Report by Sandi du Preez It was a great relief to be blessed with a beautiful sunny day after 5 days of rain. Thirteen birders attended the outing. The early arrivals saw the Black-throated Wattle-eye in a tree near the entrance, but try as we may, it was not to be seen again. We birded…
Month: May 2017
LatestCape 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
Mannikin Meander
Report by Jane and Mike Roseblade Sunday 21st May dawned calm and clear, typical balmy May weather, as 9 of us gathered at the Westville Civic Centre in the hopes of nailing all three Mannikins – Bronze, Red-backed and Magpie in one day. We set off across Woodside Park and with the morning sun on…
Latest 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. Bennie has extended his movements even further this week and is now exploring the southern Free State. The Cape Vulture breeding season has started, therefore one…
Sherwood Farm
From a visit this last weekend to Sherwood Farm in the Karkloof area, a Crowned Eagle. Crispin Hemson hemsonc@gmail.com 082 926 5333
BirdLife South Africa AGM
Dear colleagues You can view the proceedings of the recent AGM which was held on the MSC Sinfonia at: http://birdlife.org.za/events/flock/flock-at-sea-again-2017 (note that there are several videos) We are very grateful to John Bowey for videoing the AGM, editing the videos, and uploading the videos onto BirdLife South Africa’s YouTube channel. Please share the link with…
Latest 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. Despite the cold, rain and snow the birds still seems to be active this past weekend. Bennie extended his movements into southern Lesotho this week and…
Interview with Mark Anderson
Dear colleagues I was interviewed today on Cliff Central about birds, birding, BirdLife South Africa and Flock at Sea. The podcast is at http://cliffcentral.com/the-laws-of-life/laws-of-life-birdwatching/ Regards Mark Mark D. Anderson Chief Executive Officer BirdLife South Africa