Trip Report Enkeldoorn 28 & 29 April 2017
The farm Enkeldoorn is situated approximately 80 km north-east of Pretoria. Myself (Ben Fouche) and John Baker visited Enkeldoorn on Friday 28 April and Saturday 29 April 2016 to gather data for the Southern African Bird Atlas Project 2 (SABAP2) sabap2.adu.org.za. Another reason for the trip was to establish if it would be viable to …
Birding outing to Kloppersbos Trip Report – 11 June 2016
Kloppersbos is situated approximately 40km north-east of Pretoria. Ben Fouche, Rihann Geyser, Tiaan Muller and Theuns Botha visited Klopperbos on Saturday 11 June 2016 to gather data for the Southern African Bird Atlas Project 2 (SABAP2) sabap2.adu.org.za. The trip covered the pentad 2525_2800 and included nocturnal observation. We thank the Kloppersbos community/farm owners for their …
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Birding outing to Luiperdskloof Trip Report – 21 May 2016
Luiperdskloof Game Lodge is situated south of Rhenosterpoort Private Game Reserve, south of Ezemvelo Nature Reserve on the Gauteng / Mpumalanga border ENE (East-north-east) of Bronkhorstspruit. The vegetation contains both mountain grassland habitat partly represented by the Rand Highveld Grassland within a mountain landscape and mountain woodland represented by the Loskop Mountain Bushveld vegetation types …
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Mabalingwe March 2016
Below is a list of the birds found at the Mabalingwe visit during the weekend of 4 to 6 March 2016. A full protocol card was submitted to SABAP2 – The South African Bird Atlas Project. The highlight of the weekend was an African Crake (Uncommon Intra-African breeding migrant). Other specials were African Pygmy Kingfisher …
Pafuri – The Makuleke Contractual Park
The Makuleke Contractual Park forms the nothern border of the Kruger National Park. Trip Report & Images by: Ben Fouche I was blessed to visit the Makuleke Contractual Park from 12 to 16 February 2015 with Theuns Botha and Hubert Kingston. Theuns is a keen birder with approximately 600 birds on his personal bird list …
