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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 two weeks. Kind regards Sonja Krüger http://www.projectvulture.org.za/ https://www.facebook.com/projectvulture https://twitter.com/vultureproject
Outing to Pigeon Valley
Wednesday 14 June Report bu Sandi du Preez Six birders met outside the reservoir area on a a gloomy,cloudy morning. Crispin Hemson very kindly agreed to lead the outing, and as usual we really appreciated his extensive knowledge of the … Continue reading
Sobhengu
Report by Paul and Sally Bartho 9 to 16 June 2017 Dave and Jenny Rix invited us to join them for a week at Sobhengu timeshare. Mike and Jane Roseblade and Cecil and Jenny Fenwick also came along. Sobhengu is … Continue reading
Mziki – Malagasy Pond Heron
Report by Paul and Sally Bartho 21 June 2017 Our adventure started while we were at the Sobhengu timeshare on the Nibela Peninsular, Isimangoliso Wetland Park, KZN – very close to Phinda. We received Trevor Hardaker’s report that a Malagasy … Continue reading
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. Kind regards Sonja Krüger http://www.projectvulture.org.za/ https://www.facebook.com/projectvulture https://twitter.com/vultureproject
Palmiet Saturday 3rd June 2017
Report by Elena Russell Last year’s outing to Palmiet was cancelled due to heavy rain which made the river crossing impossible. Another year, another attempt. We had a good turnout mostly members and a couple of visitors. We had two … Continue reading
Birding Big Day 2017
Hi All Birding Big Day this year will take place on Saturday 25 November. We have a new logo for Birding Big Day and have published all the relevant info about how to participate online! We also created the FB … Continue reading
Plastic pollution: You’ve got to see this!
Hi Lesley, Picture the scene – crashing waves, beautiful windswept clifftops, the air full of the cries of thousands of nesting seabirds – and pieces of plastic waste scattered all around. The Greenpeace ship Beluga II is travelling around Scotland … Continue reading
Muntinzini Weekend away. 26-28 May 2017
Report by Cheryl Bevan Iris and Geoff Sear, David and Tanya Swanepoel and John and I arrived at Twin Streams on Friday afternoon and the first bird we saw was the Narina Trogon. What a start to our weekend. We gathered … Continue reading
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. Kind regards Sonja Krüger http://www.projectvulture.org.za/ https://www.facebook.com/projectvulture https://twitter.com/vultureproject
Umhlanga Lagoon 17th May 2017
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
Mkuze
Hi, Timm and I were at Mkuze at the end of last month for a few days and were very happy to see some lovely birds. The Striped Kingfisher was very obliging, sitting on a tree very close to the … Continue reading
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, … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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
Shongweni Outing Sat 6th May
Short report on Saturday’s outing to Shongweni. Elena Russell We had lovely weather, a bit cool to start but soon warmed up nicely. A good turnout, there were some faces that we have not seen on a Saturday outing for … Continue reading
