I am away again on my travels……it's Wednesday  28th.  We boarded the National Express Bus to Heathrow for our flight to Cape Town via Johannesburg, back to my brother in laws house and a month away. The bags were packed with 3 lenses, 2 cameras a flash unit, remote triggers, tripod and tripod head, external hard drives, new iMac and of course the ipad!

After a good flight on South Africa Airways we arrived in Cape Town, almost 24 hours door to door. With a bit of, well….. not jet lag but lack of sleep,  I sat on the lovely balcony of Tony's apartment which overlooks Table Bay and in the distance, Robin Island, our home for the next month.  I couldn't resist birding from this gorgeous position and already I have watched Red-winged Starling, Fiscal Shrike and several hirundines and photographed my first ever Little Swift…. (photos not too good but sure I will get better), and all from the couch, how good is that?

We went for walk on the seafront and on the way back after a couple of pints of lovely Peroni lager I still had my wits about me and photographed these gorgeous roosting White  Throated Swallows.  If this is the start, then its going to be another great trip.

 

This is an adult….

 

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….and  a juvenile….

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