Sand river
Vegetation around Sand River ranges from mountain grasses to succulents. The land was previously used as winter grazing for sheep, but it is now managed as a conservation area, with the aim of rehabilitating the veld where necessary, and encouraging the indigenous animals. This makes it the perfect place to see a wide variety of animals.
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Birds seen on the farm or nearby include:
African Pipit African Stonechat Barn Swallow Black Harrier Blacksmith Lapwing (plover) Blake Shouldered Kite Bokmakierie Booted Eagle Burchell's Coucal Cape Bunting Cape Canary Cape Crow Cape Eagle Owl Cape Qaeda Sparrow Cape Sparrow Cape Wagtail Common Fiscal Common Quail Common Sandpiper Common Waxbill Egyptain Goose European Bee-Earer Familiar Chat Fiscal Flycatcher Grey Heron Hamerkop Jackal Buzzard Karoo Chat Karoo Lark Karoo Prinia Karoo Scrub Robin Karoo Thrush Lanner Falcan Malachite Sunbird Mountain Wheatear Namamque Sandgrouse Namaque Dove Orangebreasted Sunbird Pale Chanting Goshawk Pied Avocet Pied Crow Pied Starling Red Headed Finch Red-Knobbed Coot Rock Kestral Rufous-Eared Warbler Secretarybird South African Shelduck Southern Black Korhaan Southern Double Collared Sunbird Speckled Pigeon Spotted Eagle Owl Spur-winged Goose Steppe Buzzard Three-Banded Plover White Necked Raven White-Backed Mousebird Yellow Billed Duck Yellow Canary |
Mammals seen on or around the farm include:
Aardvark Aarwolf African Wild Cat Bat Eared Fox Black-Backed Jackal Cape Hare Carcal Chacma Baboon Common Duiker Eland Gemsbok Grey Rhebok Honey Badger Klipspringer Leopard Porcupine Red Hartebeest Riverine Rabbit Rock Dassie Scrub Hare Small Grey Mongoose Small Spotted Cat Small Spotted Genet Smith's Red Rock Rabbit Steenbok Striped Mouse Yellow Mongoose Reptiles seen on or around the farm include:
Angulate Tortoise Cape Cobra Horned Adder Many Skinks Puff Adder Spiny Agama Tropical House Gecko |