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Sasol/Glendower Agulhas Birding Weekend a success
Date: 2008-10-23
The Sasol/Glendower Agulhas Birding Weekend took place very successfully during the 17-19 October 2008. Forty birders took part consisting of Bird Clubs and family groups mainly from Cape Town, the Boland and Overberg regions.
Wilderness Birding Experience "The Best"
Date: 2008-10-07
The inaugural Sasol Wilderness Birding Experience finished yesterday after 5 days of concentrated bird watching in 17 venues in the Garden Route and Klein Karoo. Hosted by the local SANParks Honorary Rangers and with the help of six volunteer guides the event was voted a resounding success by visiting birdwatchers from all around the country.
Stiffnecks Latest Newsletter
Date: 2008-05-07
Please find herewith the Stiffnecks latest newsletter.
Beginner's Birding Course in Kruger National Park
Date: 2008-04-14
The West Rand Honorary Rangers are proud to present their inaugral Beginner's Birding Course in Kruger National Park in October 2008. The event will be run along similar lines to the region's very successful Kruger Birding Weekend, which is held in January each year, and sponsored by SASOL.
Support the Lowveld/KNP Large Bird Project
Date: 2008-02-26
The Endangered Wild Life Trust's 'Birds of Prey Working Group' (EWT-BoPWG) recently launched a Lowveld/Kruger National Park (KNP) Large Bird Project. To support this project, the group are looking at working with SANParks to provide training to Field Rangers on the identification and monitoring of some of the key large bird species in the Kruger National Park.
First Stiffnecks Newsletter of 2008
Date: 2008-02-26
The year has started off on several good notes, the first being the West Rand Honorary Ranger’s annual birding weekend, which a Stiffnecks team participated in and thoroughly enjoyed!
SANParks, EWT and Stiffnecks Go Big on Birding
Date: 2008-01-24
Have you seen an African Fish Eagle on a recent visit to Kruger National Park (KNP)? A Bataleur? A Pallid Harrier? If you see these big birds, or a number of others on your next foray into the park, we’d like you to tell us about your sighting! Not sure what they look like? Not to worry - you'll soon find posters dotted around the park to help you out.
Sasol Wilderness Birding Experience
Date: 2008-01-21
A special birding event has been planned for the Southern Cape region under the auspices of the Southern Cape Honorary Rangers and the generous support of SASOL and Glendower.
The Pelican Challenge on the West Coast
Date: 2008-01-11
The near-threatened Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) is arguably the largest fish-eating seabird endemic to the South African West Coast. It can be recognised in flight by its huge wingspan, S-shaped neck, long beak, its penchant for soaring in thermals and for flying in formation. Some call it the Jumbo Jet of the birds.
Angels on an Avian Mission
Date: 2007-12-05
What do you get when you send a bunch of women on a mission to find a Pel’s Fishing owl, armed with CyberTracker equipment and a mandate to raise funds for SANParks? You get Angels on an Avian Mission of course, the name given to a fund and awareness raising expedition made up of six SANParks staff and forum members who recently returned from Kruger National Park after successfully finding the Pel’s Fishing Owl (of course), as well as achieving a number of other serious and not so serious objectives.
Birding the SANParks' Routes' with Birdlife SA
Date: 2007-10-09
South Africa’s National Parks form key locations in Birdlife SA’s Birding Route Network. Birding Routes are a way of linking birding locations for birding travellers to enable them to either maximise a continuous journey by visiting several proximate locations on a single trip, or to explore regions more thoroughly by sampling different locations on separate trips.
Sleep in the Knysna Forest!
Date: 2007-10-09
SANParks has recently launched Forest Timber Camping Decks in the heart of Knysna Forest. Set in a landscape of beautiful beaches and rocky headlands, shimmering lakes, green pastures and jagged mountains, the Knysna Forest Camping Decks affords the visitor an opportunity to feel at one with nature.
Stiffnecks Newsletter: Volume1, No 4, August/Sept 2007
Date: 2007-10-04
A recent debate in the birding forums on the SANParks website got me thinking; the debate revolved around the seemingly intense competitiveness among twitchers and how it intimidated the beginner birders. There is no denying that a healthy competitive streak runs through many a twitcher, this most likely adds to the attraction of birding for this enthusiastic group...
