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Sharing all things nature in Namibia, with a special focus on birding.
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Sandwich Harbor Tours
Over the last few days I did some day tours down to Sandwich Harbor. Sandwich Harbor is really an amazing area. One drives south from Walvis Bay, one of Namibia's coastal towns. Once you pass the salt works on the southern end of the town, you are...
Coastal Day Tours - Safari Wise
This post is simply an announcement that Safari Wise have brought out their brochure for their day tours at Namibia's central coastal region. I will be doing most of these day trips, with a big focus on the coastal birding, for them.These...
Swakop River Mouth Bird Count March
Today we counted the birds at the small lagoon at the Swakop River Mouth. I have been writing about the Swakop River in earlier posts. Having had a significant flood event this year, where the river reached the Atlantic Ocean, the whole system has ...
Today's birding at Mile 4 salt works
I went out this morning for a nice bit of birding at the Mile 4 salt works. It was foggy when I went out, but the fog was not obstructing the view, so it was fine.Today's birds: Cape Cormorant (thousands,) Common Whimbrel, Kelp Gull, Ruddy Turnston...
Birding Namibia's central coastal region - Some background
I have noticed a lot of new visitors on my blog. I thought I will just give a brief background to birding in this area, Namibia's central coast.First, why am I a bird guide in Namibia's central coastal area. Well, for me it's just getting going. I...
More on Swakop River
In reference to my previous post on the Swakop river flooding, I thought I would just post a link for those interested in the area, but who have not visited Namibia yet. I plan to spend a good bit of time birding the Swakop River mouth over the next...
New Life Bird
Today we decided to take a drive north of Swakopmund, past the town of Henties Bay and past Cape Cross. It's an interesting area mainly because it is so remote. The beach stretches for miles with very few people around. We drove out to the beach a...
Walvis Bay Birding trip
Most of my birding is done around Swakopmund, but today I went to Walvis Bay for a morning birding at the Lagoon. It wasn't a great time of day because the tide was in, but I still had a good time birding.Birds for the day: Hartluab's Gull, Common ...
Bird Ring
I mentioned that I had found a dead bird with a ring on it's leg. Today I found out where it was ringed.The bird, whose metal ring was a SAFRING ring, was ringed on the 27th of April on Possession Island, off the Namibian coast. Did you know that t...
Frantic Naturalist stuff
Well, the we still haven't found the gull with the black head again. I have been studying the field guides. I really need to get a better view. It could be a very dark Grey-headed Gull, which is a local bird.I am changing things around here at Fra...
Daily birding turns up a rare bird
Well, recently I go birding every day. Very often I go alone. Sometimes I go in the late afternoon with my kids and just have a look around. I just feel it's important to get out every single day. I am really working on building tours on the one ...
