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Category: Conservation
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 and Durban Bayhead. The overnight rain thankfully abated in time, but some who had registered to attend still chose the warmth of their beds over…
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…
Colour Me Green, eThekwini
Club outing to the northern eThekwini pentads An intrepid group of explorers consisting of twelve club members, Jenny Norman, Sheryl Flugel, Elton-John Bartlett, Penny de Vries, Mike du Trevou, Ronnie Herr, Rob McLennan-Smith, Cecily Salmon, Mark Liptrot and Derek Robins joined Nicolette and Ticky Forbes to bird two of the northern pentads in the eThekwini…
Lake St Lucia Estuary – Recent Artificial Breaching
Since the presentation on the Lake St Lucia estuary by our chair, Nicolette Forbes, there has been a lot of interest in the progress of the restoration programme. Unfortunately this has been dealt a serious blow by the actions of a few shortsighted individuals. As birders you will all know the importance of estuaries for…
Summer 2020 CWAC (Waterbird Count)
By Steve Davis with photos by Anneli Mynhardt 26 January was earmarked for the summer waterbird count at the Umgeni estuary and Durban Natural Heritage Site at Bayhead, counts which have been done since 1999. Thanks to extensive advertising and some cajoling, there was a good turnout at the Umgeni Bird Park, with some new…
Latest Cape and Bearded Vulture Tracks
Dear All Please find attached (Click here) the movements of our Bearded Vultures; Jeremia, Pharaoh and Mollie and our Cape Vulture N207, for the past week. Please also see evidence from our nest camera of a newly hatched chick being fed 😊.