JANUARY 2026
TUESDAY – 13 JANUARY 2026 (13:00) – Note: Afternoon outing!
Midweek Outing: TOKAI PICNIC FOREST SITE
Contact: Keith Roxburgh (082 901 2611)
Take the N1 and follow signs to M3 (below UCT). Travel for about 15km along M3, then take Exit 21
to Tokai road. At traffic light turn RIGHT onto M40, Tokai Road. Drive to the traffic circle and take the
second Exit, keeping on Tokai Road. Tokai Forest Braai and Picnic Area is on the RIGHT 800m after
the traffic Circle. Bring drinks,snacks and picnic basket, for lunchtime picnic – after which we go on
our walk. Carry water please. Cost R44-00 each – show ID’s.
THURSDAY – 22 JANUARY 2026 (19:30)
Speaker: OTTO SCHMIDT
Topic: “11 DAYS, 3 CAPE PROVINCES, 4 VENUES & EXCELLENT BIRDS!”
Contact at Hall: Judy Kotze (083 254 0919) – to pay Subs or buy Calendars.
At the end of October 2025, Otto and Sandy joined a 3 day birding course run by Birdlife SA at New
Holme Guest Farm outside Hanover in the Northern Cape. They extended their trip with a break at
Beaufort West ahead of the course, and stays at the Mountain Zebra National Park near Cradock and
Red Stone Hills Guest Farm near Calitzdorp afterwards. Four very different venues, all very enjoyable
with some excellent birds on offer. Not to be missed!
SATURDAY – 24 JANUARY 2026 (07:00)
Outing: West Coast National Park
Leader: Brigid Crewe (082 5700 808) and others.
From Melkbosstrand travel along the R27 West Coast Road. 10km past the Yzerfontein turnoff, is the
entrance to West Coast Park. Entrance fee R82-00 or use Wild Cards. Please see TBC e-mails closer
to the time – to arrange where we all meet. Either at Geelbek or Seeberg hide. Please use toilets at
gate. Card payments only. Get to the Main Gate by 6h45, as the park is popular in the summer
months. Full day birding, so remember drinks, hat and a picnic basket. Cellphone coverage is erratic
in the Park, so take note where we will all meet.
SATURDAY – 31 JANUARY 2025 (07:00)
CAR – ROADSIDE BIRD COUNTS
Blue cranes and Roadside birds are counted, in teams of 5.
We count fixed routes in the Swartland. Contact Brigid (082 5700 808), if you would like to join a
team.
Dates to Diarise:
07-02-26 – CWAC Count – Bot River
10-02-26 – Midweek Outing
19-02-26 – TBC monthly meeting
21-02-26 – Saturday Outing
13-02-26 – Camp to Kuifkop, Velddrif.