8 September 2022 – Afternoon This was a first, we have had morning sit-ins but doing one in the afternoon was a new venture for BEKZN. The event was well attended…
Category: Activities
BeKZN Walks…Danville Park
4 September 2022 Danville Park is a 7-hectare reserve that forms the lowest part of the Virginia Bush complex. Despite being a very small park, there is a wide variety…
BirdLife eThekwini KZN Fledglings take flight at Bridgevale Park
27 August 2022 The Inaugural BEKZN Fledglings event had a group of enthusiastic birders gathered at Bridgevale Park in Durban North early on the 27 August 2022. This activity within…
BeKZN Day Tripping: Inanda Dam
On Sunday 21 August, Steve Davis with the assistance of Dave Rimmer led a Day Tripping walk for BirdLife eThekwini KZN to Msinsi Inanda Dam and Resort. The group was…
BeKZN Walks…Giba Gorge
Sunday 19 June 2022 A group of ten birders visited Giba on Fathers Day on an overcast and cool Sunday but luckily with no wind or rain. The park was fairly busy with…
BeKZN Conservation Activities
CWAC July 2022 On Sunday 31 July, an enthusiastic group of BirdLife Ethekwini KZN members braved the cold and windy weather to do the winter waterbird count (CWAC) at the Umgeni estuary…
BeKZN Walks…Simbithi Eco-estate
26 July 2022 On the 26th of June around 17 members met at Simbithi for a walk around the estate’s trails. We split into two groups with each of the groups…
BeKZN Walks…Van Riebeeck Park
9 July 2022 On Saturday morning we joined the BirdLife eThekwini KZN outing to the newly developed van Riebeeck Park on the Bluff, established on an old landfill site by…
BeKZN Walks…aManzimtoti Bird Park
BeKZN Walks…Amanzimtoti Bird Park 2 July 2022 A very cold but bright winters morning greeted 14 of us as we met at the Amanzimtoti Bird Park. Sadly the smell of…
BeKZN Sit-In: Monarch Road, Westville
9 June 2022 The day was a beautiful autumn day, clear, sunny and no wind! We parked along the road verge and sat in an area that seemed to have been…
BeKZN Learn in the Field – Bird Calls
Hawaan Nature Reserve – Birding by Ear ! 5 june 2022 Bird Calls, Mindful Moments or Forest Bathing – it was all three! A group of 20 members joined us…
BeKZN Walks! – Vumbuka Nature Reserve
20 May 2022 On Friday the 20th of May a small group from the club did an outing to Vumbuka Nature Reserve in Southgate Industrial Park in Amanzimtoti. Due to traffic…
Umbilo Ponds Sit-in
28 April 2022 The morning dawned bright and clear and nine birders headed out to Umbilo Ponds for a morning of birding arriving at various times depending on how lost…
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…
New Germany Nature Reserve Sit-in.
17 March 2022 After heavy rain all night, the morning dawned overcast but dry. It was a small turnout as quite a few people cancelled the day before for a variety…
BeKZN Walks…New Germany Nature Reserve
6 March 2022 We had planned to meet at the New Germany Nature Reserve Car Park at 7:00am. However, I decided to arrive about 10 minutes before, but I was greeted…