March 2017 – BirdLife eThekwini KZN

North Park Report

Outing to North Park 17 March 2017 Report by Sandi du Preez There were 12 birders on the outing, which was a good turnout for a week day. At the start of the walk we were treated to an almost perfect skein of about 15 Spur-winged Geese. I shouted at John to take a photo…

Cape Adventure Part 4 – final.

Report by Sally and Paul Bartho Continuing from Part 3 From Wilderness we headed for Plettenberg Bay and the Keurbooms Lagoon Campsite. The place was very busy especially the waterfront sites. However we were in luck and found an almost private site with a view over the lagoon. The cost R240 per night – no…

Cape Adventure Part 3

Report by Sally and Paul Bartho Continuing from Part 2 After three nights in Dwarskersbos and exploring Velddrif and West Coast National Park we wondered where to go next. Eventually we decided to head inland to see the Cederberg mountains. Sally had previously camped in a pretty place called Algeria – in the Cederberg. She…

Cape Adventure – Part 2

Paul and Sally Bartho Part 2. From Cape Town we headed for Eland’s Bay and a campsite Sally had read about in the Caravan and Outdoor Life Feb issue – Ventersklip overlooking Verlorenlei (the lost marsh) leading into the sea. Negotiated price from R480 to R300 for 2 nights. Unfortunately the water level was low so…

Cape Adventure – Part 1

Cape Birding Sally and Paul Bartho Jan 25th to Feb 25th 2017 Our birding trip to the Western Cape was unexpected and unplanned. It happened like this. So, while in Australia we had booked on a trip with Desert Magic to drive through the Skeleton Coast to the mouth of the Kunene River –…

Burman Bush Outing

Saturday March 4th 2017 Report by Elena Russell Short report on Saturday’s outing. The weather was hot and humid – a louring dark grey sky that made you wish for rain to cool things down but only once the walk was over! We were a small group about 12/14 of us and to start with…

Cape and Bearded Vulture tracks

Dear All Please find attached (Click here) the movements of our Bearded Vultures: Jeremia, Pharaoh, InkosiYeentaka, Lehlwa, Mac, Kloutjie, Camo and Mollie and our Cape Vulture, Bennie for the past week. Kind regards Sonja Krüger http://www.projectvulture.org.za/ https://www.facebook.com/projectvulture https://twitter.com/vultureproject

Ndumo Game Rangers Birding Weekends

Dear members Click here to see the attachment. Please contact Drummond Densham or Martin Scofield if you are interested in participating in one of these birding weekends. For bookings or additional information contact: Drummond Densham: Tel: 033-330 4039 / 083-321 7959 & E-mail densham@sai.co.za OR Martin Schofield Tel: 033-347 2161 / 083-789 1588 & E-mail schof@sai.co.za…