Observations in the Order: Falconiformes
Child members
By: lynmac
Observed on: 19th March 2011
Added to iSpot: 22nd March 2011
Likely ID: Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus subsp. minor )
Identifications: 3
Agreements: 4
Comments: 4
Observed on: 10th June 2010
Added to iSpot: 15th April 2011
Likely ID: African Black Eagle (Aquila verreauxii )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 3
Description: Yes, the nest is there with a bird on it. Could not see any young. Some people are so blind I have added a zoomed in shot! Next time use your binos! (you can download the original and zoom in if you are sceptical but this is as good as it is).
By: lynmac
Observed on: 8th May 2011
Added to iSpot: 16th May 2011
Likely ID: Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus subsp. minor )
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 2
Comments: 1
By: lynmac
Location: Road Lewis Gay Dam
Lat/Lng: -34.1828, 18.412
Sitting on top of a telephone pole on the road to Lewis Gay Dam, off Red Hill, Simonstown
Close
Observed on: 15th May 2011
Added to iSpot: 16th May 2011
Likely ID: Jackal Buzzard (Buteo rufofuscus )
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 7
Comments: 2
Description: Dark plumage
By: lynmac
Observed on: 8th April 2011
Added to iSpot: 22nd May 2011
Likely ID: Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus subsp. minor )
Identifications: 3
Agreements: 4
Comments: 5
Description: More photos of the Peregrene falcon for Andrew Jenkins
By: Francois
Observed on: 12th February 2011
Added to iSpot: 24th May 2011
Likely ID: Longcrest Eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis )
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 6
Comments: 1
By: lynmac
Observed on: 1st March 2006
Added to iSpot: 28th May 2011
Likely ID: African Goshawk (Accipiter tachiro subsp. tachiro )
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 5
Comments: 0
By: lynmac
Observed on: 17th April 2010
Added to iSpot: 28th May 2011
Likely ID: African Goshawk (Accipiter tachiro subsp. tachiro )
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 5
Comments: 1
By: lynmac
Location: Gamkapoort Dam
Lat/Lng: -33.282, 21.6615
On rocky outcrop on shore of Gamkapoort Dam
Close
Observed on: 19th July 2010
Added to iSpot: 28th May 2011
Likely ID: African Fish Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 8
Comments: 0
Observed on: 12th June 2011
Added to iSpot: 13th June 2011
Likely ID: Verreauxs' Eagle (Aquila verreauxii )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 8
Comments: 1
Observed on: 30th January 2011
Added to iSpot: 30th June 2011
Likely ID: Jackal Buzzard (Buteo rufofuscus )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
Observed on: 12th July 2009
Added to iSpot: 3rd July 2011
Likely ID: Fish Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 5
Comments: 0
Observed on: 24th June 2011
Added to iSpot: 12th August 2011
Likely ID: Black Sparrowhawk (Accipiter melanoleucus subsp. melanoleucus )
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
Description: A frequent visitor looking in on the chickens.
Observed on: 12th July 2011
Added to iSpot: 19th August 2011
Likely ID: African Fish-Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 6
Comments: 1
Observed on: 4th August 2011
Added to iSpot: 20th August 2011
Likely ID: Osprey (Pandion haliaetus subsp. haliaetus )
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
By: c.summersgill
Observed on: 18th June 2011
Added to iSpot: 25th August 2011
Likely ID: African Fish Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer )
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 12
Comments: 0
By: c.summersgill
Observed on: 27th February 2011
Added to iSpot: 26th August 2011
Likely ID: Circaetus cinereus
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 3
Comments: 1
By: c.summersgill
Observed on: 16th May 2010
Added to iSpot: 26th August 2011
Likely ID: Lophaetus occipitalis
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 3
Comments: 0
By: c.summersgill
Observed on: 12th March 2011
Added to iSpot: 26th August 2011
Likely ID: Longcrest Eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis )
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 3
Comments: 0
By: c.summersgill
Observed on: 2nd July 2009
Added to iSpot: 26th August 2011
Likely ID: (Eurafrican) Osprey (Pandion haliaetus subsp. haliaetus )
Identifications: 3
Agreements: 3
Comments: 1
By: c.summersgill
Observed on: 26th December 2010
Added to iSpot: 26th August 2011
Likely ID: Gypohierax angolensis
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
By: c.summersgill
Observed on: 22nd May 2010
Added to iSpot: 26th August 2011
Likely ID: Rock Kestrel (Falco rupicolus )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 6
Comments: 0
By: c.summersgill
Observed on: 24th October 2009
Added to iSpot: 26th August 2011
Likely ID: Secretarybird (Sagittarius serpentarius )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 7
Comments: 0
By: jaynemcdermid
Observed on: 23rd August 2011
Added to iSpot: 26th August 2011
Likely ID: Black Sparrowhawk (Accipiter melanoleucus subsp. melanoleucus )
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 2
Comments: 2
Description: In our garden, photo taken through glass. Took the dove in flight, ate and flew off with the remainder of dove. Bars under tail which was fan shaped. Wings underneath lightish with bars.
