Friday 25 May 2012


Committee: Chairman Drummond Densham: 033 330 4039, Outing activities Eve Hughes: 033 330 2723, Evening activities Peter Divall: 033 239 5537, Treasurer Viv O’Neill: 083 464 7666, Secretary Sally Cumming: 072 119 4253, Membership Secretary Pam Nicol: 033 330 2947.
Howick evening meetings are held at WESSA in their Goldfields Education Centre on the 3 rd 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.
May
Wed. 30 – Morning outing to Barend Booysen’s farm in the Dargle. Meet at Umgeni Valley at 07h30 to arrange transport. There is a fee of R10 pp. Venues sometimes change owing to weather etc. so please phone the leader
first. Leader - Pam Nicol 033 330 2947
June
Sun. 3 – Morning outing to Darvill at 07h30. Leader - Gordon Bennett 033 386 5555
Sun. 10 – Morning outing to Bisley Valley at 07h30. Leader – Gordon Bennett 033 386 5555
Thurs. 14 – Evening meeting at Zoology Lecture Theatre, Pmb – Illustrated talk by Peter Divall on ‘Uganda Birding’ - with the added bonus of Primates!
Sun. 17 – Outing to Moor Park near Estcourt at 08h00. There is an entrance fee unless you have a Wild or Rhino Card. Venues sometimes change owing to weather etc. so please phone the leader first. Leader - David Crampton
082 771 7274
Wed. 20 – Evening meeting at WESSA, - Illustrated talk by Dr Mark Brown on ‘Climate change: it’s for the birds (NOT!)’
Wed. 27 – Outing to Weenen Game Reserve between Estcourt and Weenen. There is an entrance fee of R30pp and R20 per vehicle unless you have a Wild or Rhino Card. Meet at Umgeni Valley to arrange transport at 07h30. Venues sometimes change owing to weather etc. so please phone the leader first. Leader - Eve Hughes 033 330 2723
July
July is Winter Recess for both evening meetings!
Sun. 1 – Morning outing to Darvill at 07h30. Leader - Gordon Bennett 033 386 5555
Sun. 8 – Morning outing to Queen Elizabeth Park at 07h30. Leader - Mike Spain 033 347 2797
Sun. 15 – Outing to Beachwood Mangrove Park in Durban where we may see the Mangrove Kingfisher. There is a booking fee of R250 and the cost will be shared between all the visitors. The leader must be contacted before in
order to arrange the meeting time and to get directions. Bring tea and lunch because there may be visits to other sites. Leader - Colin Summersgill 033 818 9013 or 083 782 5113
Wed. 25 – Outing to Kenneth Stainbank Nature Reserve in the vicinity of Durban. Meet at Umgeni Valley at 07h30 to arrange transport or at the reserve gate about 09h00. Take the N3 south and turn off towards Queensburgh (M7). Take the Bellville Road off-ramp and turn right back over the N7 and then left into Main Road/Hoofweg which becomes Sania Road. At the traffic lights at Coedmore Road turn right and drive through the Cement Factory property, then travel for 3 km and the entrance to the reserve is on the fight where we will meet. There is an entrance fee unless you have a Rhino or Wild Card. Venues sometimes change owing to weather etc. so please phone the leader first. Leader - Drummond Densham 033 330 3940