By Steve Davis with photos by Anneli Mynhardt 26 January was earmarked for the summer waterbird count at the Umgeni estuary and Durban Natural Heritage Site at Bayhead, counts which have been done since 1999. Thanks to extensive advertising and some cajoling, there was a good turnout at the Umgeni Bird Park, with some new…
Author: BirdLife Port Natal
Amanzimtoti Estuary & Beach bash
25 January 2020 Report by Steve Davis with photos by Anneli Mynhardt There was a reasonable turnout for the talk that Steve Davis gave to the Sapphire Coast birding group on 23 January at the Amanzimtoti Sports Club. However, there was a very good turnout for the outing early on Saturday morning. With the enthusiastic…
TOM CORFE PARK
8th January 2020 Where the Crowned Eagle flies. Wednesday 8th January 2020 brought cloudy and humid weather but a group of 3 sitters and 13 walkers gathered on the first bird activity of 2020. Tom Corfe Park is a private site, owned by the German Shepard Dog and all breeds dog club, who kindly granted…
Umbogavango Nature Reserve.
Saturday, 3rd January 2020 This reserve has traditionally become the choice of reserve for our first Saturday outing of the year, and this year was no exception. We had a large turnout of members, all keen to open their year lists with some good sightings. Fortunately, we had enough leaders to split the group into…
Annual Christmas End-of-Year walk at Springside Nature Reserve
On Saturday 7th December the Annual Christmas End-of-Year walk was held at Springside Nature Reserve in Hillcrest. There was a good turnout, possibly lured by the prospect of festivities to follow. In truth people were there for the birding. People were put into groups by Terry and led by experienced birders. Springside is a generous…
GIBA GORGE – A walk in the Mountain Bike Park area.
4th DECEMBER 2019 Years ago, BLPN used to have outings at Giba Gorge from the St Hellier side. But recently some of us have been going birding and butterflying at the Mountain bike Park. It was a rather gloomy morning as we set off towards the waterfall – a two and a half km easy…
Cumberland Weekend
22nd – 24th November 2019 A clear, warm and still day saw Mike, Lynette Bingham and I heading up the N3 towards Pietermaritzburg and the absolute gem that is Cumberland Nature Reserve. The traffic was heavy and there were very few birds seen on the drive up. No Long Crested Eagle sitting on the available old telephone…
Nature Journaling for Birders – Nov 2019
Wednesday 20th November 2019 Eleven of us gathered in Farrier Hall at Palmiet Nature Reserve. The group was inspiring and engaged. We had wide age representation: bird enthusiast 10-year-old Emily and super spotter 7-year-old Miko joined by their parents Ingrid and Neil; a retired couple; as well as a father and adult daughter inspired by a…
OUTING TO GLENHOLME N.R. –
WEDNESDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2019 The wind howled throughout the night and I was worried that we were going to have a rather unpleasant outing with few birds, but the wind died down completely and 7 birders were blessed with very pleasant weather. On arrival we heard a Buff-spotted Flufftail calling incessantly from the swamp forest…