Summer CWAC Count

On 31 January 2021, Anneli and I did the summer Waterbird count (CWAC) at the Umgeni estuary and Durban Bay’s Bayhead Natural Heritage Site. The day started with an early…

BLPN Nature Journaling for Birders – Fitting NJ into your Birding

Lockdown has been hard on some of us who love to explore new places and re-visit familiar favourites. Fortunately, nature journaling continues to provide a fun reprieve. Nine of us…

Lake St Lucia Estuary – Recent Artificial Breaching

Since the presentation on the Lake St Lucia estuary by our chair, Nicolette Forbes, there has been a lot of interest in the progress of the restoration programme. Unfortunately this…

Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

17 – 29 October 2020 Let me start off by saying that Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (KTP) is an experience like no other and a destination that should be on every…