Ruddy Turnstone

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Ruddy Turnstone at stays in or beside iSimangaliso Wetland Park, De Mond Nature Reserve, Keurbooms River Nature Reserve and Table Mountain National Park. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.

The Ruddy Turnstone is most recorded in Western Cape (63% of records), KwaZulu-Natal (16% of records), Eastern Cape (15% of records), based on 370 iNaturalist observations. 5 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Ruddy Turnstone on site or nearby.

The Ruddy Turnstone is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, these are the best seasons they give. iSimangaliso Wetland Park: year-round, dry season May-Sep; De Mond Nature Reserve: Summer for terns and waders, Oct-Mar; Keurbooms River Nature Reserve: year-round; Table Mountain National Park: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

The Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List.

The ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) is a small wading bird, one of two species of turnstone in the genus Arenaria. The scientific name is from Latin. The genus name arenaria derives from arenarius, "inhabiting sand, from arena, "sand".