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    This document describes various locations along the Dap Naude Dam and Woodbush Birding Route in South Africa. It provides details about the forest drive, Debegeni Falls, view sites, roads, and reedbeds where different bird species can be observed. Locations include the indigenous forest near Dap Naude Dam wall where Olive Woodpecker and Southern Double-collared Sunbird may be seen.

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    This document describes various locations along the Dap Naude Dam and Woodbush Birding Route in South Africa. It provides details about the forest drive, Debegeni Falls, view sites, roads, and reedbeds where different bird species can be observed. Locations include the indigenous forest near Dap Naude Dam wall where Olive Woodpecker and Southern Double-collared Sunbird may be seen.

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    This document describes various locations along the Dap Naude Dam and Woodbush Birding Route in South Africa. It provides details about the forest drive, Debegeni Falls, view sites, roads, and reedbeds where different bird species can be observed. Locations include the indigenous forest near Dap Naude Dam wall where Olive Woodpecker and Southern Double-collared Sunbird may be seen.

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    Dap Naude Dam and Woodbush Birding Route

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    This document describes various locations along the Dap Naude Dam and Woodbush Birding Route in South Africa. It provides details about the forest drive, Debegeni Falls, view sites, roads, and reedbeds where different bird species can be observed. Locations include the indigenous forest near Dap Naude Dam wall where Olive Woodpecker and Southern Double-collared Sunbird may be seen.

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    Dap Naude Dam and Woodbush Birding Route

    A. The Forest Drive

    The Woodbush Forest Reserve is a pristine afromontane


    Mist Belt forest with a 15- 30 metre high canopy made up
    of single stemmed trees. It has many small streams running
    through ferns and mossy gullies. Characteristic trees are
    the broad leafed Yellowwood, Lemonwood, Wild Quince
    and Strangler Fig. It is best to park and walk. Look out for
    White-starred Robin, Orange Ground Thrush, Black-fronted
    Bush-shrike and Knysna Turaco. Specials include Cape
    Parrot, Black-fronted Bush-shrike, Orange Ground Thrush,
    Brown Scrub-robin, Barretts Warbler, Grey Cuckooshrike, yellow-streaked Greenbul, Blue-
    mantled Crested Flycatcher, Forest Canary, Square-tailed Drongo, African Cuckoo Hawk,
    African Crowned Eagle, Narina Trogan and African Goshawk.

    B. Debengeni Falls

    The Debegeni Falls, on the Ramadipa River, descend


    approximately 80 metres into a big pool. Birds to look out
    for include Grey and Mountain Wagtail, Narina Trogan,
    African Dusky Flycatcher, Chorister Robin-chat. Buff-spotted
    Flufftail and Scaly-throated Honeyguide can be heard.
    Rufous-breasted Sparrow-hawk breeds in the area.
    D. Look out for Red-backed Mannikin, African Fire-finch
    and Swee Waxbill in the verges. Where the forestry road
    crosses the stream, close to the R71, Half-collared Kingfisher and African Finfoot can be seen
    if the water level is high. In the forests on the road to the falls Tambourine and Lemon Dove,
    Chorister Robin-chat, Blue-mantled Crested-flycatcher and Yellow-streaked Greenbul can be
    found. Eastern Bronze-naped Pidgeon have been seen occasionally.

    C. View Site
    Look out for Cape Parrot as they fly in the valley below.

    E. Houtbosdorp Road
    Summer visitors include Steppe Buzzard, Black, Klaas’s, African Emerald, Diedrick’s,
    Levaillant’s, Jacobin, Red-chested and African Cukcoo. In winter look out for Forest Buzzard.
    Jackel Buzzard, Long-crested Eagle, prinia’s, widow’s and waxbills and Buffy Pipet are
    resident.

    F. The River at ‘O’ Road Junction


    Stop and have a look for Yellow-billed and African Black Ducks, Little Grebe, Reed
    Cormorant, Brown-hooded Kingfisher, African Stonechat and the White-throated Swallow,
    a summer visitor.
    G. ‘P’ Road
    Long-crested Eagle are seen here and Warblers and Cisticolas in the grass.

    H. Indigenous Forest near Dap Naude Dam Wall


    Dap Naude Dam was built in 1958 to provide water to
    Polokwane and has a surface area of 28 hectares.
    Listen for Olive Woodpecker, Southern Doulbe-collared
    Sunbird, Thrushes and Robins.
    J. Reedbeds and Grassland at Dap Naude Dam
    Look out for Prinia’s, Widow’s, Cisticola’s, Canaries and
    Cape Grassbird.

    K. Magoebaskloof Trail Huts


    Knysna Turaco are common here and listen for Blue-mantled Crested-flycatcher,
    Square- tailed Drongo, Barratt’s Warbler, Thrushes and Robins. African Goshawk and
    Little Sparrowhawk may be seen.

    In the indigenous forest near the wall, look out for Olive Woodpecker and Southern Double-
    collared Sunbird. The grasslands are also good for prinias, cisticolas, widow birds, canaries
    and the Cape Grassbird.

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