CHECKLIST Top 10 birds to spot on the Highveld

1. The African Hoopoe (Hoephoep) is a beautiful, interesting bird from the region with a perky crest that it raises when it becomes excited or alarmed. A favourite garden bird.

A special summer () is only identifiable by its elaborate display call, a string of mimicry of other bird calls, as it hovers at great heights over the grasslands. (Picture Hugh Chittenden)