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1 Time: Outing / Event: Guide / Speaker: Interest Links/Info Wednesday 25 February 6:45 Full Day Cost: FREE (booking essential) Self cater for the day Ref: 01 Outing to De Mond Nature Reserve via Elim / Voëlvlei and Napier Sewage works Guided Blue Crane, Denham s Bustard, Agulhas Long-billed Lark, Cape Clapper Lark,Black Harrier, African Snipe, South African Shelduck, American/Pacific Golden Plover, Terek Sandpiper, Greater/Lesser Sand Plover and other waders 6:45 meet at Stanford Village Green. Consolidate cars Costs: Fuel contribution Wild Cards or R40 entry into De Mond Nature Reserve Ref: 02 African Fish Eagle, African Black Duck, Cape Shoveler, Little Bittern, African Swamphen, African Marsh Harrier, Swee Waxbill. 6:30 9:30 Ref: 03 Marine Dynamics Dyer Island Cruise departs from Kleinbaai harbour (Subject to favourable weather conditions) Meet at The Great White House in Kleinbaai This two and half hour boat trip to Dyer Island provides the opportunity to see sharks, seals, penguins and a host of seabirds including Albatrosses, Petrels, Terns, Gulls and many more. Ref: 04 Evening Many specials are being offered by Stanford s wonderful local restaurants

2 Thursday 26 February 7:00 - Full day Cost: Free (booking essential) Ref: 05 Self cater for the day Ref: 06 16:00 18:30 (Fully Booked) Ref: 07 Evening Outing to Rooi Els, Stony Point, Harold Porter Botanical Gardens and Rooisand Nature Reserve Carin Malan 6:45 meet at Stanford Village Green. 7:30 Onrust Trading Post. 8:30 Rooi Els. Consolidate cars - Cost: Fuel contribution Entrance to Harold Porter R18/ +60 R10 Wild Cards or R40 entry into Rooisand Nature Reserve Cape Rockjumper, Ground Woodpecker, Cape Siskin, Cape Grassbird, Cape Sugarbird, Cape Rock-Thrush, Cape Cormorant, Bank Cormorant, Crowned Cormorant, Victorin s Warbler, Swee Waxbill, Cape Spurfowl, Hottentot Buttonquail, Cloud Cisticola, Cape Clapper Lark, Agulhas Long-billed Lark, various waders and Western Osprey. Official opening of the Walker Bay Bird Fair and the APSS, (African Penguin and Seabird Sanctuary) in Kleinbaai. Special Celebrity Dinner at Grootbos (Fully booked)

3 Friday 27 February 6:30-9:30 Ref: 08 Marine Dynamics Dyer Island Cruise departs from Kleinbaai harbour (Subject to favourable weather conditions) Guided Meet at The Great White House in Kleinbaai Ref: 09 King street 10:00 Exhibition Centre official opening by VIP guest, Tim Appleton MBE Tim Appleton Village Green 10: Vernon Head, Chairman of BirdLife South Africa on his Ethiopian birding adventure. Vernon Head & Mel Tripp 11:30 12:15 Woodpeckers of the World Duncan Butchart 12:30 13:15 Botanist Sean Privett on the wonderful symbiotic relationship between insects, animals and birds within the fynbos environment Sean Privett 13:15 14:00 Break for lunch 14:00 16:00 Cost: R75.00 Ref: 10 Photographic workshop on the fine art of bird photography by the award-winning photographer Albert Froneman Albert Froneman Municipal Board Room 14:00-14:45 Preserving the highly threatened renosterveld and all the species therein Dr Odette Curtis 15:00 16:00 Mark Anderson, CEO of BirdLife South Africa on Giving Conservation Wings Mark Anderson Stretton s/zeiss sponsored photographic competition prize-giving function followed by Mini Auction Ref: 11 18:00 20:00 Sunset Market on the Village Green

4 Saturday 28 February 6:30 9:30 Ref: 12 7:00-8:00 Ref: 13 Marine Dynamics Dyer Island Cruise departs from Kleinbaai harbour (subject to favourable weather conditions) Bird-ringing demonstration at Fernkloof Nature Reserve Mike Ford Meet at The Great White House in Kleinbaai Fernkloof Nature Reserve, Hermanus 10:00 Exhibition centre opens 10:00 11:00 Wetland Birding and Conservation in the UK Tim Appleton 11:00-11:45 Gough Island - How mice are killing the greatest seabird island Professor Peter Ryan 12:00 13:00 Around the World in 80 Birds Trevor Hardaker 13:00-14:00 Break for lunch 14:00-15:45 Cost: FREE Booking Essential Ref: 14 Mini Raptor ID Course Dr Anton Odendal Municipal Boardroom 14:00-15:15 Fynbos Urban Corridors Bongani Mnisi 15:30 17:00 Tim Appleton MBE, on how the British Bird Fair became the world s biggest wildlife event and Tim Appleton what it means to avian conservation Ref: 15 18:00 19:30 Cost: R25 Ref: 16 The Zeiss Bird Brain of the Year Bird Quiz. Dazzle the panel of local experts hosted by John Maytham, 567 Cape Talk, with your knowledge and enthusiasm for all things ornithological. A fun and light-hearted event with a pair of Zeiss binoculars up for grabs as first prize. Contestants stand a chance to win great 'secret challenge' prizes along the way. This is a MUST ATTEND event for all! John Maytham 12:00-17:00 Stanford Village Food, Wine and Crafts Market

5 Sunday 1 March 7:00-9:00 Ref: 17 10:30 12:00 Closing event Eagle Encounters at the Stanford Community Centre. Live raptor display Sponsored by Eagle Eyes Stanford Community Centre Bezuidenhout Street Come and visit the many sponsors and exhibitors in our Exhibition Centre From 10:00 17:00 Friday and Saturday LOOK OUT FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION: Stretton s/zeiss sponsored photographic competition. BOOKINGS: Booking essential for all reference related items All others based on first come first serve Liz Hochfelden walkerbaybirdfair@gmail.com ACCOMMODATION: WEBSITE: Click here to like us on Facebook

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