JANUARY 2025
WEDNESDAY – 08 January 2025 (14:30) – NOTE – AFTERNOON OUTING.
Midweek Outing: Tokai Picnic Site and Forest Walk
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 late afternoon picnic. Carry water please.
Cost R42-00 each – show ID’s.
THURSDAY – 16 January 2025 (19:30)
Monthly Meeting – Tygerberg Nature Reserve
Speaker: Gerald Wingate
Topic: “Three Arid Game Reserves in the Northern Cape”
Deona and Gerald travelled to the Northern Cape to visit Mokala, Witsand (Brulsand) and Augrabies
National Parks during October 2024 – to experience these remote arid-area Game Reserves. Dry
areas of our country have their own special beauty. Come and join us – Gerald takes lovely pictures.
SATURDAY – 18 January 2025 (07:00)
Outing: West Coast National Park
Contact: Brigid Crewe (082 5700 808)
Follow the R27 West Coast Road from Melkbosstrand, past the Yzerfontein/Darling turnoff – after
10km, reaching the Entrance to the Park. Entrance Fee is R74-00 (subject to change), or Wild Cards
are valid. We go straight to Geelbek Hide, to catch the incoming tide. 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. Hurry to Geelbek, to catch the incoming tide pushing the waders closer in to the hide.
CAR Roadside Bird Counts – 25 January 2025 (07:30)
Also called Blue crane counts – in teams of up to 4 people.
Swartland Routes are counted by our Club
Contact: Brigid Crewe (082 5700 808)
Dates to Diarise:
12 February 2025 – Midweek Outing – Majik Forest
20 February 2025 – Monthly Meeting – Gert Kotze (KZN Holiday) & Brigid (Eastern Zimbabwe)
22 February 2025 – Saturday Outing – Rondevlei NR
TBC CAMP – 14 to 16 March 2025 – Kuifkop Visvanger, Velddrif
Contact – Brigid (082 5700 808) – Payable in full by 31-1-25.