Chestnut Weaver in Northern Cape 2019-01-20 (831 )
A male Chestnut Weaver in moult was seen in Nossob campsite by Lynette Nel. The first record for the species was in 2011, followed by annual records until 2014, and then a gap until this receent record, being the 8th. The table below shows all reported records.
Table: records of Chestnut Weavers in the Northern Cape, South Africa
Record Date Locality First observer Notes Web links 1 9-12 Jan 2011 Nossob, KTP, N Cape Madel Whittington 1 male BP
first news item and papers 2 14-24 Jan 2011 Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, N Cape Ben Smit 1 male BP weaver news 3 12 April 2011 Samevloeiing waterhole, KTP, N Cape Graeme Ellis 1 male BP
paper 4 23 Feb 2012 just south of Union's End picnic site, KTP Wenda Redfern 2 males BP
Birdpix , and rarebirdnews 5 22 April 2013 Augrabies Falls NP Alan Sizer 2 males BP, 1 female
Birdpix 6 17 Mar 2014 Spitskop GR, Upington, N Cape Vincent Parker 1 male BP
weaver news 7 30 Mar 2014 Spitskop GR, Upington, N Cape Brian Vanderwalt 1 male BP
male still present 7b end of Mar 2014 Spitskop GR, Upington, N Cape Peter Giesler 1 male BP
facebook, photo 8 6 Jan 2019 campsite at Nossob, KTP, N Cape Lynette Nel 1 moulting male
rarebirdnews Addendum: 9 2 Feb 2019 Blauputz Valley near Augrabies Falls NP, N Cape not given male
rarebirdnews 4 Feb
Notes:
Previous report on Chestnut Weaver records in South Africa here .
Chestnut Weaver, Lynette Nel
