay David Christie 25 May 2010 31 May 2010
Wandering Albatross Hout Bay David Christie 25 May 2010 31 May 2010
Lesser Black-backed Gull Orient Beach Niall Perrins 22 May 2010 25 May 2010
Bridled Tern Cape Recife Niall Perrins 19 May 2010 20 May 2010
Common Redshank Swakopmund John Paterson 08 May 2010 12 May 2010
Red-necked Phalarope Walvis Bay John Paterson 08 May 2010 12 May 2010
Lesser Black-backed Gull Orient Beach Shaun Peard 24 April 2010 26 April 2010
Lesser Black-backed Gull Orient Beach Jeff Curnick 23 April 2010 26 April 2010
Greater Frigatebird Durban Margaret Maciver 19 April 2010 26 April 2010
Lesser Black-backed Gull Orient Beach Shaun Peard 18 April 2010 19 April 2010
Brown Noddy Mtunzini Lyall Brown 02 April 2010 19 April 2010
Greater Frigatebird Durban Bruce Black 09 April 2010 12 April 2010
Red Phalarope Walvis Bay Eckart Demasius 20 March 2010 12 April 2010
Red-necked Phalarope Walvis Bay Eckart Demasius 07 February 2010 12 April 2010
Eurasian Honey Buzzard Stellenbosch Tertius Gous 04 April 2010 05 April 2010
Eurasian Honey Buzzard Ballito Mike O'Donaghue 03 April 2010 05 April 2010
Western Marsh Harrier Vogelfontein Niall Perrins 27 March 2010 05 April 2010
Hudsonian Godwit Seeberg Per Holmen 24 March 2010 28 March 2010
Greater Frigatebird Umgeni River Paul Eslick 23 March 2010 28 March 2010
Eurasian Oystercatcher Bot River Lagoon Peter Sharland 21 March 2010 28 March 2010
Eurasian Honey Buzzard Katima Mulilo Per Holmen 14 March 2010 28 March 2010
American Golden Plover Rundu Sewage Works Per Holmen 06 March 2010 28 March 2010
Eurasian Oystercatcher Bot River Lagoon Allan Ridley 20 March 2010 22 March 2010
Red Phalarope Walvis Bay Neil Thomson 20 March 2010 22 March 2010
White-throated Bee-eater Balule Nature Reserve Steve Baillie 18 March 2010 22 March 2010
Eurasian Oystercatcher Bot River Lagoon Per Holmen 18 March 2010 22 March 2010
Eurasian Oystercatcher Bot River Lagoon Otto Schmidt 17 March 2010 22 March 2010
Hudsonian Godwit Seeberg Neels Jackson 15 March 2010 17 March 2010
Eurasian Oystercatcher Bot River Lagoon Basil Boer 15 March 2010 17 March 2010
Hudsonian Godwit Seeberg Niall Perrins 14 March 2010 17 March 2010
Hudsonian Godwit Seeberg Otto Schmidt 14 March 2010 17 March 2010
Hudsonian Godwit Seeberg Graham Searll 14 March 2010 17 March 2010
Hudsonian Godwit Seeberg John Graham 14 March 2010 17 March 2010
Hudsonian Godwit Seeberg Tobie Muller 14 March 2010 17 March 2010
Hudsonian Godwit Seeberg Pieter la Grange 14 March 2010 17 March 2010
Hudsonian Godwit Seeberg Philip Coetzee 13 March 2010 17 March 2010
Hudsonian Godwit Seeberg Freddie Strauss 13 March 2010 14 March 2010
Hudsonian Godwit Seeberg Trevor Hardaker 13 March 2010 14 March 2010
Eurasian Oystercatcher Bot River Lagoon Tobie Muller 12 March 2010 14 March 2010
Lesser Black-backed Gull Orient Beach Jeff Curnick 04 March 2010 14 March 2010
Franklin's Gull Walvis Bay Naude Dreyer 27 February 2010 02 March 2010
Common Redshank Swakopmund Peter Sharland 26 February 2010 02 March 2010
Common Redshank Walvis Bay Peter Sharland 26 February 2010 02 March 2010
Western Marsh Harrier Harare Gerben van de Wetering 15 February 2010 22 February 2010
Eurasian Honey Buzzard Quisico Maans Booysen 13 February 2010 22 February 2010
Eurasian Honey Buzzard Harare Erhard Kruger 15 February 2010 18 February 2010
Black-headed Gull Walvis Bay Patrick Cardwell 23 January 2010 18 February 2010
Eurasian Honey Buzzard Klaasjagersberg John Graham 14 February 2010 15 February 2010
Greater Frigatebird Umgeni River Herman Bos 13 February 2010 15 February 2010
Greater Frigatebird Umgeni River David Allan 12 February 2010 15 February 2010
Greater Frigatebird Umgeni River Mike O'Donaghue 11 February 2010 15 February 2010
Eurasian Honey Buzzard Timbavati Niall Perrins 11 February 2010 15 February 2010
Eurasian Honey Buzzard Pafuri Tertius Gous 06 February 2010 15 February 2010
Eurasian Honey Buzzard Pafuri Mike Buckham 06 February 2010 08 February 2010
Franklin's Gull Walvis Bay Basil Boer 02 February 2010 08 February 2010
Green Sandpiper Northern Farms Peter Sharland 09 January 2010 08 February 2010
Eurasian Honey Buzzard Witbank Stephan Terblanche 02 February 2010 04 February 2010
Green Sandpiper Northern Farms Peter Sharland 17 January 2010 04 February 2010
Eurasian Honey Buzzard Lindley Martin Potgieter 30 January 2010 01 February 2010
Australian Gannet Malgas Island Bruce Dyer 18 January 2010 01 February 2010
Green Sandpiper Northern Farms Phil Penlington 16 January 2010 01 February 2010
Eurasian Honey Buzzard Bonamanzi Per Holmen 05 January 2010 01 February 2010
Grey-backed Storm Petrel Cape pelagic trip Rob Leslie 27 December 2009 01 February 2010
Western Marsh Harrier Kgomo-Kgomo Johann Grobbelaar 17 January 2010 29 January 2010
Green Sandpiper Northern Farms Doug Newman 16 January 2010 29 January 2010
Green Sandpiper Northern Farms Elaine Fisher 09 January 2010 29 January 2010
Crab Plover Treasure Beach David Allan 08 January 2010 29 January 2010
Western Marsh Harrier Marievale Bird Sanctuary Ricardo Vasapolli 08 January 2010 29 January 2010
Western Marsh Harrier Marievale Bird Sanctuary Dylan Vasapolli 08 January 2010 29 January 2010
Grey Wagtail St. Lucia Caroline Fox 05 January 2010 29 January 2010
Green Sandpiper Nyala Game Ranch Patrick Rollinson 02 January 2010 29 January 2010
Crab Plover Umfolozi River Niall Perrins 28 December 2009 29 January 2010
Green Sandpiper Phabeni Johan Gouws 28 December 2009 29 January 2010
Green Sandpiper Northern Farms Bruce Ward-Smith 27 December 2009 29 January 2010
Crab Plover Richard's Bay Dylan Vasapolli 22 December 2009 29 January 2010
           
 
 

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