South African Birding: Events Diary - February 5, 2024
- Adam Cruickshank
- Feb 5, 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.
To join find and join a Bird Club in your area, please visit the BirdLife South Africa website.
GAUTENG
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
BeKZN SIT-IN - Thursday 8 February @ 07h30
Venue: Bridgevale Park, Durban North hosted by Jenny Norman
Bridgevale Park, Durban North is a wonderful place for birders to learn the calls and identification of our urban birds. It’s a combination of forest and grassland. Please bring your chairs and refreshments. We will sit and observe, and some may also walk to encounter new species. 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
BirdLife Lowveld Events
Wakkerstroom Bird Club
NORTH WEST
BirdLife Wesvaal Events
WESTERN CAPE
Cape Bird Club Events
Cecelia Forest Raptors and more
Leader - Matthew Orolowitz.
Meet at the Cecilia Forest parking area on Rhodes Drive, Constantia opposite the entrance to Hohenort Avenue.
Cecelia Forest, Wednesday, 7 February, 17:00-19:30
This walk will last about 2 hours, and we should enjoy raptors and some other forest birds
Info Matthew Orolowitz. 0718703364 or morolowitz@gmail.com
Wildevoelvlei CWAC Count
Wildevoelvlei, Thursday, 8 February, 8:30-11:00 am
Info Gillian Barnes 021 782 5429
Ardagh (Consol) Glass HO, CWAC Count
Ardagh (Consol) Glass Head Office, Friday, 9 February, 8:30-11:00 am
Info Gerhard Bothma 074 320 0813
Zandvlei Hack
Zandvlei Estuary Nature Reserve, Saturday, 10 February, 14:00-16:00
The Cape Bird Club members have been helping the City of Cape Town by clearing invasive alien vegetation since 1974, when Alan Morris started this activity in the Wildwood Bird Sanctuary, now the Zandvlei Nature Reserve. Come and help our core group, clear seedlings, saplings and cut down trees too. Small school groups or individuals who need to do their social responsibility projects are welcome too. To find out more about this project https://www.capebirdclub.org.za/conservation-hacks-invasive-vegetation-removal/
Info Gavin Lawson 021 705 5224 or glawson@axxess.co.za
Tygerberg Bird Club Events
Midweek Outing: Klaasenbosch Greenbelt Trail, Constantia
Wednesday, 7 February, 9am
Carry water and wear hiking shoes please. Bring coffee basket & brunch.
Info Keith Roxburgh 082 901 2611
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