9th February 2020 Trip report by Nicolette & Ticky Forbes (all photographs Nicolette Forbes) An Early Start A total of 17 people, some of whom managed to make the very…
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…
Amanzimtoti Estuary & Beach bash
25 January 2020 Report by Steve Davis with photos by Anneli Mynhardt There was a reasonable turnout for the talk that Steve Davis gave to the Sapphire Coast birding group…
TOM CORFE PARK
8th January 2020 Where the Crowned Eagle flies. Wednesday 8th January 2020 brought cloudy and humid weather but a group of 3 sitters and 13 walkers gathered on the first…
Umbogavango Nature Reserve.
Saturday, 3rd January 2020 This reserve has traditionally become the choice of reserve for our first Saturday outing of the year, and this year was no exception. We had a…
Annual Christmas End-of-Year walk at Springside Nature Reserve
On Saturday 7th December the Annual Christmas End-of-Year walk was held at Springside Nature Reserve in Hillcrest. There was a good turnout, possibly lured by the prospect of festivities to…
GIBA GORGE – A walk in the Mountain Bike Park area.
4th DECEMBER 2019 Years ago, BLPN used to have outings at Giba Gorge from the St Hellier side. But recently some of us have been going birding and butterflying at…
Cumberland Weekend
22nd – 24th November 2019 A clear, warm and still day saw Mike, Lynette Bingham and I heading up the N3 towards Pietermaritzburg and the absolute gem that is Cumberland…
Nature Journaling for Birders – Nov 2019
Wednesday 20th November 2019 Eleven of us gathered in Farrier Hall at Palmiet Nature Reserve. The group was inspiring and engaged. We had wide age representation: bird enthusiast 10-year-old Emily and…
OUTING TO GLENHOLME N.R. –
WEDNESDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2019 The wind howled throughout the night and I was worried that we were going to have a rather unpleasant outing with few birds, but the wind…
Alvestone Wildlife Park
Saturday 5th November Our outing to Alvestone Wildlife Park began at 6:00 when we met Roz, one of the landowners at the gate. The weather looked a little bleak, the…
Palmiet Nature Reserve – Sit In
Wednesday, 30th October 2019 On an overcast morning which was threatening rain 6 die-hard birders gathered for the sit-in at Palmiet Nature Reserve. Having set ourselves up at the group…
Amanzimtoti Bird Sanctuary
Wednesday, 16th October 2019 After a few days of cold, windy weather with patches of sunlight, the 16th October was one of those beautiful days that greeted us as we left…
Tanglewood Nature Reserve
Saturday, 5th October 2019 Tanglewood Farm is just simply one of those conservation gems. Resting below the cliff that divides Kloof from Westmead. A place where the moment you drive…
BLPN 70th Anniversary Celebrate Seabirds Pelagic
28th September 2019 Report by Nicolette Forbes A Durban pelagic with the theme “Celebrating our Seabirds” was planned for the 7th September 2019. This was an event which was themed…
Oribi Gorge Vulture Hide Outing, 28 September 2019
Report by Tyron Dall It was a beautiful spring morning for birding. Chris Flannery and I had left Toti very early to do some stops en route to the meeting…