Black Skimmer - a first confirmed record for South Africa

Authors

  • Robin Wood
  • Heather Wood

Abstract

On 04 October 2012 at 14:30, I, Robin Wood (RW), sighted a Skimmer at Rietvlei Nature Reserve in Milnerton, Western Cape. I was out with my mother-in-law, Heather Wood (HW), for an afternoon's viewing of wetland birds - in overcast conditions with light drizzle - intent on finding a few new birds to tick off our list, when a bird with a bright red beak swooped down low across the top of the water, directly behind the pelicans we were training our binoculars on.

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Published

2012-10-09

How to Cite

Wood, R., & Wood, H. (2012). Black Skimmer - a first confirmed record for South Africa. Biodiversity Observations, 213–217. Retrieved from https://journals.uct.ac.za/index.php/BO/article/view/163

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