With natural fauna and flora unparalleled by many other residential estates in South Africa, Atlantic Beach Estate is home to a vast array of birdlife, which call the estate their home.
Residents at Atlantic Beach Estate are often treated to special sightings of some truly beautiful birds, and the birdwatchers and amateur ornithologists amongst us take pride in creating lists of bird-sightings on the estate.
Below is a list of the birdlife documented thanks to our residents. If you spot a bird on the estate that’s not on the list, please let us know about the bird-sighting by emailing: info@abhoa.co.za.
BIRDS ON ATLANTIC BEACH ESTATE:
Cormorant, Whitebreasted
Cormorant, Cape
Cormorant, Reed
Darter, African
Heron, Grey
Heron, Blackheaded
Heron, Purple
Egret, Little
Heron, Black-Crowned Night
Ibis, African Sacred
Ibis, Hadeda
Goose, Egyptian
Teal, Cape
Kite, Yellowbilled
Kite, Blackshouldered
Fish Eagle, African
Spurfowl, Cape
Moorhen, Common
Coot, Redknobbed
Lapwing, Blacksmith
Greenshank, Common
Stilt, Black-winged
Thick-Knee, Spotted
Thick-Knee, Water
Gull, Kelp
Gull, Hartlaub
Pigeon, Speckled
Dove, Red-eyed
Dove, Laughing
Swift, African Black
Mousebird, Speckled
Mousebird, White-backed
Mousebird, Red-faced
Peregrine Falcon
Spotted Eagle Owl
Swallow, Greater striped
Swallow, White-throated
Martin, Sand
Crow, Cape
Crow, Pied
Bulbul, Cape
Robin-Chat, Cape
Prinia, Karoo
Batis, Cape
Wagtail, Cape
Fiscal, Common
Boubou, Southern
Starling, Common (European)
Starling, Red-winged
Sunbird, Malachite
Sunbird, Southern Doublecollared
White-Eye, Cape
Sparrow, House
Sparrow, Cape
Weaver, Cape
Weaver, Southern Masked
Bishop, Southern Red