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…
Category: Sit-In
BeKZN Sit-In at Crowned Eagle Estate
13 October 2022 Firstly, a grateful and heartfelt thanks to our hosts for the day, Clive and Ann, who welcomed us onto their property and allowed us to take over their veranda for the sit-in. It was very much appreciated. The view was stunning, looking over a small dam with lots of big trees around…
BeKZN Sit-In: Palmiet Nature Reserve
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 with 14 people attending at various stages during the afternoon. When the idea for a sit-in was first conceived it followed a conversation with long standing…
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 set aside just for our chairs. We started off quietly with quite a few common birds showing themselves but mostly birds were heard, but as…
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 we all got. It was great to see some new faces and some old faces with a special welcome to Maggie Louis all the way…
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 of reasons. We found a place with a view over the grasslands and near a fruiting fig tree (that wasn’t as productive as it should have…
BeKZN Sit-In: Memorial Park
13 January 2022 A cloudy day dawned with a hint of sun every now and again. After all the rainy days it was good to get out and do some birding and the sit in was quite well attended with 8 people present. A good position was found under the shade of a large tree with…
BeKZN SIT: WESTVILLE SCOUT BOWL
28 October 2021 After looking at the weather predictions the day before it was put to the vote and decided that instead of cancelling, we would rather have the outing on the following day (Friday). One booked member couldn’t make it then, but the rest could. The day dawned sunny with a bit of cloud,…
Pigeon Valley Sit-in
Pigeon Valley Sit-in15th June 2021 Ten club members joined this social sit, with a couple of them arriving (pre-planned) about an hour after the others. We all settled in a little clearing just past the sign board. The very early members were treated to a view of a Black Sparrowhawk sitting and calling on a dead branch just…