MADWALA NATURE RESERVE AND SURROUNDS

MADWALA NATURE RESERVE AND SURROUNDS

Madwala nature reserve is an interesting place, more a large garden than a reserve, its in its infancy and as such a lot of clearing needs to be done, the invasive plant species are a real issue.  It is accessed via the Chanteclair Hotel and seems to be an extension of the grounds on which it stands. There are also mutant ticks which will bite you and leave you itching for 3 weeks thereafter... A reasonable dam and large marshy wetland are main features however if you trek further into the reserve there are wooded hills in which we saw a few interesting species. This walk however forced me into buying new boots, very wet, muddy and hilly.

Indian Peafowl

Helmeted Guineafowl

Purple Heron

Bronze Mannakin

Blacksmith Lapwing

Thick-billed Weaver

Burchell’s Coucal

Southern Black Flycatcher

Little Rush Warbler

Collared Sunbird

Tawny-Flanked Prinia

Cape White-eye

Orange Breasted Bushshrike

Lazy Cisticola

Lesser Striped Swallow

Sombre Greenbul

Little Bittern

Kurricane Thrush



CAPE ROBIN CHAT, MARKWELL

INDIAN PEAFOWL, MARKWELL

KURRIKANE THRUSH, MARKWELL

SOUTHER RED BISHOP, MARKWELL

PURPLE HERON, MARKWELL

MADWALA RESERVE,MARKWELL

MADWALA RESERVE, MARKWELL

MADWALA RESERVE WITH SOUTHERN, SCALY-BACKED YETTI.

ORANGE BREASTED BUSH SHRIKE, PHOTOGRAPHER UNKNOWN