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Zandvlei Hack.

Zandvlei Estuary Nature Reserve cor Derwent Cresent and Coniston Avemue, Steenberg, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

The Cape Bird Club members have been helping the City of Cape Town by clearing invasive alien vegetation since 1974, when Alan Morris started this activity in the Wildwood Bird Sanctuary, now the Zandvlei Nature Reserve. Come and help our core group, clear seedlings, saplings and cut down trees too. Small school groups or individuals who need to do their social responsibility projects are welcome too. See this link for more of what we do.

OUTING – Wolfgat Nature Reserve Leader: Jerome September.

Wolfgat Nature Reserve Baden Powell Drive, Mitchells Plain, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Meet at 08h00. We will meet at the Wolfgat Multi-Purpose Environmental Education Centre and do a walk through the reserve. We should see the European Bee Eaters which nest here annually. The Centre’s address is 5 Pyrenees Road, Tafelsig, Mitchells Plain, 7785. There is secure parking available. Directions: From N2, take Exit 25, turn right onto Mew Way (M44) towards Khayelitsha. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Spine Road. Turn left onto Paulsberg Street, then left onto Sandrivier Street, then right onto Pyrenees Street. Alternatively, from the Kenilworth Centre, follow Race Course Road (M24) onto Turfhall Road. Turn … Continued

Edith Stephens Nature Reserve Monthly Count.

Edith Stephens Nature Reserve Govan Mbeki Road, Philippi, Cape Town, Western Province, South Africa

Meet at 08h30 at the Reserve gates in Govan Mbeki Road.

Free

OUTING – Witzands Aquifer Conservation Area and Silverstroomstrand Leaders: Daryl de Beer and Elzette Krynauw.

Witzands Aquifer Conservation Area Atlantis Dunes, Dassenberg Drive (R307), Atlantis, Cape Town, Western Province, South Africa

Meet at 08h30. The Witzands Area includes the Atlantis Dunefields and the Silwerstroomstrand Conservation Area, and protects not only the Atlantis Aquifer, the main water supply for Atlantis, Mamre and Pella, but also more than 163 plant species. Cape Flats Dune Strandveld and Atlantis Sand Fynbos are the two main vegetation types. More than 50 species of water birds roost, breed, and feed in the many wetlands, and lizards, amphibians, and mammals such as steenbok, Cape grysbok, grey mongoose, Cape mole rat and caracal have all been recorded here. The globally threatened Black Harrier is being successfully conserved in both … Continued

Free

Paarl Bird Sanctuary CWAC and Monthly Count.

Paarl Bird Sanctuary Drommedaris Road, Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa

PBS will be open 09h00-11h00. No access after 11h00.   cbc count paarl 04 john fincham sept 2016 large

Free

Edith Stephens Nature Reserve Monthly Count.

Edith Stephens Nature Reserve Govan Mbeki Road, Philippi, Cape Town, Western Province, South Africa

Meet at 08h30 at the Reserve gates in Govan Mbeki Road.

Free

OUTING – Rondevlei Nature Reserve Leader: Merle Chalton

Rondevlei Nature Reserve Perth Rd & Fishermens Walk, Zeekoei Vlei, Cape Town, South Africa

Meet at 08h00. These regular monthly outings are for all Rondevlei enthusiasts and beginners are especially welcome. Duration 2 1⁄2 hours, but you can stay as long as you like. Bring a warm anorak even if it is a hot day as it can get cold in the hides. Entrance is free. Entrance is free, but remember to bring your ID, driver’s licence, or passport in order to obtain an entry permit at the gate.

Kirstenbosch BIRP Count.

Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden Rhodes Drive, Newlands, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

OUTING – Soetwater Environmental Education Centre Leader: Gigi Laidler

Soetwater Environmental Education Centre Lighthouse Rd, Cape Peninsula,, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Meet at 09h00.   Soetwater is a protected natural coastal region. The rocky shores, vegetated dune system, fynbos, and mountain slopes provide a paradise for coastal birds, including cormorants, plovers, oystercatchers, and whimbrels, as well as terrestrial birds such as robins, francolins, weavers, kites and buzzards. At the Environmental Education Centre we shall meet Lappies Labuschagne who will introduce us to what we can expect to find at the reserve. Bring along your refreshments. Directions: Follow Kommetjie Road to the Slangkop Road turnoff, (just past Ocean View, on the left). Turn left and follow Slangkop Road to the stop street. … Continued