BirdLife South Africa’s Important Bird and Biodiversity (IBA) Programme is proud to announce the launch of the revised IBA Directory and IBA Status Report. This is the culmination of five years of work that has seen the entire network throughout South Africa assessed and updated. The directory can be downloaded at http://www.birdlife.org.za/conservation/important-bird-areas/documents-and-downloads. Hard copies can…
Month: September 2015
Birding around Gaillac, France
Report by Paul and Sally Bartho 3rd to 12th September 2016 As we arrived at my brother’s home in Gaillac after a 45 minute drive from Toulouse, we were greeted by several Pied Flycatchers enjoying a meal in the tree right next to his deck. A fine start we thought. However birding in the area…
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Outing to Paradise Valley NR
16 September 2015 Five birders attended the outing. Although the weather forecast was not good, we had quite a bit of sunshine. 42 species were recorded, and although the count wasn’t large, we did have some special sightings. A sub-adult African Crowned Eagle entertained us with numerous fly-pasts. It eventually landed at the top of a…
Ellingham Estates Outing
Sunday 23 August 2015 The Ellingham Estate outing was really successful with a total of 20 birders enjoying the day. This included a few members of Trogons. We started at a rather overcast 7am which we hoped would lift. It however remained overcast for the day. Pity, because this made taking photographs of the birds very…
Durban Botanical Gardens
Saturday 5 September Report by Elna Russell There were about 14 members and 2 non-members – also a few late comers. Our bird count at tea was 52 and Sandi and Ros who stayed on longer picked up a further 3. A nice one being the Malachite Kingfisher at the pond. Bot Gardens was lovely…
Birding England in August
Sally and Paul Bartho This is not the best time of year to see birds in England – breeding waders are changing from their summer plumage and migrants have yet to arrive. We were here for a wedding so took our chances anyway. Unfortunately the weather was rather wet and gloomy and photography suffered too as a…