KZN's Rocky Bay Resorts is a birding wonderland

KZN’s Rocky Bay Resorts is a birding wonderland

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Take pleasure in some superior springtime hen sightings alongside the mid-South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal.

The mid-South Coast is warming up and calling for extra out of doors excursions. For birdwatchers, the Rocky Bay Aaea boasts a number of the greatest hen sightings in KZN because of its coastal forests and subtropical local weather.

‘There’s little question that this space is an out of doors fanatic’s playground, however for the twitchers on the market, it’s an absolute must-visit,’ stated Annien Koulountis, Resorts Supervisor at Rocky Bay Resorts.

Rocky Bay presents a number of the greatest climbing, biking, and birding trails. In depth work has been achieved on the 111km Rocky Bay trails that wind by way of sugar cane fields with ocean views, and into cooler indigenous coastal forests.

Sandy Olver, an Umdoni Village resident and member of BirdLife South Africa and South Coast Trogan’s Fowl Membership, has huge expertise in recognizing native hen species. She has shared some native perception to make this a very worthwhile expertise.

‘In case you don’t need to go too far then it’s value a stroll right down to the folly on the ruins of the outdated railway bridge overlooking the estuary,’ commented Olver. ‘When the mouth is closed and the river full, you need to see kingfishers – big and malachite – cormorants and even a black-crowned night-heron. Examine below the present bridge for nests of the little swifts and, in summer season, the lesser striped swallows. The most typical sea hen on the seaside is the swift tern, however in Sardine Run season watch the flocks of lovely cape gannets carry out death-defying dives after the shoals.’

She added that different good birding sights could possibly be discovered on Rocky Bay Trails at a nominal price, with entrance to those trails at Rocky Bay Resorts.

‘Bush birds will be troublesome to see so should you can recognise the calls of the migrant cuckoos, honeyguides, the mournful buff-spotted flufftail, or Narina trogon, then what to search for and the place. Keep in mind to look as much as the skies for raptors.’

Different hen species to look out for embody:

White-faced, white-backed, yellow-billed, and African black geese;
Moorhens;
Little grebe;
Gray-crowned cranes within the grassland or tree-tops;
Purple-capped robin chat or scrub robins within the bush;
Weavers, waxbills, widows or woodpeckers, sunbirds, shrikes and starlings, doves and drongos within the riverine bush and grassland;
Scarlet-chested sunbird;
Gray cuckoo shrike; and
Scaly-throated honeyguide.

Rocky Bay Resorts has lodging starting from one-bedroom log cabins to a six-sleeper, three-bedroom log cabins, and a Caravan Park with many websites providing sea views. To place a bit additional ‘spring in your step’ Rocky Bay Resorts is providing 20% off all new reservations acquired for log cabins and campsites (T&Cs apply).