UPCOMING OUTING: Shongweni Dam & Game Reserve

Dear Members

Sunday 11 March at 07:00 BirdLife Trogons will visit Shongweni Dam and Game Reserve.  Bring chairs, breakfast and something to braai for lunch.  All Welcome. There is a R30 charge for pensioners and R40 for adults.  There is also a R20pp charge for non-members of BirdLife Trogons.  This is a new venue for the club.  From water to forest, cliff to grassland, thornveld and even palmveld, Shongweni Dam and Game Reserve varied range of habitats means it attracts more than 260 different bird species. Your patience could be rewarded by the elusive Narina trogon and bat-hawk. Scan the cliffs carefully for the masters of the skies - nesting black storks, martial, crowned and black eagle. Take a canoe onto the dam to glide past spurwing geese and glimpse white-backed night heron.

Outings may be cancelled due to weather, check www.birdlifetrogons.blogspot.com or phone Hazel on 072 355 8837.  (Please note we cannot respond to text messages or "call me" requests.)

PLEASE LET HAZEL KNOW IF YOU WILL ATTENDING THE OUTING.

Directions:  Shongweni Dam and Game Reserve is situated between GPS coordinates: 29º51′S and 30º43′ E.

• Follow the N3 through the Marianhill toll plaza, then take the Shongweni/Assagay offramp (exit 32)
• At the top of the offramp, turn left and drive for about 1km
• Turn left and proceed past Denny Mushrooms offices on your left for 600m
• Turn right and drive for 6km driving through the sugarcane fields, pass through the village, until you reach the entrance gates.

Look forward to seeing you there!
Hazel van Rooyen  
Secretary 
BirdLife Trogons Bird Club