Birding Big Day started off with a bang. We firstly sat off to Soutpan to try and find the Baillon's Crake and Greater Painted Snipe for Barbet and then to log the southern side of the pan which also incorporates the northern edge of Soetdoring. The main part of Soetdoring also incorporates two other pentads which was also on the to do list.
Soutpan truly delivered and we managed some excellent sightings of both the Baillon's Crake and the Greater Painted-Snipe. Thereafter it was time to tackle Soetdoring.
It was a very productive day in my books even though we had to go home far too early we still managed a total of 108 species for the three pentads.
Some of the highlights of the day included great views of African Quailfinches, the vast amount of Double-banded Courser (14 of them in total) and Large-billed Lark.
It was a wonderful day and I can't wait for the next birding big day.
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