There are some excellent bird viewing opportunities around Waenhuis.
Sightings include Green-Winged Pytilia, Violet-Eared Waxbill, Blue Waxbill, Shaft-Tailed Whydah, White-Browed Sparrow-Waever, Black-Backed Puffback, Brown-Crowned Tchagra, Chinspot Batis, African Paradise-Flycatcher, Bar-Throated Apalis, Chestnut-Vented Tit-Babbler, Kalahari Scrub-Robin, Golden-Tailed Woodpecker, Acacia Pied Barbet, African Grey Hornbill and Coqui francolin.