South Africa · Mpumalanga
Wakkerstroom Wetland NR – bridge/causeway
276 species and 17,864 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February and October–November, with up to 132 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
African SwamphenPorphyrio madagascariensis
Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
Lesser Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus gracilirostris
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
African RailRallus caerulescens
Cape ShovelerSpatula smithii
Greater Striped SwallowCecropis cucullata
Southern Red BishopEuplectes orix
Little Rush WarblerBradypterus baboecala
White-throated SwallowHirundo albigularis
Cape WagtailMotacilla capensisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Wakkerstroom Wetland NR2 km360 species
- Wakkerstroom area2 km385 species
All 276 species recorded here
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Cape Shoveler Spatula smithii
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- South African Shelduck Tadorna cana
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Pied Starling Lamprotornis bicolor
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
- Cape Canary Serinus canicollis
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- South African Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon spilodera
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus
- Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Blue Crane Grus paradisea
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Cape Longclaw Macronyx capensis
- Southern Bald Ibis Geronticus calvus
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Blue Korhaan Eupodotis caerulescens
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Spike-heeled Lark Chersomanes albofasciata
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Buff-streaked Chat Campicoloides bifasciatus
- Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Denham's Bustard Neotis denhami
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Eastern Clapper Lark Corypha fasciolata
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Pale-crowned Cisticola Cisticola cinnamomeus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Red-winged Francolin Scleroptila levaillantii
- Eastern Long-billed Lark Certhilauda semitorquata
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Cloud Cisticola Cisticola textrix
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Sentinel Rock Thrush Monticola explorator
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Pink-billed Lark Spizocorys conirostris
- Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Drakensberg Prinia Prinia hypoxantha
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Mountain Chat Myrmecocichla monticola
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Cuckoo-finch Anomalospiza imberbis
- Yellow-breasted Pipit Hemimacronyx chloris
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Cape Grassbird Sphenoeacus afer
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Ground Woodpecker Geocolaptes olivaceus
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Black Harrier Circus maurus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Wailing Cisticola Cisticola lais
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Karoo Thrush Turdus smithi
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Grey-winged Francolin Scleroptila afra
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Greater Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris afer
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Nicholson's Pipit Anthus nicholsoni
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Cape Rock Thrush Monticola rupestris
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Cape Batis Batis capensis
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Wakkerstroom Wetland NR – bridge/causeway?
February and October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 132 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Wakkerstroom Wetland NR – bridge/causeway?
276 species, from 17,864 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Wakkerstroom Wetland NR – bridge/causeway in November?
The most recorded in November: Yellow-billed Duck, Common Moorhen, African Swamphen, Red-knobbed Coot and Hadada Ibis.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.