Hightlights of 2013 – Birding and Photography
I can’t even remember when last I made a blog post, and quite frankly it’s inexcusable, as I have had many pretty good days out since my last update. However, I figured…
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A Spring Day at the West Coast National Park
On Sunday the 10th November 2013, my girlfriend, her father and myself went for a day’s outing to the West Coast National Park. Originally we had planned to head through on the…
Catching Up With Some Photographs
This is my first update in months, and I assure you it’s of no choice of my own. The weather has really limited the ability to get out in the field, granted…
Birding The Helderberg – Macassar, Vergenoegd and Paardevlei
It was once again time for the monthly Somerset West Bird Club outing, and the weather was not looking kind at first light. The forecast wasn’t great and I wasn’t expecting much,…
Birding Elgin with the Somerset West Bird Club
With winter now fully upon us, the monthly outings have moved to departure occurring at 07:30. Cathryn, who has recently become a member of the Somerset West Bird Club would be enjoying…
Winter Birding – Helderberg Area
It’s been a while since my last post, and with good reason. Winter reigned down on Cape Town recently, last weekend there was a large storm which also brought snow to many…
Birding the Swartland with the Somerset West Bird Club
This month the Somerset West Bird Club would be going to – well that depends. Originally the Batis was saying that we would be going to Hillcrest Farm, which I assume was…
Birding at Paarl Sewage Works
Rather spontaniously, on Sunday morning Cathryn and I decided that we would take the trip through to Paarl Bird Sanctuary. I knew that she still need both White Faced and Fulvous Ducks…
Twitching A Marabou Stork
If you read my previous blog entry, you would have seen that while attempting to twitch the Marabou Stork near Bredasdorp, the car I was driving managed to suffer a case of…
Grootvadersbosch – Day 4 (Road Side Birding)
This is the final part of my four part blog series documenting my vacation to Grootvadersbosch. Saturday, we woke up and lay in bed a bit – until I read some e-mails…
Grootvadersbosch – Day 3 (Rained Out)
This post is a continuation from part 1 and part 2 of birding at Grootvadersbosch. We awoke on Friday morning, the last full day at Honeywood – to a wet and miserable…
Grootvadersbosch – Day 2 (Forest Birding)
This is a continuation from my previous blog post. We woke up on the 2nd day of our holiday at around 6:30, in an attempt to head out into the Grootvadersbosch forest…