Nature enthusiasts and bird lovers, get ready for an unforgettable bird watching experience at Oppiedam Family Cabins!
Nestled in the picturesque Bot River area, our cabins provide the perfect vantage point to observe a diverse range of bird species in their natural habitat. From graceful waterbirds to colourful songbirds, Oppiedam is a haven for birdwatching enthusiasts. Join us as we explore the feathered wonders that call this area home.
Table of Birds Identified on and Around Oppiedam Family Cabins:
List of Birds identified on and around the Lagoon:
African black duck
African marsh harrier
African marsh warbler
African sedge warbler
Alpine swift
Avocet
Bar-throated apalis
Black crake
Black oystercatcher
Black sawwing swallow
Black swift
Black-shouldered kite
Blacksmith plover
Black-winged stilt
Bokmakierie
Brownthroated martin
Burchell's coucal
Cape batis
Cape bulbul
Cape canary
Cape francolin
Cape reed warbler
Cape robin
Cape rock thrush
Cape shelduck
Cape sparrow
Cape sugar bird
Cape teal
Cape turtle dove
Cape wagtail
Caspian tern
Common sandpiper
Common waxbill
Crested grebe
Dabchick
Darter
Double-collared sunbird
Egyptian goose
Ethiopian snipe
European starling
Familiar chat
Fiscal flycatcher
Fiscal shrike
Fish eagle
Forest buzzard
Giant kingfisher
Grassbird
Greater flamingo
Greater striped swallow
Grey heron
Grey-backed cisticola
Grey-headed gull
Greywing francolin
Ground woodpecker
Hammerkop
Hartlaub's gull
Hoopoe
House sparrow
Jackal buzzard
Karoo prinia
Klaas's cuckoo
Kittlitz's plover
Laughing dove
Le Vaillant's cisticola
Lesser flamingo
Little egret
Little swift
Little stint
Malachite kingfisher
Malachite sunbird
Marsh sandpiper
Masked weaver
Moorhen
Neddicky
Olive thrush
Orange-breasted sunbird
Paradis flycatcher
Pied kingfisher
Pied starling
Pin-tailed whydah
Protea canary
Purple gallinule
Purple heron
Rameron pigeon
Red bishop
Red-billed teal
Red-eyed dove
Red-knobbed coot
Red-winged starling
Reed cormorant
Rock kestrel
Rock martin
Rock pigeon
Sacred ibis
Sandwich tern
Sentinel rock thrush
Sombre bulbul
Southern black-backed gull
Southern boubou
Southern pochard
Southern tchagra
Spotted dikkop
Spotted eagle owl
Spurwinged goose
Swift tern
Three-banded plover
Victorin's warbler
White pelican
White-backed duck
White-breasted cormorant
White-fronted plover
White-rumped swift
White-throated swallow
White-winged tern
Wood sandpiper
Yellowbilled duck
Yellowrumped widow
Enjoy bird watching at Oppiedam Family Cabins!
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