Wednesday 21 August 2019 Lovely weather greeted 9 birders and we spent some time watching the bird life at the little pond before entering the gardens. There were active Tawny-flanked Prinias , a Black-bellied Starling and some Yellow-fronted Canaries in the shrubs and a Malachite Kingfisher dived off it’s perch into the water right in…
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Latest Cape and Bearded vulture Tracks
Dear All Please find attached (click here) the movements of our Bearded Vultures; Jeremia, Pharaoh and Mollie and our Cape Vulture N207, for the past week.
Umdoni Park, Pennington
Sunday 11th August report by Tyron Dall A very good turnout of about 30 birders turned up for the walk which we started at just after 8am from the Environmental Centre, where I believe quite a few people have seen Green Twinspots before.
Latest Cape and Bearded Vulture Tracks
Dear All Please find attached (click here) the movements of our Bearded Vultures; Jeremia, Pharaoh and Mollie and our Cape Vulture N207, for the past week. Good news from our nest camera this week- Although the chick is not yet visible, it appears that it has hatched ! Kind regards Sonja Krüger https://www.facebook.com/projectvulturehttps://twitter.com/vultureproject www.http://vultureproject.org.za
Trip Report- Amatigulu Nature Reserve – 21 July 2019
The July Sunday outing of BirdLife Port Natal was to the Amatigulu Nature Reserve on the north coast. 12 birders met at the turnoff from the N2 at 07h30 and were serenaded by a Rufous-naped lark as we waited. It was a short drive to the entrance of the reserve, where I was surprised to…
Umhlanga Lagoon Nature Reserve walk.
Saturday 3rd August 2019 Meeting time for the walk was changed from 6:00 to 7:00, which was just as well, as sunrise was just before seven, and when we met it was still quite dark, with the sun rising over the dune just after seven.
uMlalazi weekend 12-14 July 2019
uMlalazi is a winter wonderland for birding. Not only is it a lot warmer than home but a number of species arrive from higher altitudes or further south down the coast to enjoy the relative warmth just as we do. One never knows what can pop up and so 20 hopeful birders assembled at uMlalazi on Friday…
Durban Botanic Gardens
Report by Terry Walls Saturday 6th July 2019 Once again we could not have asked for better weather for a birding outing. We met in the car park at 7:30 am where a number of the more common birds were there to greet us: Hadeda Ibis, Common, Glossy and Red-winged Starlings, Dark-capped Bulbul, House Sparrow,…