Neil Gray's birds and other wildlife
Atlasville, 20 Jun 2005 Following on from the success of the birding weekend undertaken by me and fellow members of the East Rand branch of the Witwatersrand Bird Club to the Underberg district of KwaZulu-Natal in November last year, another trip was organised. We have just returned from 5 nights in the far northern part …
Atlasville, 08 Jun 2005 Just spent 3 nights at the Mount Sheba Cottages near Pilgrim’s Rest in Mpumalanga, our second visit, having spent the same weekend here one year ago. Mount Sheba has some excellent walks through indigenous rainforest, which boasts some birds which are locally common but scarce elsewhere. I was fortunate enough on …
Atlasville, 08 Mar 2005 After a few days at home it was off with my sons again, this time for 3 nights at Ngwenya Lodge where we have timeshare. Ngwenya is on the banks of the Crocodile River near to Komatipoort in Mpumalanga and the border with Mozambique, only a 12 km drive from the …
Atlasville, 21 Jan 2005 Just back this evening from a week away. This is the 6th consecutive year that my wife and I have taken up our January timeshare week at Ngwenya Lodge, near Komatipoort in Mpumalanga. Our chalet commands a great view across the Crocodile River into the Kruger National Park on the far …
Atlasville, 29 Nov 2004 Just back from a long weekend away with fellow members of the East Rand branch of the Witwatersrand Bird Club to the Underberg district of KwaZulu-Natal where we were hosted by local birder Robin Guy, like me a geologist who had spent time on the Zambian Copperbelt. With only 2 days …
Atlasville, 17 Nov 2004 The birding grapevine was abuzz this morning with a huge mega-tick opportunity for those who could get there and see it. A first southern African and only the second all-Africa sighting of a rare vagrant (or just horribly lost) Asian Dowitcher. And where was this wader to be found? At Leeupan …
