Relax and spend some time with us.
Take relaxed walks around the farm, do some bird watching and take
the children to watch the cows being milked.
Guest Comments
 Beautiful place amongst the trees, nothing was an effort to the
helpful and friendly staff.
 Could not have asked for more from the team.
TO BOOK CALL David on 072-562-3396 or Email [email protected]
 Relax under the trees and treat yourself to a delicious steaming
cappuccino and a slice of homemade cake or for something more
substantial, a freshly prepared meal.
 We also cater for small functions.
 We use only the best and freshest ingredients we can source.
Tel. 082-553-0598 : Email [email protected]
Bird Checklist
Updated August 2016
158 species
A checklist of all the bird species seen at
Random Harvest Nursery in all the habitats
present. This includes the nursery area
with its large acacias, trees and shrubs,
surrounding gardens, the grassland, the
dam at the bottom of the property and
bushed areas on the property, as well as
the exotic trees that are present.
Overflying birds can be added to the list.
The abundance code gives an indication of
relative abundance as well as seasonality;
e.g. 1a would be a common summer
migrant and 3 would be an uncommon
South African resident species.
For any additional species seen contact
Linda de Luca on [email protected]
A = Abundance Code
1: Common – regularly recorded
2: Scarce – occasionally recorded
3: Uncommon – seldom recorded
4: Vagrant – local rarity
a: Summer Migrant – Eurasian or
intra-African summer visitors (mostly
Sep-Apr)
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b: Winter Migrant – regional or
altitudinal visitor (mostly May-Sep)
Species
A
Apalis, Bar-throated
2
Babbler, Arrow-marked
3
Barbet, Black-collared
1
Barbet, Crested
1
Bee-eater, European
2a
Bee-eater, White-fronted
3
Bishop, Southern Red
1
Bishop, Yellow-crowned (Golden) 3
Bokmakierie
Boubou, Southern
Bulbul, Dark-capped (Black-eyed)
Buzzard, Common (Steppe)
Buzzard, European Honey
Canary, Black-throated
Canary, Yellow-fronted (Yelloweyed)
Cisticola, Desert
Cisticola, Levaillant's
Cisticola, Zitting (Fan-tailed)
Coot, Red-knobbed
Cormorant, Reed
Cormorant, White-breasted
Coucal, Burchell's
Crow, Pied
Cuckoo, Black
Cuckoo, Diederick
Cuckoo, Red-chested
Darter, African
Dove, Cape Turtle
Dove, Laughing
Dove, Red-eyed
Dove, Namaqua
Dove, Rock (Feral Pigeon)
Drongo, Fork-tailed
Duck, African Black
Duck, White-faced
Duck, Yellow-billed
Eagle, Verreaux’s (Black)
Egret, Western Cattle
Egret, Little
Falcon, Amur (Eastern Red-footed
Kestrel)
Finch, Red-headed
Fiscal, Southern (Common)
Flycatcher, African Paradise
Flycatcher, Fairy
Flycatcher, Fiscal
Flycatcher, Spotted
Go-away-bird (Lourie), Grey
Goose, Egyptian
Goose, Spur-winged
Goshawk, Gabar
Grebe, Little (Dabchick)
Guineafowl, Helmeted
Hamerkop
Heron, Black-crowned Night
Heron, Black-headed
Heron, Green-backed
Heron, Grey
1
1
1
2a
3a
1
2
2
2
1
3
2
3
1
1
2a
1a
2a
3
1
1
1
3
1
3
3
3
2
3
1
3
2a
2
1
1a
2b
1
2a
1
1
3
3
3
1
3
3
2
3
3
Heron, Purple
Honeybird, Brown-backed (Sharpbilled)
Honeyguide, Greater
Honeyguide, Lesser
Hoopoe, African
Hornbill, African Grey
Ibis, African Sacred
Ibis, Glossy
Ibis, Hadeda
Kingfisher, Brown-hooded
Kingfisher, Giant
Kingfisher, Malachite
Kingfisher, Pied
Kite, Black-shouldered
Kite, Yellow-billed
Lapwing (Plover), African Wattled
Lapwing (Plover), Blacksmith
Lapwing (Plover), Crowned
Longclaw, Cape (Orangethroated)
Mannikin, Bronze
Martin, Rock
Moorhen, Common
Mousebird, Red-faced
Mousebird, Speckled
Myna, Common (Indian)
Neddicky
Oriole, Black-headed
Owl, African Grass
Owl, Western Barn
Owl, Marsh
Owl, Spotted Eagle
Petronia, Yellow-throated
Pigeon, African Olive (Rameron)
Pigeon, Speckled (Rock)
Pipit, African (Grassveld)
Plover, Three-banded
Prinia, Black-chested
Prinia, Tawny-flanked
Puffback, Black-backed
Quailfinch, African
Quelea, Red-billed
Robin-Chat, Cape
Sandpiper, Wood
Seedeater (Canary), Streakyheaded
Shrike, Crimson-breasted
Shrike, Lesser Grey
Shrike, Grey-headed Bush
Shrike, Red-backed
3
3
3
3
1
2
1
3
1
2
3
3
3
2
2a
1
1
1
1
2
3
2
1
1
1
2
2
4
2
2
2
4
2
1
1
3
1
1
2
3
2
1
3a
3
3
3a
3
3a
Sparrow, Cape
Sparrow, House
Sparrow, Southern Grey-headed
Sparrowhawk, Little
Sparrowhawk, Ovambo
Spoonbill, African
Spurfowl (Francolin), Swainson's
Starling, Cape Glossy
Starling, Pied
Starling, Red-winged
Starling, Wattled
Stonechat, African
Stork, Abdim’s
Sunbird, Amethyst (Black)
Sunbird, Greater Double-collared
Sunbird, Malachite
Sunbird, White-bellied
Swallow, Barn (European)
Swallow, Greater Striped
Swallow, Lesser Striped
Swallow, South African Cliff
Swallow, White-throated
Swift, Alpine
Swift, African Palm
Swift, Common (European)
Swift, Little
Swift, White-rumped
Tchagra, Brown-crowned (Threestreaked)
Tchagra, Black-crowned
Teal, Red-billed
Thick-knee (Dikkop), Spotted
Thrush, Karoo
Thrush, Groundscraper
Thrush, Kurrichane
Tinkerbird, Yellow-fronted
Tit-Babbler, Chestnut-vented
Wagtail, Cape
Warbler, (European) Marsh
Warbler, African Reed (African
Marsh)
Warbler, Lesser Swamp (Cape
Reed)
Warbler, Willow
Waxbill, Common
Weaver, Cape
Weaver, Southern Masked
Weaver, Thick-billed
White-eye, Cape
Whydah, Pin-tailed
Widowbird, Long-tailed
1
1
1
2
2
3
3
1
3
2
3
1
3a
1
3
4
1
1a
1a
2a
3a
2a
4
1
3a
2
2a
3
3
3
1
1
3
3
3
3
1
3a
3a
3
2a
2
3
1
2
1
1
3
Widowbird, Red-collared
Widowbird, White-winged
Wood-Hoopoe, Green (Red-billed)
Woodpecker, Cardinal
Wryneck, Red-throated
Additional species
3
3
2
2
2