OUR COASTAL TREASURE

Riverine and coastal bush

This type of vegetation can be found in many places although development and farming activities encroach more and more on these patches of bush.

Here we find common Eastern Cape bird species such as:

Cape Canary

Small, yellow, without facial markings but a grey crown and nape (top and back of the head). Calls in a series of fast and loud warbles. Often heard before seen.

Red-winged Starling

A dove-sized, shiny-black bird with rufous wings, seen when in flight. The soft, musical twee twee calls announce this bird.

Cape Weaver

A noisy, bright-yellow bird with yellow eyes, a black bill and an orangey-brown wash on its face.

Greater Double-collared Sunbird

Small, flitting from flower to flower; it has a long, curved bill, feathers that are bright green in the sun, with a purple and wider red band across its chest. The grey coloured female is always somewhere near.

Olive Bush-Shrike

A secretive bird, easier to hear than to see. It has a bright yellow-orange breast and a green crown and back eyes.

Sombre Greenbul

Calls out suddenly from inside a bush, saying Willie!! Seen only when it flies from bush to bush.

Diderick Cuckoo

One of the many cuckoos that visit us in the summer. Upperparts are flashy emerald with a white breast and red eye. It calls its own name in high-pitched notes.