Afton Grove Nature & Wildlife

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Nature & Wildlife

Birdwatching in Cape Town is truly unique, and at Afton Grove, birding begins in our two acre garden with wetlands virtually across the road..

Nearby birding spots

Walking distance

1 Afton Grove - Garden & scrub species
2 Noordhoek Wetland - Marsh, scrub & wetland species

5 Minutes Drive
 
3 Black Hill, Glencairn - Fynbos endemic
4 Fish Hoek Sportsfields (pond) - Waterbirds
5 The Kom, Kommetjie - Sea & shore birds
6 Wildevoël Sewerage Works - Waterbirds & migrant waders
7 Glencairn Vlei & Coastal - Sea, shore & waterbirds

15 minutes by car

8 Boulders, Simonstown African penquin(breeding colony)
9 Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve - Fynbos, sea & shore birds, scrub birds
10 Silvermine Nature Reserve - Fynbos endemic
11 Arboretum, Tokai Plantation - Raptors, forest species
12 Rondevlei Nature Reserve - Waterbirds & migrant waders
13 Strandfontein Sewerage Works - Waterbirds & migrant waders
14 Pelagic Trips(Simonstown-departure) - Sea & shore birds & mammals

30 minutes by car
 
15 Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens - Fynbos specials & garden birds
16 Constantia, Greenbelts - Knysna Warbler
17 Cape Flats, Philippi Farmlands - Water birds(winter)

Top 10 Birds for each area:-

1. Afton Grove - Hadeda Ibis, African Speckled Pigeon, Redeyed Dove, Southern Boubou, Cape Robin, Cape Batis, Dusky Flycatcher, Cape Whiteye, Cape Canary, Chaffinch.

2. Wetland - Grey Heron, Little Bittern, Egyptian Goose, African Marsh Harrier, Spotted Dikkop, Blacksmith Plover, Burchell's Coucal, African Sedge Warbler, Le Vaillant's Cisticola, Karoo Prinia.

3. Back Hill, Glencairn - Jackal Buzzard, Grassbird, Cape Rock Thrush, Familiar Chat, Greybacked Cisticola, Neddicky, Malachite Sunbird, Orangebreasted Sunbird, Cape Bunting, Cape Siskin.

4. Fish Hoek Sportsfields (winter) - Grey Heron, Egyptian Goose, Yellowbilled Duck, Common Moorhen, Redknobbed Coot, Blackwinged Stilt, Crowned Plover, Pearlbreasted Swallow, Le Vaillant's Cisticola, Common Waxbill.

5. Kommetjie, The Kom - White Breasted Cormorant, Cape Cormorant, Bank Cormorant, Crowned Cormorant, African Black Oystercatcher, Whitefronted Sandplover, Sandwich Tern, Common Tern, Arctic Tern, Antarctic Tern.

6. Kommetjie, Wildevoel Sewerage Works - Blackcrowned Night Heron, Cape Shoveller, Southern Pochard, Cape Teal, Maccoa Duck, African Fish Eagle, Water Dikkop, Ethiopian Snipe, Southern Masked Weaver, Pintailed Whydah.

7a. Glencairn Vlei - Grey Heron, Little Egret, Hamerkop, Painted Snipe, Yellowbilled Duck, African Black Duck, Cape Reed Warbler, African Sedge Warbler, Le Vaillant's Cisticola.

7b. Glencairn Coastal (winter) - (N&S) Giant Petrel, Whitechinned Petrel, Sooty Shearwater, Cape Gannet, Cape Cormorant, Subantarctic Skua, Arctic Skua, Swift Tern, Sandwich Tern, Common Tern.

8. Boulders Penguin Colony, Simonstown - African Jackass Penguin, Cape Cormorant, Bank Cormorant, Crowned Cormorant, African Black Oystercatcher, Whitebacked Mousebird, Southern Boubou, Cape Bulbul, Malachite Sunbird, Bully Canary.

9. Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve  - Peregrine Falcon, Rock Kestrel, Hottentot Buttonquail, Ground Woodpecker, Cape Bulbul, Bokmakerie, Fantailed Cisticola, Greybacked Cisticola, Cape Sugarbird, Cape Siskin.

10. Silvermine Nature Reserve - Steppe Buzzard, Whitenecked Raven, Ground Woodpecker, Cape Bulbul, Cape Rock Thrush, Grassbird, Cape Sugarbird, Malachite Sunbird, Orangebreasted Sunbird, Lesser Doublecollared Sunbird.

11. Arboretum, Tokai Plantation  - Steppe Buzzard, Forest Buzzard, Honey Buzzard, Black Sparrowhawk, Redbreasted Sparrowhawk, Paradise Flycatcher, Cape Batis, Forest Canary, Cape Canary, Chaffinch.

12. Rondevlei - White Pelican, Reed Cormorant, Darter, Purple Heron, Little Bittern, Ethiopian Snipe, Malachite Kingfisher, Cape Bulbul, Southern Boubou, Yellowrumped Widow.

13. Strandfontein Sewerage Works - Blacknecked Grebe, African Spoonbill, Greater Flamingo, South African Shelduck, Cape Shoveller, Maccoa Duck, Southern Pochard, African Marsh Harrier, Whitewinged Tern, Whitethroated Swallow.

14. Pelagic Trips (Simonstown Departure) - Royal Albatross, Wandering Albatross, Shy Albatross, Blackbrowed Albatross, Yellownosed Albatross, (N&S) Giant Petrel, Pintado Petrel, Whitechinned Petrel, Broadbilled Prion, Wilson's Storm Petrel.

15. Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens - African Goshawk, Redbreasted Sparrowhawk, Spotted Eagle Owl, Rameron Pigeon, Cinnamon Dove, Cape Batis, Cape Francolin, Sombre Bulbul, Knysna Warbler, Forest Canary.

16. Constantia Greenbelts - Rameron Pigeon, Cinammon Dove, Wood Owl, Redchested Cuckoo, Buffspotted Flufftail, Burchell's Coucal, Barthroated Apalis, Knysna Warbler, Swee Waxbill, Chaffinch.

17. Cape Flats, Philippi Farmlands (winter) - Great White Egret, South African Shelduck, Knob-billed Duck, Whitefaced Duck, Fulvous Duck, African Black Duck, Orangethroated Longclaw, Ethiopian Snipe, Pintailed Whydah, Capped Wheatear.