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Birding in Cape Town: Lions Head birding notes

I’ve covered Lions Head before here, but thought I’d post a quick bird list from a run / walk up Lions Head this morning. The most notable species was Steppe Buzzard, my first for the season. Lions Head bird list: Orange-breasted Sunbird, Cape White-eye, Cape Robin-chat, Olive Thrush, Grey-backed Cisticola, Red-winged Starling, Rock Kestrel, Cape [...]

Birding in Cape Town: Table Mountain and Lions Head

One of Cape Town’s greatest attractions is that it is located on the boundary of the Table Mountain National Park – in fact the park is surrounded by Cape Town! The city centre is located in a bowl flanked by Table Mountain to the south, Lions Head and Signal Hill to the west, and Table [...]