De Zeekoe is blessed with 162 bird species. Unique under them is our resident Fish Eagle pair, currently being studied by the University of Cape Town.

The youngest of the fish eagles has been tagged as part of the long term research project done by Adam Welz www.adamwelz.wordpress.com.

Their call is always special, no matter where in Africa it echoes. We, at De Zeekoe, are blessed to hear them every day.

Tagging the birds with unique codes enables them to track the individuals through their lives, giving us information about them that they could not otherwise gain. (www.birdlife.org.za)

Although African Fish Eagles have been fairly well studied in East Africa, we know very little about our South African birds, which seem to behave very differently to the East African Fish Eagle.  

Their numbers are thought to be rising in the Western Cape, but we have no idea how long individuals live, how far they fly each day to feed, what threats they might face and how long they take to become breeding adults.

De Zeekoe is proud to be a Birder Friendly Establishment.