South African Birding: Events Diary - 26 March 2024
- Adam Cruickshank
- Mar 26, 2024
- 1 min read
We have scoured the web to find the best birding events around South Africa. The Events Diary is a free service for Bird Clubs and conservation organizations in South Africa. If you would like to ensure that your events are listed, please send the details to info@thebirdinglife.com. Please make sure to send the events for the week by the preceding Friday to ensure their inclusion.
Please note, we do our best to ensure that information provided is correct. However, we do encourage you to get in touch with the contact person for the event to ensure details are correct.
This events diary is and will always be free, but if you find value in the work we do, we ask you to make a R10 donation to BirdLife South Africa using the link below. We are not in any way affiliated with BirdLife South Africa; however, we believe in the important work they do and encourage you to support them.
EASTERN CAPE
BirdLife Border
Event: Monthly Meeting
Guest Speaker: "The Life of a Museum Ornithologist" by Phil Whittington
Date: Tuesday, 2nd April
Time: 19:30
Venue: Nahoon Estuary Nature Reserve Enviro Centre
Info: Maurice Durrheim 083 650 9723
BirdLife Eastern Cape
Event: Saturday Morning Bird Walk
Date: 6th April
Time: 8:00 am
Venue: Settlers Park
Meeting Point: How Avenue Car Park
Description: Join us for a public bird walk at Settlers Park. Security is arranged, and the meeting point is the How Avenue Car Park. Please invite non-birders to join us on the day.
Cost: R20 per person for security guard
Info: Leslie Blandy -082 388 8877
FREE STATE
BirdLife Free State
GAUTENG
BirdLife Northern Gauteng
Event: Zaagkuilsdrift Road Birding
Date: Saturday, 30th March
Time: Meet at 06:30
Leader: JP (Koos) van der Merwe
Description: Join us for birding along the legendary Zaagkuilsdrift Road, which runs east-west from the town of Pienaarsrivier to the semi-rural village of Kgomo-Kgomo, tracking the course of the Pienaars River. In years of good rainfall, the river forms a 27km² ephemeral floodplain with birding comparable to the much better known Nyl Floodplain. This combination of rare tropical waterbirds together with excellent mature Acacia woodland arguably offers the richest birding locality in the region, and certainly one of the best birding spots in southern Africa! A diverse variety of raptors, cuckoos, bee-eaters, kingfishers, shrikes, warblers, and seedeaters are present in the summer months, while (given sufficient rainfall) this is the most reliable site in SA for the rare and elusive River Warbler in summer. Birding will take place along the road to Kgomo-Kgomo.
Bookings: Please make bookings via the GOOGLE form: Google Form
Event: Bird Ringing at Voortrekker Monument
Date: Saturday, April 6, 2024
Description: Join us for a morning of extreme close-up birding without binoculars at the Voortrekker Monument. Bring your chair, hat, refreshments, and birding books along. Please book your place directly with the ringing leader, Reinhardt Fowler, by WhatsApp before Friday 12:00. This will allow the leader to notify you if the outing needs to be cancelled due to a sudden change in weather like rain or strong wind. The handling of nets and birds can only be done by a qualified ringer.
Meet: To be confirmed at RSVP
Info: Reinhardt Fowler - Contact: 083 407 4588
Northern Region Bird Club Forum Event
Birding Basic Course, Presented by Lance Robinson
Venue: Theory 13th April.2024. Time 08h30 for 09h00 to 13h00.
Fiddlewoods Restaurant & Conference Centre, Inside Ryan Nurseries.
Corner Hawley & Kings Road, Bedfordview
Venue: Theory 13th April.2024. Time 08h30 for 09h00 to 13h00.
Fiddlewoods Restaurant & Conference Centre, Inside Ryan Nurseries.
Corner Hawley & Kings Road, Bedfordview
Venue: Practical 14th April, Time, and place to be confirmed
Cost per person: R600.00
Birding Basics Course: If you are keen on learning more about birds and the birding hobby and have always wanted to develop the correct habits of identifying a bird, or perhaps need a refresher, then this Birding Basics Course is just what you have been looking for. The Birding Basics Course will be held over two sessions (approx 90 minutes each) and a practical outing to develop your newly acquired skills will be arranged.
Course content includes: Reviewing the essential tools (binoculars, field guides, and how to navigate them); knowing the parts of a bird and an introduction to plumage patterns, bills/beaks, and the different avian foot structures.
The 7-habits methodology to develop in identifying birds and an overview of the key habitats where one can find different birds.
Bio: Lance Robinson is an enthusiastic observer of nature with a keen interest in birds, butterflies, and dragonflies. He is reading for a Masters in Science and currently works as an avifaunal field specialist and freelance bird guide. He's currently the Honorary President, a former chairman of the Witwatersrand Bird Club, and a past ExCo member of BirdLIfe South Africa. Lance is keen to share his birding passion with others and presents beginner’s bird courses and other birding-related presentations to bird clubs and at the annual BirdLife South Africa African Bird Fair. Lance is an active citizen scientist and an invited part-time lecturer for bird identification and bird ecology for Bushveld Experience Skills and Training (BEST).
