Report by Elena Russell SAPPI Outing Saturday 3rd February 2018 Late Friday afternoon we had the most massive storm; hail, lightening, thunder and torrential rain. I wondered about the North Coast and hoped the storm never got as far as SAPPI but of course it did. The silver lining was that Jenny had offered me…
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Springside Christmas Outing
Report By Elena Russell 2 December 2017 We had an excellent turnout for our Christmas outing to Springside. Could it be the famous toasted cheese and tomato sandwiches as prepared by our chefs, Marion and John. Most definitely, they and I mean the sarmies, get better and better each year! A big thank you to…
Kenneth Stainbank Outing
Report by Elena Russell Saturday 5th August 2017 I hadn’t been to Stainbank for quite some time, I must have had a reason? Stainbank is superb – the sun was shining, sky of blue and the birds were everywhere. The car park was alive with birds, a flock of Black-bellied Starlings kept coming and going…
Burman Bush Outing
Saturday March 4th 2017 Report by Elena Russell Short report on Saturday’s outing. The weather was hot and humid – a louring dark grey sky that made you wish for rain to cool things down but only once the walk was over! We were a small group about 12/14 of us and to start with…
Umbogavango : Saturday 4 February 2017
Report by Elena Russell It was a hot, hot day even at 06:00 but then so was the birding – turned out to be a most enjoyable morning’s birding. In the security parking area there were Violet-backed Starlings, overhead Palm Swifts but I was too busy getting the ‘indemnity form’ signed to see much more….
Saturday 7 January 2017 : Bluff Nature Reserve
Report by Elena Russell I left home in heavy drizzle which lifted a little near Queensburgh but by the time I hit the Bluff it was heavy drizzle again. The dog’s chances of a walk in heavy drizzle were starting to look good but it was not to be! Firstly let me say that the…
Shongweni 5th November 2016
Report by Elena Russell Shongweni never ceases to amaze. I arrived just before 6am on a very gloomy day – the mist lay heavy in the valley and I thought nobody was going to pitch but in the end about 18 of us were birding – in fact we broke up into two groups to…
Alvestone
Alverstone Outing Report Saturday 1 October 2016. Elena Russell Our outing to Alverstone was marred by rather cold and damp conditions with drizzle at times but the Saturday Chat Show must go on and 11 of us braved the weather and the slippery track down to the dam. Actually it wasn’t too bad and…
Tanglewood Farm Nature Reserve
Saturday Outing to Tanglewood Farm NR 3 September 2016 We had an excellent turnout – the weather could have been a bit better but the cool/slightly overcast sky made walking very pleasant. Our bird count was in the region of 84 – we had a few mysterious raptors and there was much debate whether the…