Posted on the 12th September 2021
On Saturday BirdLife Overberg’s first official morning outing for a while took us along the ‘Helderstroom prison road’ along the Sonderend River to Greyton. Unfortunately only fou... Read more »
Posted on the 29th August 2021
Last week, Lee and I took our first break away since the start of the pandemic and headed out to the Swellendam area, staying at Marloth Nature Reserve.
This was our first visit to the reserve ... Read more »
Posted on the 9th June 2021
Report on our visit to the southern sections of the Kruger National Park – 14 to 28 May 2021
(Report and images by Theanette Staal)
A visit to the Kruger National Park is always a tre... Read more »
Posted on the 16th May 2021
Members of BirdLife Overberg received an invitation to visit the Galloway Guest House in Klaasvoogds West outside Robertson to explore birding opportunities in the region. Nine of us stayed in the ... Read more »
Posted on the 1st April 2021
(This article by club member MC Botha was first published in BY, the supplement to BEELD and BURGER on Saturday 27 March 2021 – Ed.)
Die buitengewoon goeie reëns in die Kalahari het... Read more »
Posted on the 15th November 2020
On Saturday 14 November 2020 members of BirdLife Overberg had a trip out to Napier to sample the birds that the gravel roads and recently harvested fields had to offer.
This type of trip diffe... Read more »
Posted on the 9th November 2020
(Pieter and Janelle Verster spent some time over a period of five days atlassing around the Botriviervlei. In the limited time available they were able to record 151 species once again illustrating... Read more »
Posted on the 24th October 2020
REPORT ON OVERBERG BIRDING – ONE DAY OF CWAC COUNTS AT THE DE HOOP NATURE RESERVE
Representatives of CapeNature requested BirdLife Overberg members to undertake regular quarterly CWACs (C... Read more »
Posted on the 10th October 2020
Birding at Witsand and Malgas
Report and images by Carl Swart
I needed a break from the daily routine in Kleinmond. So we, my wife and daughter – now a budding birder, and I decided t... Read more »
Posted on the 10th August 2020
BirdLife Overberg’s first official Covid-19 lockdown morning outing on Saturday morning took us along the Swartrivier road and the road along the Sonderend River to Greyton. Members from Klei... Read more »
Posted on the 1st July 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdown imposed on us by the government has had a major impact on all of our lives. BirdLife Overberg activities were swept off the table resulting in the c... Read more »
Posted on the 13th June 2020
Members and friends of BirdLife Overberg continued with regular bird counts in many areas of the Overberg during the month of June. This included the bi-weekly Saturday and Sunday bird count on the... Read more »
Posted on the 10th May 2020
Members of BirdLife Overberg and friends participated in the Global Big Bird Day count co-ordinated by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology on Saturday 9 May 2020. This was completely different to effort... Read more »
Posted on the 28th April 2020
BIRDLIFE OVERBERG LOCKDOWN BLUES – A MONTH OF GARDEN BIRDING
The spread of Covid-19 and the resulting lockdown imposed on us by the government has had a major impact on all of our lives. B... Read more »
Posted on the 23rd February 2020
BirdLife Overberg’s annual morning outing to Rooiels and the Harold Porter Botanical Garden was postponed in January due to gale force winds and yesterday was not much better. Twenty-four clu... Read more »
