Bird clubs are far more than social gatherings for birders—they are engines of change for conservation. Through collective passion and purpose, they raise vital funds and awareness for the birds…
An exciting heads up for BeKZN members!
🌿 Save the Date – A Special Weekend in the Wild Awaits! 🌿 We are giving you advanced notice – we are doing our AGM for 2026 a little differently!!!We are very…
BeKZN Outreach | Hillcrest Camera Club
A Tale of Intersecting Passions | Birds, Travel & Photography by Nicolette ForbesTUESDAY 6 MAY @18h00 A talk that covers three intersecting passions and weaves a story about the importance…
BeKZN Walks…|Durban Botanic Gardens
15 March 2025 As Africa’s oldest surviving botanic gardens (Est. 1849) it is currently Africa’s oldest surviving botanic garden and remains a national and local city asset actively contributing to plant conservation…
BeKZN Stake Out/Sit-In |Krantzkloof Nature Reserve 🌻
13 March 2025 A large number of people gathered together for the monthly stake-out near the small dam. We were quickly entertained by an Amethyst Sunbird at its nest. Many Crowned Hornbills were very…
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…
BirdLife KZN Forums are Fun!
A birder feature from a BirdLife KZN Midlands member The preliminary notification of the next BirdLife KZN Forum (March 2025) has just come through. The day of Forum talks and…
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…
BeKZN Day Tripping 🌞🌻 | VERNON CROOKES NATURE RESERVE
15 February 2025 In the days leading up to the Vernon Crookes Nature Reserve outing, the weather reports didn’t look promising. It seemed like we would be sleeping in instead…
BeKZN Stake Out/Sit-in|aManzimtoti Bird Park
13 February 2025 We all gathered down by the overgrown dam where we quickly realized that we weren’t going to get many birds facing that way, so we turned around…
BeKZN Walks… |Kenneth Stainbank Nature Reserve
8 February 2025 After a few days of continuous rain, we were lucky to have a break in the weather for our walk on Saturday morning which was partly cloudy…
BirdLife eThekwini KZN’s 76th AGM
🦩🦩🦩🦩 Calling all members 🦜🦜🦜🦜 As usual not just an AGM but a celebration of our club and the birds. We really want to see a record turn-out – let’s…
BeKZN SIT-IN | DURBAN BOTANICAL GARDENS
5 December 2024 We arrived at the Botanical Gardens on an overcast day and made our way to the dam. Wrong timing as the yearly Christmas lights show was starting…
BeKZN Atlas | Colour Me Green, eThekwini challenge.
BeKZN Atlas Adventure #12 – Monteseel, KwaXimba, and iSithumba November 2024 With the onset of the summer, comes the migrants and the rains. This trip was supposed to go out…
BeKZN WALKS…|UMBOGOVANGO NATURE RESERVE
16 November 2024 The morning began with friendly chatter as the group gathered in the parking lot. A lovelly mix of newer and more experienced birders, those with long life…
BeKZN Walks… |New Germany Nature Reserve
9 November 2024 I arrived at the New Germany Nature Reserve Car Park at 7:00am and was greeted by the sight of some eager birders already prepping themselves for the walk….