Cape Vidal and St. Lucia. 25th to 30th August 2013. Sally and I went to Cape Vidal campsite for 2 nights followed by 3 at Sugarloaf campsite in St. Lucia….
Month: August 2013
Crowned Eagle and Blue Duiker.
The following photos were taken at the bottom of Albizia Place in Westville, near the Palmiet River by Andre Malherbe. He managed one poor shot of the Eagle feeding after…
Tala Revisited
Five months later Jenny Norman and I were back at Tala – last Sunday of the month BLPN get a special discount, although it has increased over the past 5…
The beleaguered water birds of Durban Bay
Hi All Please find an invitation below from the Natural Science Museum to the upcoming Seminar Series Talk, this one by David Allan. BLPN has been involved in the Bay…
Durban Pelagic In October
BirdLife’s Save our Seabird festival is held in October each year, this year it is the week of the 7th to 13th October. In support of SOS, we will be…
Spotted Ground-Thrushes in Pigeon Valley
Spotted Ground-Thrushes in Pigeon Valley Sat Aug 24, 2013 12:46 am (PDT) . This year the first SGT was seen on 22nd March, very early. This morning I saw two, one of which…
BotSoc Annual Plant Fair : 7/8 September 2013
BotSoc Annual Plant Fair : 7/8 September 2013 Dear all, It’s that time of the year again! The fabulous annual Plant Fair is next month and once again BirdLife Port…
Astronomy. Sky Talk Evenings.
UKZN Astrophysics and Cosmology Research Unit cordially invites you to a host of astronomy public talks and sky viewing evenings. Starting on Tuesday, 27 August 2013. Go to the BLPN website…
Kenneth Stainbank NR Report back.
Kenneth Stainbank Sunday 18 Aug Report back. There was a small turn out, possibly because it was forecast for morning rains. However the weather was perfect until about 09h30 when…
CROW Charity Golf Day
CROW Charity Golf Day Please click CROW Charity Golf Day 2013 for details of this event. Very worthwhile and should be a fun-filled day.
Report back:- Outing to Pigeon Valley on Wed. 7 Aug
Report back:- Outing to Pigeon Valley on Wed. 7 Aug 3 ladies joined me for the outing. We had glorious, windless weather which was very conducive to good birding. Although we did…
Escapee or the Real Thing?
Escapee or the Real Thing? Your Call? Seen in Westville today.
Indoor Meeting with Gary Jones.
Wednesday 14 August. Indoor Meeting with Gary Jones. Subject: “Equipped for Bird Photography”. Venue: Westville Methodist Church, Jan Hofmeyr Road, Westville.
Krantzkloof Talk, Tuesday 13th Aug.
Hello everyone, Time again for our next talk. (Tuesday 13th August.) This time one of our committee members – Peter Spence – is going to share his experiences of the…
Saturday Aug 3rd. Bluff Nature Reserve with Elena Russell – Feedback.
Bluff Nature Reserve with Elena Russell. A number of people took wrong roads, wrong turnoffs but eventually 23 members made it to the Bluff NR – we welcomed Piet &…
Sunday, 11th August 2013 @ 06:00 – Shongweni Dam – Bird Ringing – Garth Aiston
Hi All, Sorry for the late notice but I have just received permission to ring at Shongweni Dam this Sunday. Please let me know if you can make it. Sunday,…