Group 2 covers all the inland water birds including
Cormorants
egrets
Finfoot
Flamingoes
Hamerkop
Heron
Ibis
pelican
Spoonbill
stalk
others
isimangaliso Birding Route covers a wide range of habitats
including many rivers, streams, fresh water pans and the semi saline waters of Lake
St. Lucia, the Largest estuarine system in South Africa.
The hides along the
isimangaliso Birding Route belong to the individual land owners, who all want to share their
wonderful wild life, and their local indigenous knowledge of our feathered friends with
you and all other visitors to the elephant Coast and the Greater St. Lucia wetlands
park.
Special thanx to Kenneth
Newman for his great book Newman's Birds of
Southern Africa which has inspired
many keen birders over the years.
Special thanx to SAPPI
for their sponsorship of Newman's Birds of Southern Africa (7th
Edition)