St Lucia Birding Tours - Ian Ferreira

15/09/2026

Narina trogon male calling on today's bird walk in St Lucia.

14/09/2026

Some of the birds seen on this morning's bird walk in St Lucia: Narina trogon, Black-throated wattle-eye, African emerald cuckoo, White-eared barbet & Klaas' cuckoo.

Thanks for the beautiful pics Mattia Felici.

14/09/2026

Rufous-bellied heron sightings have been very consistent the past few weeks on the Eastern shores of Isimangaliso Wetlands Park.

13/09/2026

Close-up sighting of Narina trogon on this afternoon's walk in St Lucia. Listen to the African emerald cuckoo calling in the background.

11/09/2026

Great sightings of Livingstone's turaco and African emerald cuckoo on this afternoon's walk in St Lucia.

09/09/2026

Stunning sighting of this male leopard on the Eastern shores of Isimangaliso Wetlands Park this morning. Listen to the bushbuck alarm calling in the background. Birds calling in the background: Gorgeous bush-shrike, Purple-banded sunbird, Green-backed (Bleating) camaroptera, Brown scrub-robin, Square-tailed drongo, Blue-mantled crested flycatcher and Collared sunbird

03/09/2026

Some great birding on the Eastern shores of Isimangaliso today. Some birds seen and photographed: African cuckoo-hawk, Collared pratincole, Rufous-bellied heron and Malachite kingfisher.

03/09/2026

Read the September birding update for St Lucia!

August was a relatively wet month with just over 90mm of rain falling. The wetlands have, however, continued to shrink in size. The drying wetlands (and concentrated food source) have been attracting...

02/09/2026

Some great birds seen on a recent forest walk in St Lucia. Thanks for the beautiful pics Mark Strudwick!

01/09/2026

Fantastic forest birding at the moment. Blossoming White stinkwood trees attracting both African emerald and Klaas' cuckoo. Narina trogon males calling again and Spotted ground-thrush still lingering.