UPCOMING OUTING: Umbogavango/Vumbuka (AECI), Amanzimtoti

Dear Members & Friends

Sunday 13 October at 06:30am BirdLife Trogons will visit Umbogavango/Vumbuka (AECI), Amanzimtoti.  Bring chairs, breakfast and something to braai for lunch.  All welcome.  There is a R20pp charge for non-members of BirdLife Trogons.  Outings may be cancelled due to weather, if in doubt please phone Hazel van Rooyen (072 355 8837) before setting off.  Please let Hazel know if you will be attending the outing.

Take Moss Kolnik Drive (M37) off-ramp from the N2 and keep left.  Turn 2^nd right into Southgate Business Park and meet in lay-by on left just before the security gate. 

Set GPS to DD MM SS.s = S30 01 51.8  E30 53 40.9

Hope to see you there!

Hazel van Rooyen

Secretary

BirdLife Trogons Bird Club

  

Outing report- 11th November 2012 Umbogavango Nature Reserve

Picnic area at Vumbuka Nature Reserve
(Photo Andy Ruffle)

Attendees:- Stan & Val Culley, Mike Fagan, Stanley Gengan, Eric Kok, John Powell, Andy Ruffle, Bob & Hazel van Rooyen, Ron Whitham. (10 attendees)

Once again Umbogavango Nature Reserve provided an excellent morning's birding.
Both Orange-breasted Bush-shrike and Red-billed Firefinch were added to our records for the reserve list.
Inside information from local birder Barry Swaddle, enabled us to explore a new area in the complex named the Vumbuka Nature Reserve.