November 2024 – Chile & Patagonia

November 2024 – Chile & Patagonia

Rose Mills, a club member and past Committee member, enthralled us with her talk on a visit to Chile in September 2024. I am sure I am not the only one who felt like jumping on a plane there as soon as possible, despite it being a 30-hour trip (although apparently...
October 2024 – Birds of New Zealand

October 2024 – Birds of New Zealand

3rd October 2024 Aotearoa is better known to us as New Zealand and John Magner having married a ‘Kiwi’ has visited the country many times. His talk this month focussed on the South Island which most of us would recognise on a map; what was more surprising was to hear...
September 2024 – Birds of Kenya

September 2024 – Birds of Kenya

At our September meeting we welcomed club member Nick Liebenberg whose talk was titled ’The Flying Bassetts’. We were intrigued as to the meaning of the name, and were picturing arial canines; it turned out to be the name of the group Nick travels with. He describes...
August 2024: African Penguins at De Hoop

August 2024: African Penguins at De Hoop

As the African penguin species inches towards extinction, BirdLife South Africa, CapeNature and SANCCOB have been working to re-establish this land-based penguin colony in the De Hoop Nature Reserve. Among the leading causes behind the decline of African penguins have...