Thursday 12th March 2020 On Thursday 20th March 2020, seven of us gathered at Durban Botanic Gardens. It is a gem of a public urban green space, with reliable birding from comfortable benches especially by the lake. Also, there is excellent coffee at the kiosk! Thanks to the generosity of the Durban Botanic Gardens Curator’s Office, we…
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Durban Botanic Gardens
Report by Terry Walls Saturday 6th July 2019 Once again we could not have asked for better weather for a birding outing. We met in the car park at 7:30 am where a number of the more common birds were there to greet us: Hadeda Ibis, Common, Glossy and Red-winged Starlings, Dark-capped Bulbul, House Sparrow,…
Durban Botanical Gardens
Report by Sandi du Preez 15 August 2018 Nine participants enjoyed a sunny, windless morning of birding. Just inside the entrance were some very cute juvenile Egyptian Geese being cared for by very attentive and devoted parents. We looked up and noticed an African Goshawk flying high in the sky. There were also the usual African…
Outing to Durban Botanical Gardens
16 August 2017 Report by Sandi Du Preez The weather forecast looked bad – cloudy/rainy and gale-force winds. But 9 lucky birders were blessed with a glorious sunny, wind-free morning. Waiting at the entrance for everyone to arrive, we had good sightings of Common and Red-winged Starlings, Blacksmith Lapwings and Lesser Striped Swallows. We made…
Durban Botanic Gardens
Botanic Gardens – Saturday 1 April 2017 Elena Russell I arrived about a minute too late to see a Black Sparrowhawk take a Red-eyed Dove over the parking area – only John and Ismail were the ‘early birds’ who got to see the action. We had a good turnout of members and visitors and set…
Durban Botanical Gardens
Outing to Durban Botanical Gardens 17 August 2016 The weather started off rather gloomily but soon cleared up and the 12 birders were treated to some good birding. On arrival we had a melanistic Black Sparrowhawk and then later we saw an “ordinary” one. The lawns around the lake were swarming with masses of honking…
Durban Botanical Gardens
Saturday 5 September Report by Elna Russell There were about 14 members and 2 non-members – also a few late comers. Our bird count at tea was 52 and Sandi and Ros who stayed on longer picked up a further 3. A nice one being the Malachite Kingfisher at the pond. Bot Gardens was lovely…
Durban Botanical Gardens Saturday Outing
An excellent outing to the Durban Botanical Gardens – lovely weather and a good turnout – also a number of non-members joined us due to Virginia advertising our outings in the various newspapers. Liz Ellis, who used to be very involved with the Gardens when she lived across the road, was a wonderful source of…