This is my first post since the new year, so happy new year everybody. I hope that you get out there and do lots of birding! My year has started with a car that keeps failing me and leaving me unable to bird as much as I’d want. Though thankfully I’ve had some help in […]
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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 that I should make at least one post to end of the year. This year has been far from great, on almost all […]
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 9th, but the weather was forecast to be clearer on the Sunday, so we opted for the Sunday instead. Mike Golby, Cathryn’s father […]
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 I am a bit fussy and don’t enjoy heading out in cold winds and rain, but none the less it’s almost October and […]
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, and having woken up with a sore ankle, I was weighing whether I should go or not. At 7:40 I contacted Rose Mills […]