On Sunday the 24th we decided to make a small trip some 100km up the KZN North Coast, more specifically to the SAPPI hide in Stanger. This area has become famous for sightings of the rare Spotted Crake which visits during the summer months. We left a little late and got a little lost but made it there eventually. Good spot…. We saw quite a bit and mostly interesting water birds.

EDIT: Looks like in our haste we may have misidentified a Western Marsh Harrier.. at the time it was clearly identified as an African Marsh Harrier however we all noted that it had such a light head and thought of it no more.. Online there are reports of the Western Marsh Harrier in the region which leads me to believe that this was in fact the raptor we saw. Another good spot.