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Month: June 2014
Oribi Gorge Outing June 15th
The Birdclub’s outing to Oribi Gorge had 10 members attending. A few having some ‘target’ birds for the day. We started off by birding in a different area from normal, but as it was along the road the latecomers were able to catch up before we’d gone very far. It seemed very quiet for Oribi…
Secretarybird in New Germany NR
We saw this bird at New Germany Nature Reserve Sunday 15th June at about 4 pm, up at the top near the fence by the road. It was right at the top of a tree, other birds didn’t seem worried by it. It eventually flew, but over the trees, and seemed to go down into…
Amatigulu winter CWAC and birdcount 5 July 2014
Hi everyone, Please find attached, the details for the Amatigulu winter birding day . We hope to have a boat and a few canoes on the estuary, and those not on the water, will cover the trails. The day will comply with usual CWAC guidelines, however we are running our birdcount concurrently which should end…
Durban Pelagic Trips
If you are interested in going on a Durban Pelagic trip then click here to go to the website to see what is available and book from there. If there is excess demand it may be possible to run an extra trip in July.
Umbogavango Sat 7 June 2014
Report Back by Elena Russell Photos curtesy of Declan Jordan, Rex Aspeling, John Bremner and Dave Rimmer. Umbogavango in Winter came up trumps – it was a beautiful day and the birding was great as can be seen from the superb pics. There were 19 members & 1 visitor and we broke up into 2…
Krantzkloof Meeting
Hello everyone, Our next meeting will be held on Tuesday 10th June at 9.30 a.m. for 10.00 at the Krantzkloof Interpretive Centre. Our speaker this month will be Gordon Bennett who will be talking, with slides, on his trips to North America. He and his wife have been many times and he is a very…