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…
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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…
Umbilo Ponds
12th December 2020 Lying in one of the southern suburbs of Durban, no more than a short fifteen minute drive from the city centre, unenclosed by fences and gates but fringed…
A Bluff Day
5th December 2020 This was my first experience at leading a walk and I was very keen to show off the Bluff and surrounds as it has produced some marvellous birds…
4M Birding Weekend trip report.
BLPN Members All! Manyoni Private Game Reserve is one of the largest (at 23 000ha) privately-owned reserves in Kwazulu-Natal, located on the west side of the N2 in the heart of Zululand,…
Springside Nature Reserve
28th November 2020 Our small group had a lovely morning’s birding. I think people might have just woken up at the last minute and realised it was BBD because there…
Birding Big Day 2020 on Saturday!
I am sure you are all aware that Saturday 28 November is Birdlife South Africa’s Birding Big Day (BBD). The biggest event on the South African birding calendar. Since we…