My first introduction to Afriflora was on a lovely warm winters day when I had the pleasure of wandering around this delightful nursery and enjoying the birdlife it had to offer. This is a mainly indigenous aloe and succulent nursery that supplies wholesale to nurseries and landscapers. Just inside the gate there is a small patch…
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Birding at Durban Bay and Pigeon Valley in Glenwood
September 2020 Freed from the restrictions of the harsher phases of the lockdown and greatly encouraged by Crispin’s sightings at Pigeon Valley, Ismail and I returned to our birding haunts a few days ago and were rewarded by some pleasant birding at Durban Bay and Pigeon Valley. The birding at Durban Bay was only meant…
A Saturday Saunter down South.
Last month Mike and I (Jane) decided to head down south of Durban and see if we could pick up some early arriving waders . We started the morning at aManzimtoti Estuary where a Bar-tailed Godwit had been seen. There it was just waiting for us to arrive, busy feeding around the edge of the centre sandbank within…
After the Fun of the Bird Fair!
BLPN would like to inform you of our next exciting event… Details and rules of the competition were launched on the 15th September 2020 at http://www.blpn.org/photo 📷🦉📸 The Spring Swarovski Optik / BirdLife Port Natal Bird Photography Competition Swarovski Optik decided they would like to act as an anchor sponsor for this competition and have…
Lockdown birding in and around the Simpson Family Farm, Harding, KZN
For most of use a national lockdown means staying at home, isolated from the rest of the world and not being able to move around very much. Fortunately this was not the case for me. My father owns a farm in Harding, southern KZN. So as soon as the schools were closed, we were off, going back…
Birding at Kenneth Stainbank
Kenneth Stainbank Nature Reserve is another one of Durban’s gems and it is only 12 or so kms from the city. Este Shearar and I (Penny de Vries) went on a two-person masked walk (our new normal) on yet another glorious July day. From the parking lot, we headed around the corner to walk through…
Giba Gorge – Birding at last!
On a glorious but chilly day we (Jane & Mike Roseblade) arrived at Giba Gorge Mountain Bike Park at 7:45am and proceeded up the purple trail towards the dams and waterfall. It is very easy walking and comfortable from a Covid-19 perspective as there are very few people about apart from the odd cyclist that whizzes…
KZN has it all and more!
From grassland to coastline to gorges, KwaZulu Natal has it all and more! Over the past 9 days I have visited Umdloti Forest, Kenneth Stainbank Nature Reserve, Umhlanga Lagoon and Krantzkloof Nature Reserve for birding day trips and to stretch my legs and feel free. Umdloti Forest is much like Umhlanga Lagoon, but they are…
Birding in Krantzkloof Nature Reserve
19th July 2020 Cecily Salmon lives on the edge of Krantzkloof, the Uve Road side, which is across the gorge from the main entrance. She invited me to join her for a birding walk on Sunday morning (she said walk but it was more like a hike). The Uve Road entrance is still closed so…