Thursday 8 September 2011

Outdoor Meetings - Sep-11 to Dec-11

- Sun Sep 4 – Morning outing to ’Darvill’ at 07:00. Leader Gordon Bennett 033-386-5555
- Sat Sep 10 – Morning or day outing to ‘Marutswa Board Walk’ near Bulwer. For times and meeting point please phone the leader Colin Summersgill 033-818-9013 or 083-7825113 - Provisionally postponed - the BirdLife KZN Forum is taking place on this Saturday
- Sun Sep 11 - Morning outing to ‘Queen Elizabeth Park’ at 07:00. Leader Mike Spain 033-347-2797
- Sun Sep 18 – Morning or day outing to ‘Moor Park’ near Escourt. For times and meeting point
please phone the leader David Crampton 033-845-3512 or 082-771-7274
- Wed Sep 28 – Morning outing to ‘Mount Gilboa’ on Mondi property in the Karkloof. Meet at 07:00 at Umgeni Valley to arrange transport. Leader Eve Hughes 033-330-2723


- Sun Oct 2 – Morning outing to ‘Darvill’ at 06:30. Leader Gordon Bennett 033-386-5555
- Sat Oct 8 - Morning outing to ’Benvie’. Meet at Umgeni Valley at 06:00 to arrange transport or at Benvie at 06:30. Leader Eve Hughes 033-330-2723
- Sun Oct 9 – Morning outing to ‘Bisley Valley’ at 06:30. Leader Mike Spain 033-347-2797
- Sun Oct 16 – Morning or day outing to ‘Benvie’ at 06:00. Leader Colin Summersgill 033-818-9013
- Wed Oct 26 – Morning outing to ’Benvie’ meeting at Umgeni Valley at 06:00 to arrange transport. Leader Pam Nicol 033-330-2947.


- Sun Nov 6 – Morning outing to ‘Darvill’ at 06:30. Leader Gordon Bennett 033-867-5555
- Sat Nov 12 – Morning outing to the ‘Perry’s protea farm’ in the Dargle. Meet at 06:30 at Umgeni Valley to arrange transport . Leader Pam Nicol 033-330-2947
- Sun Nov 13 – Morning outing to ‘Queen Elizabeth Park’ at 06:30. Leader Mike Spain 033-347-2797
- Sun Nov 20 – Morning or day outing to ‘Bay Head’ and the ‘Umgeni Mouth’ in Durban. For times and meeting point please phone the leader Gordon Bennett 033-867-5555
- Wed Nov 30 – Day outing to ‘Dalton Private Reserve’ upstream from Wagondrift Dam, it is 2472 hectares in extent with 14 km of Bushmen’s River frontage. Meet at Umgeni Valley at 06:30 to arrange transport. Cost of R20 pp for Education purposes, payable to the leader, Eve Hughes
033-330-2723.

- Sat Dec 3 – The Club will be having their Christmas outing and braai at the Hilton College Lapa. We will be birding in the morning and then return to the Lapa for the braai. Please bring all your own food, drinks and chairs. Meet at the gate of the College at 07:00 if you want to take part
in the birding, or arrive later for the braai. Cost of R20 pp (for the use of the Lapa) payable to
the leader, Drummond Densham 033-330-4039

Evening Meetings to December 2011

Howick evening meetings are held at WESSA in their Goldfields Education Centre on the 3rd
Wed of the month, registration from 17:30 for 18:00.
Pietermaritzburg evening meetings are held at the Zoology Lecture Theatre, John Bews Building, Life Science Campus, end of Carbis Road at 19:00.
Costs: BirdLife Members R10 pp. Non-members R15 pp.
Howick - Wed. June 15 – Illustrated talk by Carolyn Goble and Pat Cahill on the ‘Karkloof Conservation Centre.’
Pmb. - Thurs. Aug. 11 – Illustrated talk by Drummond Densham on ‘Bird behaviour - a natural field indicator.’
Howick - Wed. Aug. 17 – Illustrated talk by Mark Brown on ‘Moult, Plumage and Sexy Breeding Dress.’
Pmb. - Thurs. Sep. 8 – Illustrated talk by Anne Burke on ‘The Secret Love-life of Cranes.’
Howick - Wed. Sep. 21 – Illustrated talk by Malcolm Gemmell on ‘The Sites and Sounds of Ntsikeni Nature Reserve.’
Pmb. – Thurs. Oct. 13 – Illustrated talk by Roy Cowgill on ‘Birds and the Sounds they make.’
Howick - Wed. Oct. 19 – Illustrated talk by David Maphisa on ‘A Long Journey from a Herdboy to Managing Ingula for Avifaunal Diversity.’
Pmb. Thurs. Nov. 10 – Illustrated talk by Brent Coverdale on ‘Confessions of an amateur twitcher - Balancing a professional conservation career and your hobby.’
Howick - Wed. Nov. 16 – Illustrated talk by Ben and Shannon Hoffman on a topic to be announced.