A gathering of young members of the Cape Bird Club participated in a frogging outing at the Kenilworth Race Course on the 18th August. The outing was kindly hosted by Conservation Officers at the Racecourse, Fayruz and Jarred, who were ably assisted by Cliff and Suretha Dorse who were a combined super-Amphibian team.
The outing yielded an incredible 6 species of frogs, all of which are endemic to the Western Cape and one of them (Flat Caco) being endemic to the peninsula. The most endangered of the frogs are the Micro Frogs that were seen, whilst the most popular may have been the lucky find of a Cape Rain Frog. The remaining three species were Cape River Frog, Clicking Stream Frog and Cape Sand Frog.
The outing was a huge success and will likely be repeated in future years.
Look out for the full report which will be published in the next issue of Promerops.
photographs by Adam Buckham.
Report by Mike Buckham.