October 2018 – BirdLife eThekwini KZN

Latest Cape and Bearded Vulture tracks

Dear All Please find attached (click here) the movements of our Bearded Vultures; Jeremia, Pharaoh, InkosiYeentaka, Lehlwa and Mollie and our Cape Vultures; Bennie and N207, for the past week. Kind regards Sonja Krüger http://www.projectvulture.org.za/ https://www.facebook.com/projectvulture https://twitter.com/vultureproject

Latest Cape and Bearded Vulture tracks

Dear All Please find attached (Click here) the movements of our Bearded Vultures; Jeremia, Pharaoh, InkosiYeentaka, Lehlwa and Mollie and our Cape Vultures; Bennie and N207, for the past week. N207 is moving further and further south. Please also see some new photos of the growing chick in the nest with camera. Kind regards Sonja Krüger http://www.projectvulture.org.za/…

BirdLife KZN Midlands newsletter

Dear members Attached (Click here) is the latest great edition of the BLKZNM newsletter. Congratulations to Rosemary, the editor, and to all the contributors of articles and/or photos. Best wishes Sally BLKZNM secretary

Latest Cape and Bearded Vulture tracks

Dear All Please find attached (click here) the movements of our Bearded Vultures; Jeremia, Pharaoh, InkosiYeentaka, Lehlwa and Mollie and our Cape Vultures; Bennie and N207, for the past week. N207 is moving further and further south. Please also see some new photos of the growing chick in the nest with camera. Kind regards Sonja Krüger…

Alverstone Wildlife Park Outing

Report by Terry Walls Saturday 6 October 2018 Alverstone Wildlife Park is a 100 hectare nature reserve near Hillcrest, Durban, South Africa. The reserve was created in 1997 by a group of neighbouring landowners. The park has a diverse ecosystem, which includes grasslands, a forest, and wetlands. A number of mammals can be found in…

Lesser Frigatebird – St Lucia

Report by Sally and Paul Bartho 11 to 13 October 2018 On the spur of the moment, Sally and I decided to dart over to St Lucia to try our luck at seeing the immature Lesser Frigatebird. The day started off very pleasantly, however by the time we reached St Lucia – four and a…

Overly gorgeous days in the African bush

October 8, 2018 Adam Cruickshank So after a long time, I thought after an amazing weekend of birding that it would be a good time start blogging again. With the rising price of petrol in South Africa, birding closer to home has become more attractive than the far trips that I used to do to…