Booking: Email: dennis.townsend4@gmail.com Please send proof of payment
Payment details: PLEASE USE FOLLOWING REFERENCE WHEN PAYING (NF Course & Surname)
BirdLife South Africa bank details:
Account Name: BirdLife South Africa
Bank: First National Bank, Randburg
Branch Code: 254005
Account Number: 6206 750 6281
KWAZULU NATAL
BirdLife Ethekwini KZN Events
Event: BEKZN Walks at New Germany Nature Reserve
Date: Sunday, 31st March
Time: 07:30 am
Location: New Germany Nature Reserve
Host: EJ Bartlett
Description: Join us for a walk at New Germany Nature Reserve hosted by EJ Bartlett. This wonderful grassland reserve with forest patches offers a trail that goes through the grassland, into a small riverine forest, and back into grassland. Birds possible here are many and varied including Rufous-naped Lark, Narina Trogon, and Spotted Eagle-Owl to name just a few.
Attendance at activities is FREE for paid up club members. Non-members R 50.00 p/p per outdoor activity / webinar. For information activities@bekzn.org
Event: BeKZN Walks - Buffelsdraai Reforestation Project
Date: Saturday, 6th April
Time: 06:30 am
Location: Buffelsdraai Reforestation Project, Verulam
Host: Errol Douwes
Leader: Monica
Description: Join us for a double bill to a new area! Explore the Buffelsdraai Reforestation Project in the Verulam area, hosted by Errol Douwes and led by Monica. This area has undergone reforestation, and it's an opportunity to discover what birds have found new homes in this environment. Please note that there is a limit of 15 people per day, so it's on a first-come-first-served basis. Please only register for the day that suits you.
Attendance at activities is FREE for paid up club members. Non-members R 50.00 p/p per outdoor activity / webinar. For information activities@bekzn.org
Event: Buffelsdraai Reforestation Project
Date: Sunday, 7th April
Time: 06:30 am
Location: Buffelsdraai Reforestation Project, Verulam
Host: Errol Douwes
Leader: Monica
Description: Join us for a visit to the Buffelsdraai Reforestation Project hosted by Errol Douwes and led by Monica. This area in the Verulam region has undergone reforestation, offering new habitats for various bird species. Discover what birds have found new homes in this area. Please note that there is a limit of 15 people per day, so registrations will be accepted on a first-come-first-served basis.
Attendance at activities is FREE for paid up club members. Non-members R 50.00 p/p per outdoor activity / webinar. For information activities@bekzn.org
LIMPOPO
Download the BirdLife Polokwane Newsletter to find out more about their events https://www.birdlifepolokwane.co.za/index.php?action=Newsletters%20View&rid=120
MPUMALANGA
Wakkerstroom Bird Club
NORTH WEST
WESTERN CAPE
Cape Bird Club Events
Event: OUTING – Wildevoëlvlei and Kommetjie
Date: April 4
Time: 8:30 am - 11:30 am
Leaders: Gillian Barnes and Marilyn Metcalfe
Location: Kommetjie Lighthouse Road, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Details: Join us for an outing to Wildevoëlvlei and Kommetjie led by Gillian Barnes and Marilyn Metcalfe. It is essential that you book your place with Gillian in the week before this outing. We will meet at 08:30 am.
Description: We will spend about an hour at the Wildevoëlvlei Waste Water Treatment Works, where we should see Water Thick-knee, Yellow-billed Duck, Cape Teal, Cape Shoveler, Southern Pochard, Little Grebe, Levaillant’s Cisticola, African Marsh Harrier, Reed and White-breasted Cormorant. It is not a very large area and is an easy walk. From here, we will proceed to the boat launching parking area at The Kom (Kommetjie). Marilyn will guide us on a walk around the island and then along the boardwalk.
Info - Gillian Barnes 021 782 5429
Event: Edith Stephens Nature Reserve Monthly Count
Date: April 5
Time: 8:30 am - 11:30 am
Location: Edith Stephens Nature Reserve, Govan Mbeki Road, Philippi, Cape Town, Western Province, South Africa
Details: Meet at 08:30 am at the Reserve gates in Govan Mbeki Road.
Cost: Free
Info: Gerhard Bothma 074 320 0813
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Event: OUTING – Rondevlei Nature Reserve
Date: April 6
Time: 8:00 am - 11:30 am
Leader: Merle Chalton
Location: Rondevlei Nature Reserve, Perth Rd & Fishermens Walk, Zeekoei Vlei, Cape Town, South Africa
Details: Meet at 08:00. These regular monthly outings are for all Rondevlei enthusiasts and beginners are especially welcome. Duration 2 1⁄2 hours, but you can stay as long as you like. Bring a warm anorak even if it is a hot day as it can get cold in the hides. Entrance is free. Remember to bring your ID, driver’s licence, or passport in order to obtain an entry permit at the gate.
Info: Merle Chalton 079 343 1047
Event: Paarl Bird Sanctuary CWAC and Monthly Count
Date: April 6
Time: 9:00 am - 11:30 am
Location: Paarl Bird Sanctuary, Drommedaris Road, Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa
Details: Please note; the 30 March 2024 count has been changed to 06 April 2024. PBS will be open 09h00-11h00. No access after 11h00. Considerable damage was caused during last year’s winter floods, but there are always interesting birds to be seen and counted. Do come along and assist if you can.
Cost: Free
Info: Gilbert Reinhardt 079 130 7876
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