by Mark Liptrot First suggested in 2019, the cruise was a brainchild of BirdLife South Africa. After COVID-related delays and a change of ships, if you were double-vaxxed, had a…
Author: BirdLife eThekwini KZN
New Germany Nature Reserve Sit-in.
17 March 2022 After heavy rain all night, the morning dawned overcast but dry. It was a small turnout as quite a few people cancelled the day before for a variety…
BeKZN Sit In: Bluff Nature Reserve
17 February 2022 Arriving at the Bluff Nature Reserve early we had a half an hour wait before the gate opened. It was great to see a visitor already there waiting…
BeKZN’s Colour Me Green eThekwini Atlas Challenge 2021
Final tallies and we have a Winner! The first atlas challenge undertaken by the club during 2021 aimed to colour the 53 pentads which lie fully or partially within eThekwini…
BEKZNs Birding Diary FEBRUARY 2022
Saturday5 February @ 06h00BEKZN BIRD WALK PALMIET NATURE RESERVE with Terry Walls Palmiet Nature Reserve a little gem located in Westville. The reserve is made up of a wide variety of natural habitats ranging…
BeKZN Sit-In: Memorial Park
13 January 2022 A cloudy day dawned with a hint of sun every now and again. After all the rainy days it was good to get out and do some birding…
BeKZN Walks! Sappi Stanger
8th January 2022 A group of 8 BeKZN members met at Sappi Stanger at 6am and whilst the weather reports threatened the outing with rain, it cleared relatively quickly and allowed…
For the Flockers…
BLSA has produced some Seabird Identification cards which BeKZN has made available here for download as a smaller file. This will be useful on your phone or tablet or as…
Palmiet Nature Reserve Sit-in
7 December 2021 A lovely clear wind free morning dawned for the sit-in and eight people collect from 7am onwards. We sat in and around the thatched boma at Palmiet Nature…