BeKZN Weekend Away | uMkhuze Game Reserve: Birds, Beauty, and Bonding

From July 9-13, 2025, BirdLife eThekwini KZN enjoyed a remarkable weekend at uMkhuze Game Reserve, observing 216 bird species and experiencing unforgettable wildlife encounters while fostering camaraderie among participants.

Be KZN Atlas | Colour Me Green, eThekwini Challenge

Club Atlas Adventure #11 – Nungwane Dam Let’s kick off this trip report with a contribution from one of the participants.  β€œOn Sunday the 18th August I went on my…

BeKZN Atlas | Colour Me Green, eThekwini.

10 March 2024 Club Atlas Adventure #8 – Inanda Dam Quadrant The 2024 Atlas outing programme was supposed to have commenced in February. However, that outing was cancelled due to…

BeKZN Birding Diary – JUNE 2024 published

BEKZN Birding Diary – June 2024 – Now Published Online We are getting to the midway mark. Our now almost traditional Winter Solstice Party is on the June calendar signalling…

BeKZN Birding Diary – MARCH 2024 published

BEKZN Birding Diary – MARCH 2024 – Now Published Online 2024 is just beginning and we have a few wonderful months of summer left. Migrants are still around but will…

BE KZN Atlas | Colour Me Green, eThekwini

Club Atlas Adventure #5 – Hazelmere Dam Continuing with the Birdlife eThekwini initiative to colour the region green each year by atlassing the pentads bounded by the Municipality, Rob McLennan-Smith,…

BeKZN Atlas | Colour Me Green, eThekwini.

Club Atlas Adventure #7 – Ganja Village The July atlassing outing was a re-visit to pentad 2950_3035 located in the South-west sector of the eThekwini Challenge area, near Eston. The…

BeKZN Birding Diary-February 2023 published

BEKZN Birding Diary – February 2023 – Now Published Online Compliments of the Season to everyone – 2023 is getting started with some fantastic walks and a great talk to…

BeKZN Birding Diary-January 2023 published

BEKZN Birding Diary – January 2023 – Now Published Online Compliments of the Season to everyone – 2023 is getting started with some fantastic walks and a great talk to…

BeKZN Birding Diary-November published

NOVEMBER 2022 – Now Published Online Just in time for the weekend – no excuses for not knowing what is going on. Remember members attend FREE and visitors are welcome…

BeKZN’s Colour Me Green, eThekwini Challenge Winner

A Stayover at Bonamanzi Game Reserve. You can now self-drive Bonamanzi is a privately owned Game Reserve, 4000 hectares in extent and recognised as one of the best birding destinations…

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…

BE KZN Atlas Challenge – Colour Me Green, eThekwini #3

Club Atlas Adventure #3 – the Outer-West 30 May 2021 The organised monthly club atlas event was held on Sunday 30 May 2021. The group included Steve Davis, Penny de…

A Member’s Report on her BE KZN Colour Me Green, eThekwini 2021 Challenge Experience.

by Penny de Vries 5 May 2021 I was very excited to hear about the Colour Me Green project at our first bird club meeting of 2021. I thought I…

BE KZN Atlas Challenge – Colour Me Green, eThekwini #2

Club Atlas Adventure #2 17 April 2021 The organised club outing to atlas pentads in the eThekwini municipality by Nicolette and Ticky Forbes unfortunately had to be brought forward to…