Which bird species do you think is the biggest attraction to visitors of your lodge (please only name one species)?
Black-fronted Bushshrike
What is the name of your lodge, and since when has your lodge been operating?
Magoebaskloof Birders Cottages, 2004
How best to travel to your lodge?
By car
What kind of services – except for accommodation and food – does your lodge offer to visiting birders?
We have bird feeding tables, a hide, and walks through the forest.
Tambourine Dove
What makes your lodge special?
We are focused on the birding experience, and birders can see birds restricted to the Mist Belt Forest.
What are the 10 – 20 most interesting birds that your lodge offers good chances to see?
- Black-fronted Bush-Shrike
- Olive Bush-Shrike
- Narina Trogon
- Yellow-streaked Greenbul
- Olive Thrush
- Orange Ground-Thrush
- Yellow-throated Woodland-Warbler
- Green Twinspot
- Mountain Wagtail
- Forest Buzzard
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide
- White-starred Robin-Chat
- Chorister Robin-Chat
- Blue-Mantled Crested Flycatcher
- Barratt’s Warbler
- Square-tailed Drongo
- Lemon Dove
- Red-backed Mannikin
- Crowned Eagle
- Black Saw-wing.
Narina Trogon
What is the best time to visit your lodge, and why?
Probably late spring when the migrants should be around.
Is your lodge involved in conservation efforts? If yes, please describe them.
We are cultivating Yellowood trees and planting them out for the Cape Parrots.
What other suggestions can you give to birders interested in visiting your lodge?
Bring walking shoes for the trails on the farm.
Chorister Robin-chat
Do you have activities for non-birders? If so, please describe.
We have interesting walks along the river and into the forest.
If any reader of 10,000 Birds is interested in staying at your lodge, how can they best contact you?
email mbcottage1@gmail.com
That species list … Wow.
Just … Wow.