The Con Joubert Bird Park can be found on Desert Road in residential Randfontein and contains a permanent pan with a good bird hide.
One can walk around the pan on the inside of the perimeter fence (1/2hr). Species to be seen include, Maccoa Duck, Black-necked Grebe, Little Grebe, Cape Shoveler, African Purple Swamphen, Red-knobbed Coot and Common Moorhen. Lesser Swamp-Warbler, African Reed-Warbler and African Reed-Warbler may be seen in the reedbeds and sometimes Ruff, Wood Sandpiper and Little Stint occur in summer.
The Con Joubert Bird Park is outstanding. Its rough, unusual beauty and rejuvenating atmosphere make it a delightful place to visit. Lush and green, the magnificent sanctuary is home to over 250 bird species. About 30 hectares in size, it has a natural pan surrounded by 10 hectares of grassland.
Here you will get to see birds such the African sacred ibis, glossy ibis, greater flamingo, maccoa duck, African purple swamp hen and grey-headed gull. It also has a wetland, which has become a regular breeding ground for large numbers of grey-headed gulls and sacred ibis.
Patient observation of the wetlands, especially along the edges of the reedbeds, will reward you with sightings of the skittish African purple swamp hen and the common moorhen.
The proximity of the shallow margins of the wetland to the perimeter fence allows for excellent sightings of waders such as black-winged stilt, pied avocet and three-banded plover.
