With articles from BeKZN members included. To All Kloof Conservancy Members and Supporters, Please do remember to attend our AGM tomorrow night – 18:00 Thursday 29 May at Kloof Junior…
Category: Conservation
BeKZN CONSERVATION | VAN RIEBEECK PARK BIRD SURVEY
9 March 2025 On Sunday 9 March we did a BirdLife eThekwini KZN bird survey at Van Riebeeck Park on the Bluff as part of the continuing series. After all the recent…
BeKZN CONSERVATION | SUMMER CWAC COUNT
16 February 2025 On Sunday 16 February the summer waterbird count (CWAC) took place with members of BirdLife eThekwini KZN at the Umgeni River estuary and Durban Bayhead Natural Heritage Site. The…
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. “On 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 Conservation | Van Riebeeck Park Rehabilitation project
3 March 2024 There was a nice turnout for the survey at van Riebeeck Park in the Bluff area. The weather was good and we were welcomed by low-flying Barn Swallows and Lesser…
BeKZN Conservation| Summer CWAC count
28 January 2024 The Summer CWAC count was done on a glorious Sunday morning – perfect weather for counting birds. As usual, we started off by the Green Hub at…
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 Conservation |Winter CWAC Count
23 July 2023 On Sunday, 23 July 2023, the BirdLife eThekwini KZN winter Coordinated Waterbird count (CWAC) was done at the Umgeni River and Durban Bayhead by a small group…
BirdLife KZN FORUM | THURSDAY 21 – TUESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2023
Notice #1 BIRDLIFE KZN FORUM CHAIR NICOLETTE FORBES will host the event with BirdLife eThekwini KZN BOOKINGS HAVE OPENED FOR REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS ONLY Following the extremely successful BirdLife KZN Forum…
BeKZN Citizen Scientist involvement with the BirdLife Zululand Southern Banded Snake Eagle Big Weekend.
3-5 March 2023 The Southern Banded Snake Eagle has a limited and patchy distribution, stretching from southern Somalia to north-eastern South Africa. A resident in South Africa and listed as…
BeKZN Calendars 2023
Our calendar spread its wings and has landed safely! Theme: 🎷 🎼 Soundtracks of our World – Birdsong 🎶🦩 Order as soon as possible they are selling fast… Online orders…
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…
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…