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Of the 126 birds listed so far on our trip I must say that the Wiskered Tern we saw count as my highlight as it is the first one I see in Kruger.

Bird was seen on the southern bank of Engelhard dam on 25/09. Travelling on the S46 from Letaba one finds a road that turns out to the left and runs next to the river/dam for about 1km. About half down this road is where we saw the tern.

The tern was flying up- and-down the river picking up foodstuff.

(GPS coordinates of where the car was standing when we saw the tern: -23.837327 S; 31.625716 E)

Thanks JoelR.

What about this one? I have posted 3 of the same bird, one showing the underwing. Not great photo's
I was thinking Whiskered Tern?
Seen at Boskop Dam Nature Reserve,Potch

Looks like it. Was it a large or small bird? The Caspian looks similar, but is a larger bird.

Whiskered tern is the right call, Yolandé Oelsen. The bill on a Caspian tern is massive... and they NEVER have dark underparts.

Apparently one was seen at Leeupan on 23 Okt 2012. Any photos?

I saw one at Lower Sabie bridge in August 2011