What’s your favourite hen species?
Rockrunner, a Namibian close to endemic
What’s your identify, and the place do you reside?
Nick Buys. dwelling in Windhoek, Namibia
What are the primary areas or places you quilt as a hen information?
I principally information in Namibia, Botswana, Zambia and South Africa but additionally East Africa
How lengthy have you ever been a hen information?
14 years
How did you get into hen guiding?
Having grown up within the African bush I used to be at all times uncovered to birds and different flora and fauna and when I used to be requested to assist out with an afternoon travel in Namibia’s Zambezi area I actually loved appearing shoppers the specials and goal birds and it simply took off from there.
What are the sides of being a hen information that you simply like best possible? Which sides do you dislike maximum?
I like discovering a particular goal hen or sharing a milestone second with a consumer. Maximum of our birding pointers are tailored or non-public so we get to understand the shoppers really well and so they at all times depart as pals. No longer actually any section I don’t like.
What are the highest 5-10 birds for your area that you simply suppose are probably the most fascinating for visiting birders?
Pel’s Fishing-Owl, Dune Lark, Monteiro’s Hornbill, Ruppell’s Korhaan, Kori Bustard, African Skimmer, Rockrunner, Hartlaub’s Spurfowl, Ruppell’s Parrot, Herero Chat and Slaty Egret
Dune Lark
Are you able to define no less than one conventional birdwatching travel for your space? Please in brief describe the places, the important thing birds, and the approximate length of one of these travel
Our major and most well liked excursion is our Namibia, Botswana, and Victoria Falls (Zambia) excursion which is a 14-day excursion:
Victoria Falls – Schalow’s Turaco, Rock Pratincole, White-backed Night time-Heron, African Skimmer, White-browed Coucal, Collared Palm-Thrush and Bearded Scrub-Robin. Different highlights come with visiting the mighty Victoria Falls (probably the most 7 wonders of the sector) and a sundowner boat cruise at the Zambezi River with herds of Elephant and Buffalo consuming
The Zambezi River (Namibian aspect) – Racket-tailed Curler, Yellow-throated Leaf-love, Shelley’s Sunbird, Trumpeter Hornbill, Luapula Cisticola, Rufous-bellied Heron. Different nightlights come with an afternoon travel via Chobe Nationwide Park with sightings of untamed canine, lions, and elephants
The Okavango River with a mix of each the Namibia aspect and the Panhandle in Botswana – Pel’s Fishing Owl, Black-faced Babbler, Chirping Cisticola, Southern Brown-throated Weaver, Coppery-tailed Coucal, Brown Firefinch Lesser Jacana, African Pygmy-Goose. Different highlights come with sport viewing in Bwabwata Nationwide Park with a variety of hippos, crocodiles, cape buffalo, elephants, sable, roan, and Tsessebe.
Pel’s Fishing Owl
Etosha Nationwide Park – Kori Bustard, Northern Black Korhaan, Southern White-faced Owl, Not unusual Ostrich, Better Kestrel, Purple-billed Lark, Pink-breasted Shrike, Double-banded Courser, Rufous-eared Warbler. Etosha is among the nice sport reserves in Africa with improbable flora and fauna viewing together with Lion, Cheetah, Leopard, Black Rhino, White Rhino, Elephant, and Noticed Hyena.
Damaraland – Burchell’s Courser, Ruppell’s Parrot, Violet Woodhoopoe, Carp’s Tit, Namaqua Sandgrouse, Herero Chat and Naked-cheeked Babbler. Seeing the desert-adapted Elephants is at all times a spotlight.
Ruppell’s Parrot
Erongo Mountains – true endemic hotspot with Rockrunner, White-tailed Shrike, Rosy-faced Lovebird, Hartlaub’s Spurfowl, Damara Purple-billed Hornbill, Pearl-spotted Owlet, Mountain Wheatear, and mammals comparable to Black Mongoose, Dassie Rat, Klipspringer and Rock Hyrax.
Hartlaub’s Spurfowl
We end on the Skeleton Coast with Dune Lark, Grey’s Lark, Damara Tern, Better and Lesser Flamingo. Huge sand dunes, shipwrecks, and lovely Atlantic sunsets are a spotlight.
What different ideas are you able to give to birders for your space?
This travel can also be accomplished year-round. In the summertime the entire migrants are round and in wintry weather the mammals are improbable. Best tip for households and non-birding companions with such a lot of different points of interest to peer.
Etosha Surroundings
If any reader of 10,000 Birds is excited about birding with you, how can they best possible touch you?
They’re welcome to take a look at our web site www.naturetravelbirding.com and phone me by the use of e-mail at [email protected]