Report by Tyron Dall
Nine birders enjoyed a wonderful mornings birding with excellent weather. The first bird to get our attention was an African Darter on a mud flat in the middle of the river, which seemed to be waiting for the sun’s rays to warm its outstretched wings.
The Little Bee-eaters were giving quite a show, but naturally everyone was asking about the White-fronted Bee-eaters. We briefly heard the White-fronted Bee-eaters but didn’t see them until our walk back later in the day.
In the beginning of the outing much of the trail was in the shade and the birding was a bit slow, but as the sun came out it picked up quite a bit.
The birds of the day for me, and which where lifers for some of our new BLPN members were the Cape robin-chat and Fiscal flycatcher. This is the first time this year that I have seen these birds on the trail. They seem to be altitudinal migrants to the coast in Winter.
Cape_robin-chat (Karen Diederiks) 
Fiscal Flycather (Karen Diederiks)
The only raptor seen on the day was one of the resident Fish eagles which was seen perched on a tree in the distance. Another highlight for the day, was the amount of sunbirds which we saw. We all got very good views of the Purple-banded sunbird, as well as seeing Amethyst and White-bellied.
Purple-banded sunbird (Karen Diederiks)
When we got back to the car park area which overlooks the river, we also got to see a Goliath heron and three Water thick-knees. Altogether the bird count for the morning was 63.
Water thick-knee (Karen Diederiks) 
Stonechat (Mark Hardouin) 
Brown-hooded kingfisher (Tony Rahme) 
Goliath Heron (Mark Hardouin)
Thanks to all the people who came on the walk and for the photos supplied.
BIRD LIST FROM THE WALK
| Cape Wagtail |
| Grey Heron |
| Black-headed Heron |
| Common Myna |
| Fork-tailed Drongo |
| Egyptian Goose |
| Hadeda Ibis |
| Brown-throated Martin |
| Red-eyed Dove |
| Spectacled Weaver |
| Thick-billed Weaver |
| African Darter |
| Dark-capped Bulbul |
| Reed Cormorant |
| Three-banded Plover |
| Tawny-flanked Prinia |
| Spur-winged Goose |
| Natal Spurfowl |
| Brown-hooded Kingfisher |
| Common Waxbill |
| Rattling Cisticola |
| Southern Fiscal |
| Amethyst Sunbird |
| Black-collared Barbet |
| Pied Crow |
| Little Bee-eater |
| Speckled Mousebird |
| Cape White-eye |
| Fan-tailed Widowbird |
| Yellow Weaver |
| Lesser Swamp Warbler |
| Red-throated Wryneck |
| Blacksmith Lapwing |
| Burchell’s Coucal |
| Pied Kingfisher |
| Red-capped Robin-Chat |
| Cape Robin-Chat |
| Southern Red Bishop |
| African Stonechat |
| Southern Black Flycatcher |
| Yellow-throated Longclaw |
| Yellow-fronted Canary |
| African Dusky Flycatcher |
| Tambourine Dove |
| Green-backed Camaroptera |
| White-fronted Bee-eater |
| Purple-banded Sunbird |
| Terrestrial Brownbul |
| African Fish Eagle |
| Sombre Greenbul |
| Cardinal Woodpecker |
| African Paradise Flycatcher |
| Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird |
| Bar-throated Apalis |
| White-eared Barbet |
| Woolly-necked Stork |
| Crested Barbet |
| White-bellied Sunbird |
| Bronze Mannikin |
| Fiscal Flycatcher |
| Goliath Heron |
| Red-winged Starling |
| Water Thick-knee |
