Report by Sandi du Preez It was raining on arrival and I had already received some messages from members who decided not to attend because of the rain. But John, Ros, Elena, Kay and I thought that we would just go quickly to the bridge to see if the Mountain Wagtails were there and then…
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Msinisi Nature Reserve
Wednesday 21 September 2016 Report back by Sandi du Preez. Msinsi was rather quiet on arrival except for the many Kurrichane Thrushes running about busily, but soon livened up with the birds celebrating Springtime. A few Rattling Cisticolas were calling from on top of a bush, and a White-browed Scrub-Robin gave us much pleasure as…
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…
Pigeon Valley Outing
Pigeon Valley 22 JUNE 2016 Report by Sandi du Preez It was overcast and gloomy which was not conducive to good birding, and at first many of the birds were just silhouettes. Unfortunately, Crispin was in Mkhuze so he could not join us and we could not go into the reservoir area. However next to…
Jubilee Park – Wednesday 17 February.
Report by Sandi du Preez I left home in rainy weather and did not expect the outing to take place, as I wasn’t expecting anyone to turn up. I had given a lift to Oscar and we arrived at Jubilee Park just before 07h00. We decided to take a little walk in the rain before (or…
Crowned Eagle Conservancy
Outing to Crowned Eagle Conservancy Report by Sandi du Preez A few of us attended the outing on Wednesday 13 January 2016. This is a new outing venue for the Bird Club and one that will definitely be repeated. Twin brothers Clive and Mervyn George have created a paradise by developing this Conservancy. I won’t…
Outing to Paradise Valley NR
16 September 2015 Five birders attended the outing. Although the weather forecast was not good, we had quite a bit of sunshine. 42 species were recorded, and although the count wasn’t large, we did have some special sightings. A sub-adult African Crowned Eagle entertained us with numerous fly-pasts. It eventually landed at the top of a…
Iphithi N.R. Outing- 20 May
Iphithi N.R. Outing- 20May With Sandi Du Preez Sixteen birders turned up for the outing to this lovely reserve, which was a rather large group for a gloomy Wednesday! Specials were White-eared Barbets, Grey-headed Bushshrike (heard and seen), Black Crake, African Crowned Eagle, and 5 Sunbird species (Amethyst, Collared, Greater Double-collared, Grey and Olive.) 40…
OUTING TO IPHITHI N.R. ON 14 MAY
The weather report did not look too good for the outing, but 7 of us attended. It was rather windy and chilly and the birds hardly called and they took their time in revealing themselves to a bunch of eager birders. The total count was about 32. However, this is such a special reserve and I…