Neil Gray Birds

6 May 2007. I went with a fellow birder to Barberspan Nature Reserve in North-West province yesterday to hunt for the vagrant Wilson's Phalarope that had been photographed there a few days ago. We managed to locate a possible candidate, which flew off before we'd really got a good look at a it. However, size was right, in flight the bird was silent, and we could clearly see a white rump and grey tail. Great so far! We were not able to get a good fix on where the bird landed and I ran off in the general direction and took hand-held, full zoom and manual focus shots of a small wader in grass at the water's-edge.

25th April 2007   Just back from a week working in the Lubumbashi area of the DRC. I went with high hopes of adding a few birds to my Africa list, as this area boasts some 450 species, 10% of which are not found south of the Zambezi.

12 March 2007. I returned last Friday from a few days at Ngwenya Lodge with my eldest son who is visiting from the UK. We travelled down via Badplaas, the now defunct Msauli asbestos mine, Josefsdal border post (to Swaziland) and the Saddleback Pass to Barberton and on to Ngwenya. We made three day trips into the Kruger Park and returned via Graskop, God's Window, the Three Rondawels, Lydenburg and Dullstroom.