By: c.summersgill
Observed on: 3rd January 2009
Added to iSpot: 26th August 2011
Likely ID: White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Description: Immatures mostly
Observed on: 11th September 2011
Added to iSpot: 14th September 2011
Likely ID: Jackal Buzzard (Buteo rufofuscus )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
Observed on: 3rd July 2003
Added to iSpot: 23rd September 2011
Likely ID: Rock Kestrel (Falco rupicolus )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 5
Comments: 0
By: c.summersgill
Observed on: 23rd July 2011
Added to iSpot: 29th September 2011
Likely ID: African Goshawk (Accipiter tachiro subsp. tachiro )
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 4
Comments: 1
By: c.summersgill
Observed on: 24th September 2011
Added to iSpot: 29th September 2011
Likely ID: African Harrier-Hawk (Polyboroides typus subsp. typus )
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
Observed on: 30th May 2010
Added to iSpot: 3rd October 2011
Likely ID: Hooded Vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 1
Observed on: 29th July 2007
Added to iSpot: 6th October 2011
Likely ID: Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus caeruleus )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 7
Comments: 2
Observed on: 6th March 2011
Added to iSpot: 21st October 2011
Likely ID: Rock Kestrel (Falco rupicolus )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 6
Comments: 0
Observed on: 6th August 2007
Added to iSpot: 28th October 2011
Likely ID: African Harrier-Hawk (Polyboroides typus subsp. typus )
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 7
Comments: 3
By: Patrick Lane
Observed on: 29th October 2011
Added to iSpot: 2nd November 2011
Likely ID: Circus maurus
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 4
Comments: 1
Description: A pair flying and hunting around marshy area
Observed on: 28th November 2011
Added to iSpot: 28th November 2011
Likely ID: Long-crested Eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 4
Comments: 2
Description: Riparian zone in a commercial pine plantation
Observed on: 26th November 2011
Added to iSpot: 14th December 2011
Likely ID: African hawk-eagle (Aquila spilogaster )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
Observed on: 12th December 2011
Added to iSpot: 5th January 2012
Likely ID: European Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 4
Description: Small head, long neck, small bill
Observed on: 26th May 2010
Added to iSpot: 7th January 2012
Likely ID: African Fish Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 8
Comments: 0
Observed on: 1st January 2012
Added to iSpot: 8th January 2012
Likely ID: Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 6
Comments: 0
Observed on: 3rd January 2012
Added to iSpot: 10th January 2012
Likely ID: Greater Kestrel (Falco rupicoloides )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 0
Observed on: 2nd January 2012
Added to iSpot: 14th January 2012
Likely ID: Tawny Eagle (Aquila rapax subsp. rapax )
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
Observed on: 2nd January 2012
Added to iSpot: 14th January 2012
Likely ID: Black-chested Snake-Eagle (Circaetus pectoralis )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 0
Observed on: 4th January 2012
Added to iSpot: 14th January 2012
Likely ID: Secretarybirds (Sagittarius serpentarius )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 8
Comments: 0
Observed on: 11th January 2012
Added to iSpot: 14th January 2012
Likely ID: Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk (Melierax canorus subsp. argentior )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 1
Description: Feeding on an unfortunate rodent on top of a Sociable Weaver nest
Observed on: 12th January 2012
Added to iSpot: 14th January 2012
Likely ID: Secretarybirds (Sagittarius serpentarius )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 9
Comments: 0
By: Felicity
Observed on: 3rd January 2012
Added to iSpot: 15th January 2012
Likely ID: Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus caeruleus )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 8
Comments: 0
By: lynmac
Observed on: 21st December 2011
Added to iSpot: 30th January 2012
Likely ID: Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus subsp. minor )
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 1
Comments: 7
Observed on: 29th January 2012
Added to iSpot: 1st February 2012
Likely ID: African Fish Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 8
Comments: 0
Description: Perched in tree next to lake Nhlabane
By: c.summersgill
Observed on: 16th December 2011
Added to iSpot: 3rd February 2012
Likely ID: Western Osprey (Pandion haliaetus subsp. haliaetus )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 4
Comments: 0
By: c.summersgill
Observed on: 14th December 2011
Added to iSpot: 3rd February 2012
Likely ID: Tawny Eagle (Aquila rapax subsp. rapax )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 0
![African Goshawk [juvenile] No.1 March'06](/sites/default/files/imagecache/mid/images/13/e382aa2369cd33f9aa3518c64fb9d520.jpg "African Goshawk [juvenile] No.1 March'06")