Stiffnecks Newsletter: Volume1, No 3, July 2007
Date: 2007-08-10
The latest edition of the Stiffnecks Bird Club Newsletter has been published. The bird club is an extension of the SANParks Birding forum. The newsletters are fun and informative and we hope that you'll enjoy them...
Draft Report On The Pel’s Fishing Owl
Date: 2007-07-31
A ground-based survey of Pel’s Fishing Owl along the Olifants River in the Kruger National Park was conducted from the 24th-27th of June 2007 by two teams of observers from SAN-Parks, Moholoholo Rehabilitation Centre, staff and volunteers from EWT-BoPWG.
Recent Sightings: Birding Update, 2007
Date: 2007-07-30
Please find herewith an update of sightings in various SANParks for 2007, from some of our dedicated birders. The sightings are listed chronologically.
Recent Sightings: Birding Update KNP, 2007
Date: 2007-07-30
Please find herewith an update on sightings in the KNP for 2007, from some of our dedicated birders. The sightings are listed chronologically.
Implementing Patagial Tagging on Vultures in Southern Africa
Date: 2007-07-26
Bird ringing has been used in southern Africa for almost 60 years as a cost-effective method to study many aspects of the biology of a wide range of species, including raptors. The first birds to be ringed in South Africa were a group of 31 Cape Vulture (Gyps coprotheres) nestlings at the Kranzberg colony in Limpopo in 1948.
Shingwedzi and Croc Bridge: Big Bird Day 2007
Date: 2007-04-26
These brief accounts were compiled by Snowy Botha and Rihann F. Geyser.
Punda Maria Report: Big Bird Day 2007
Date: 2007-04-26
This report on the Punda Maria section of Big Bird Day 2007 was compiled by Peter Baart.
Berg-en-Dal REport: Big Bird Day 2007
Date: 2007-04-26
This report on the Big Birding Day 2007 for Berg en Dal was compiled by Chris Patton.
Sirheni Report: Big Bird Day 2007
Date: 2007-04-26
Sirheni Update: I was a guide for 4 days at Serheni and herewith an account of the experience.
‘Honorary Rangers’ Birding Events:
Date: 2007-04-26
Birding is a very popular extension of many visitors purpose in visiting National Parks.The Honorary Rangers have turned the bird spotting activity into annual focused events where members of the public gather in parks and in teams try and record as many different species in the park in a 24hour period or over a set weekend.
Abrahamskraal Cottage - New Accommodation at West Coast National Park
Date: 2007-04-12
West Coast National Park has a new self catering cottage, situated near the Abrahamskraal waterhole.
SASOL Birds and Birding Fair 4-6 May
Date: 2007-04-03
Few people are aware that Birdwatching is the fastest growing outdoor pastime in the world – second only to gardening. In an effort to introduce this delightful activity to everyone, BirdLife South Africa, Sasol, Africa Birds & Birding magazine and the Johannesburg Zoo have collaborated to mount the Sasol Birds & Birding Fair – with the theme “Start Birding”, to be held at the Zoo on the weekend of 4 to 6th May 2007.
Birding Weekend: Karoo National Park
Date: 2007-03-27
The Honorary Rangers of the Karoo will be hosting a birding weekend in 11 - 13 May 2007.
Addo Birding Bonanza
Date: 2007-03-27
The honorary rangers of the Greater Addo Elephant National Park present an exciting birding experience from 26 - 28 October when we hold our Addo Birding Bonanza...
Ken Newman Obituary
Date: 2006-10-24
The South African Birding community were saddened to hear of the death of Ken Newman and extend their sympathy to his family...
Birdlife SA Opposes La Mercy Airport Development
Date: 2006-10-13
Of late there has been a lot of discussion around this development, particularly between the members of BirdLife South Africa through various forums. The discussions revolved around some fundamental objections to the development of the international airport on the current La Mercy light aircraft site with particular reference to avifauna.
KNP 2007 Big Birding Weekend
Date: 2006-09-06
It's time to secure your booking for next years KNP Birding Weekend. The event is expected to attract up to 650 participants and mobilize an estimated 2000 people as birders converge on Kruger for the annual event...
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