Spend time doing some roadside birding along the way and keep your eyes peeled for the likes of Violet-eared Waxbill, White-backed Mousebird, Yellow Canary, and Coqui Francolin dashing across the road.

The best way to bird the conservancy is by foot and one is encouraged to park their vehicles at the Buffelsdrift Trail Park where a nominal entrance fee is payable for one to make use of the variety of walking and hiking trails of varying distances and effort levels. The area is dominated by acacia thornveld and Acacia Pied Barbet, Barred Wren-Warbler, Crimson-breasted Shrike, Magpie Shrike, Marico Sunbird, Cape Penduline-Tit, Burnt-necked Eremomela, Kalahari Scrub Robin, and Scaly-feathered Weaver are all present year round and all relatively easy to see, whilst summer provides birders with the opportunity of seeing Rufous-cheeked Nightjar and Bronze-winged Courser.

The various trails traverse a network of private properties which bring with a lot more greenery and both artificial and natural water sources, all of which are attractive features for those species more typically found in suburban gardens based in Pretoria. Black-collared and Crested Barbet, Cape and White-throated Robin-Chat, Karoo and Kurrichane Thrush, Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird, White-bellied Sunbird, Marsh Warbler (summer), Garden Warbler (summer), and Southern White-faced Owl.

The Pienaars River flows through the adjacent Agricultural Research Council grounds and a small stretch into the conservancy as well. It plays hosts to specials such as Half-collared Kingfisher and African Finfoot, and lucky birders might stand a chance at getting visuals of these elusive residents by undertaking one of the walking trails following its banks.

Key species:

Cape Penduline-Tit, Violet-eared Waxbill, Black-chested and Brown Snake-Eagle, Fiery-necked and Rufous-cheeked Nightjar, Southern White-faced Owl, White-backed Mousebird, Garden Warbler, Burnt-necked Eremomela, Yellow Canary, Half-collared Kingfisher, Coqui Francolin