Meadowridge Common Bird List

Black-headed Heron

African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta

African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro

African Harrier Hawk (Gymnogene) Polyboroides typus

Black Kite Milvus migrans

Black Sparrowhawk Accipiter melanoleucus

Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala

Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus

Cape Bulbul Pycnonotus capensis

Cape Canary Serinus canicollis

Cape Turtle Dove/Ring-necked dove Streptopelia capicola

Cape White-eye Zosterops virens

Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis

Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs

Common Fiscal Lanius collaris

Common (European) Starling Sturnus vulgaris

Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca

Hadeda Ibis Bostrychia hagedash

Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis ssp. adsimilis

Hartlaub’s Gull Chroicocephalus hartlaubii

Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris

Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas

Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis

Little Swift Apus affinis

Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus

Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus

Pied Crow Corvus albus

Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata

Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio

Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris

Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus

Southern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris chalybeus             

Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea

Spotted Thick-knee (Dikkop) Burhinus capensis

Spotted Eagle Owl Bubo africanus

Swee Waxbill Coccopygia melanotis

White-backed Mousebird Colius colius

White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis

Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius

Help us grow this list. Share your bird-sightings on the Common on the Facebook page, or iNaturalist or contact the Friends of Meadowridge Common at Meadowridgefriend@gmail.com. 

Birds of Meadowridge Common

Helmeted Guineafowl.

Sacred Ibis and Cattle Egrets.

Black-headed Heron. Photo: John Rayner.

Bokmakierie visiting the tennis club that abuts on the Common.

Spotted Dikkop (or Thick-knee) - with two chicks - hiding.

Common Fiscal on the tennis court fence.



Egyptian Geese in the rehabilitation area of the Common.

Pied Crow

White-necked Raven.

Spotted Eagle-owl.

 

To see the birdlist for Meadowridge Common, click here.

We would be most grateful if you could share your bird-sightings on the Common on the Facebook page, iSpot or contact the Friends of Meadowridge Common at Meadowridgefriend@gmail.com. You could also post on the ADU site "My Bird Patch" -  http://mybirdpatch.adu.org.za. The Common (including the football fields) is already on the site. MyBirdPatch is a way to collect bird information for small patches that are regularly visited by observers. It would be great to use this as a way for people to log their sightings. They will need to register as an observer with the project but can then add sightings for the common and any other public patches that have been registered. To register as an observer click on 'Register' and to find out more about how MyBirdPatch works click on 'Help" and download the "20 easy steps to getting started" document.