Where to see the Water Thick-knee in South Africa

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Water Thick-knee at stays in or beside Kruger National Park, Goukamma Nature Reserve, Kwandwe Private Game Reserve, De Hoop Nature Reserve, Vrolijkheid Nature Reserve and iSimangaliso Wetland Park and other reserves. 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 Water Thick-knee is most recorded in Mpumalanga (32% of records), Western Cape (28% of records), KwaZulu-Natal (19% of records), based on 2,090 iNaturalist observations. 44 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Water Thick-knee on site or nearby.

The Water Thick-knee 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. Kruger National Park: Apr-Sep; Goukamma Nature Reserve: year-round, warm Oct-Apr; Kwandwe Private Game Reserve: year-round, best Mar-May, Sep-Nov; De Hoop Nature Reserve: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

The water thick-knee (Burhinus vermiculatus), or water dikkop is a species of bird in the family Burhinidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Swaz...