Die gelukkige wenners van die Realty-1 twee oseane kompetisie is op Maandag 10 Oktober by die Suidpunt Monument aangewys. Alison Coughlan, die hoofuitvoerende beampte van Kaap Agulhas Toerisme, het die name van die gelukkige wenners getrek. Om toerekenbaarheid te verseker is die prystrekking onder die wakende oog van André de Wet ouditeur van Villet & de Wet gedoen.

André de Wet, Strepies van Wyk en Alison Coughlan by die Suidpunt monument

Die wenner van die kompetisie is Salmon Spandeel (Plaatjieskraal, Bredasdorp distrik) wat ‘n heerlike wegbreek-naweek vir twee by die wel bekende Arniston Spa Hotel losgeslaan het. Tweede is Maartin Gildenhuys (Heidelberg omgewing) wat twee nagte vir ‘n paartjie by die luukse Ocean Art House by L’Agulhas te beurt geval het en die derde prys, ‘n naweek vir twee by die Stilbaai River Lodge, is om die beurt gewen deur Miemie Lategan (Worcester/Wolseley omgewing).

Alison Coughlan en Strepies van Wyk met die name van die gelukkige wenners

Volgens Strepies van Wyk, Prinsipaal van Realty-1 op Struisbaai moes deelnemers slegs die vraag, “waar ontmoet die Atlantiese en Indiese oseane” beantwoord en om die regte antwoord te beklemtoon is die trekking dan ook by die Suidpunt Monument by L’Agulhas gedoen.

Realty1 Cape Agulhas wil graag Alison Coughlan, André de Wet en al die borge hartlik bedank vir hul deelname in hierdie initiatief.

On Monday afternoon, 07 November 2011, at about 17h00, Wessel van Zyl astonishingly located a GROUNDSCRAPER THRUSH in an open field area adjacent to Recreation Street just to the south of the town of Bredasdorp (co-ordinates of the site are at 34 deg 32’ 34”S and 20 deg 02’ 43”E). He fortunately managed to photograph it and, via a series of email communications, it eventually reached my inbox 4th hand this afternoon.

This is an incredible record for the province and certainly constitutes the first record ever for the Western Cape with the closest known records being at least 600km to the north of this. Unfortunately, there has not been any subsequent news of the bird, but this is surely going to spark a lot of interest from provincial listers and, with a number of people looking in the area, it will hopefully be relocated again.

Groundscraper Thrush in Bredasdorp
© Wessel van Zyl

Good luck if you are planning on chasing it and keep us updated! Should I hear any further news on this bird, I will certainly post an update here immediately.

Kind regards

Trevor

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