4674 The black-winged stilt is notable for its long red legs

4675 An Egyptian goose is common throughout much of eastern and Southern Africa. It is actually a duck

4676 A male South African Shelduck. The femaale has a white head and dark neck

4677 A speckled pigeon. its name derives from its spotted wing coverts. It is a common resident

4678 The African spoonbill. It feeds on small fish, aquatic invertebrates and amphibians

4679 A yellow billed stork. The bright red facial skin and pink tinged feathers indicate that it is in breeding condition

4680 The blacksmith lapwing enjoys wetland edges and the surrounding savannah

4681 The southern yellow-billed hornbill inhabits dry bushveld and broad-leaved woodlands

4682 When nesting in a hole in a tree the female hornbill is cemented in and relies on the male for food

4683 A trio of white-backed vyultures. White is visible as a patch on the lower back when in flight

4684 A Cape vulture giving us a fly past

4685 Cape vultures are more creamy or buff coloured than griffons and white-backed

4686 Vultures picking over an elephant carcass. The smell was impressive

4687 The crowned lapwing favours short grassland

4688 The crested francolin is very widespread and also very noisy

4689 Our old friend the lilac-breasted roller on the lookout for insects

4690 A Burchell's starling is the largest of the glossy starlings. It has a black eye

4691 The African hoope has no white subterminal bands on its crest and has all black primary wing feathers

4692 A very striling crimson-breasted shrike

4693 The southern red-billed hornbill is fairly common but does not extend as far west into the desert areas as the yellow-billedl

4694 Good capture by torchlight. My best guess is a rufous-cheeked nightjar. A fairly common migrant

4695 Blacksmith lapwing

4696 Cape vulture. They are under sever threat from poisoning, overhead power lines and food shortages

4697 Cape glossy starling