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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
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
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
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
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
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
Illovo bird walk
Report by John Bremner Saturday 29th April 2017 Adam Cruickshank is organizing a Bird Day for July to raise awareness of Birding as a pastime as well as its valuable contribution towards conservation. We were asked, as a committee, to … Continue reading
Darvill Water Purification Plant Petermaritzburg
Sunday 23rd April 2017 By John Bremner Ten keen birders arrived at the waterworks at 7 am to be greeted with a heavy mist settled over the ponds, it was 11 deg C on my car’s temperature gauge, welcome to … Continue reading
Durban Botanic Gardens
Botanic Gardens – Saturday 1 April 2017 Elena Russell I arrived about a minute too late to see a Black Sparrowhawk take a Red-eyed Dove over the parking area – only John and Ismail were the ‘early birds’ who got … Continue reading
North Park Report
Outing to North Park 17 March 2017 Report by Sandi du Preez There were 12 birders on the outing, which was a good turnout for a week day. At the start of the walk we were treated to an almost … Continue reading
Burman Bush Outing
Saturday March 4th 2017 Report by Elena Russell Short report on Saturday’s outing. The weather was hot and humid – a louring dark grey sky that made you wish for rain to cool things down but only once the walk … Continue reading
Port Edward TO Strand weekend outing
Report Back by Cheryl Bevan 24th – 26th Feb 2017. There were eight of us who came away for the weekend, Mike and Jane, Dave and Jenny Rix, Cecil and Jenny Fenwick and John and I. On Friday afternoon Jane, … Continue reading
PARADISE VALLEY ON WED. 15 FEBRUARY
Report by Sandi du Preez It was raining on arrival and I had already received some messages from members who decided not to attend because of the rain. But John, Ros, Elena, Kay and I thought that we would just … Continue reading
Umbogavango : Saturday 4 February 2017
Report by Elena Russell It was a hot, hot day even at 06:00 but then so was the birding – turned out to be a most enjoyable morning’s birding. In the security parking area there were Violet-backed Starlings, overhead Palm … Continue reading
Eston Ponds
Sunday 22 January 2017 Report by Dave Rimmer It was an early 6am start in anticipation of hot weather forecast towards midday for the January Sunday outing. A total of 23 eager birders assembled at the entrance to the Eston … Continue reading
Saturday 7 January 2017 : Bluff Nature Reserve
Report by Elena Russell I left home in heavy drizzle which lifted a little near Queensburgh but by the time I hit the Bluff it was heavy drizzle again. The dog’s chances of a walk in heavy drizzle were starting … Continue reading
Springside Christmas Outing
Report by Elena Russell 3 December 2016 Our December/Christmas outing to Springside was lots of fun. There was an excellent turnout, with people coming and going before we could even say hello! The weather for once was hot and sunny … Continue reading
Stainbank 7 December 2016
Report by Sandi du Preez It was extremely windy and the birds were not very co-operative, but we did manage to record 50 species (many only on call). Just before starting off on the walk we saw a Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird … Continue reading
Cape and Bearded Vulture Tracks
Dear All Please find attached the movements of our Bearded Vultures (click here): Jeremia, Pharaoh, InkosiYeentaka, Lehlwa, Mac, Kloutjie, Camo and Mollie and our Cape Vultures (click here) Bennie and Shuttle for the period 27 November – 5 December 2016. Shuttle’s transmitter … Continue reading
Cape and Bearded Vulture movements
Dear All Please find attached the movements of our Bearded Vultures: Click here. Jeremia, Pharaoh, Inkosi Yeentaka, Lehlwa, Mac, Kloutjie, Camo and Mollie and our Cape Vultures Click here. Bennie and Shuttle for the period 20-27 November 2016. Thanks and kind regards … Continue reading
