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, Johnny de Beer, and Brandon Gould joined me on 19 February 2023 for a visit to the pentad that borders Hazelmere Dam (2935_3100). Rob again…
Category: Atlassing
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 last time this pentad was atlassed was on 30 May 2021 when club chair Nicolette Forbes hosted an atlas trip there during the 2021 Colour…
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 kick off the New Year… Remember members attend all activities FREE (unless a specified special event) and visitors are always welcome with a R50 bird…
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 kick off the New Year… Remember members attend all activities FREE (unless a specified special event) and visitors are always welcome with a R50 bird…
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 with a R50 bird donation to the club’s conservation fund. Summary below but you can read details and book at https://blpn.org/activities/activities-2022/ Please note that some…
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 in KZN offering a biodiverse mix of Sand Forests, Savanna & Wetland Areas. I got the chance for a second visit courtesy of winning the…
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 Municipality ‘green’ during 2021 to maximise and update information on bird distributions in the municipal area. To gather data, volunteers select a geographical ‘pentad’ on…
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 Vries, Ros Conrad, Jenny Norman, Anneli Mynhardt, Ronel Curtis on her first outing as a new member – Welcome to the Club Ronel, Noleen Turner,…
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 knew how to atlas as I’ve been doing it since Birdlasser was first released to iPhone, in about 2016. Nicky took us through the protocols…