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1 GUIDED NATURE EDUCATIONAL WALKS AND GOLDMINE TOURS IN KLOOFENDAL NATURE RESERVE NOVEMBER & DECEMBER 2018 Walks are generally easy, most events are suitable for all ages Meeting place: Kloofendal Ecological Centre For day-time walks, please bring hat, sun cream & refreshments Bookings & information on events : Karin at FroK cell NOCTURNAL CREATURES Looking for nocturnal creatures such as frogs, night birds, bats, moths, nocturnal spiders in the reserve. Creatures being handled will be treated with care and respect, they will not be harmed Saturday 3rd November 17h30 19h30 Organised by the Friends of Kloofendal (FroK) Adults R70, Pensioners R60, Children, R10 per car for security guard GOLD MINE TOUR Learn about history of West Rand Gold mining, visit into the Confidence Reef & see how the stamp mills operate Adults R70, pensioners R60, children WhatsApp or SMS SEMINAR ON SCORPION STINGS AND SPIDER BITES Information and bookings on & cell Holding a red toad Sunday 4 th November 14h00 16h00 Saturday 10 th November 09h00 12h00 Rod Kruger Goldmine historian Confidence Reef Goldmine Jonathan Leeming Rock scorpion

2 BIRD SPOTTING Adults R70, Pensioners R60, Children Sunday 11 th November 08h00 10h00 FROG EVENING not confirmed yet Presentation followed by walk in wetland and around dam looking for frogs and other water creatures. Nets and sample jars are provided by FroK. Participants are shown how to treat all living creatures with care and respect Adults: R70, pensioners R60, children, security guard R10 donation per car BUTTERFLY WALK Try and catch butterflies, with nets and collection jars you will be shown how to do so without harming the butterflies look and learn about them and then release Adults R70, Pensioners R60, Children Bookings with Quicket GRASSES COURSE In the field, please bring Frits van Oudtshoorn s Grasses book, ruler for measuring length of various grass parts, magnifying glass to see more clearly ligules of the grass. Course suitable as a refresher course, also for novices to grass identification Please meet at Kloofendal Ecological Centre at 09h00? Cost: All participants R150 Saturday 24 th November 18h00 20h00 Sunday 25th November 09h00 11h00 African Monarch Saturday 1st December 09h00-12h00 Warren Schmidt Author of Curious creatures - Reptiles and Amphibians of Southern Africa Karin Spottiswoode FGASA 3 guide

3 TREE IDENTIFICATION COURSE Recommended book for course is van Wyk, B. & van Wyk, P. Field guide to trees of Southern Africa, 2013 or Struik. Please bring magnifying glass, ruler & small stool to sit on? Cost: R150 per person Saturday 8 th December 09h00 12h00 Karin Spottiswoode Karin in action FROG EVENING- not confirmed yet Presentation followed by walk in wetland and around dam looking for frogs and other water creatures. Nets and sample jars are provided by FroK. Participants are shown how to treat all living creatures with care and respect Adults: R70, pensioners R60, children, security guard R10 donation per car BIRDING A Kloofendal birding booklet is available from at a cost of R10 Adults: R70, pensioners R60, children Bookings FroK cell , WhatsApp or SMS Saturday 8 th December 18h00 20h00 Red toad common evening sighting in Kloofendal Sunday 9 th December 08h00 10h00 Black chested prinia Warren Schmidt Author of Curious creatures - Reptiles and Amphibians of Southern Africa

4 BUTTERFLIES Sunday 16 th December 09h00 11h00 Eyed pansy

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