A very well attended 25th Annual General Meeting of the Hermanus Bird Club took place at the Fernkloof Hall on 15th March 2023. There were 58 members attending and 17 took the trouble to tender their apologies. Before the meeting started, members enjoyed a cheese and wine buffet and some convivial fellowship. The Chairman conducted the meeting with his usual aplomb and no time was wasted as the important reports had all been sent to the members well in advance, so Ed Meyer was able to introduce our guest speaker after a short discussion of the submissions.
Our guest speaker was the well-known birder and veteran HBC member, Mike Ford, affectionately known as “Lord of the Ringers”. He is one of only about 200 qualified bird ringers in South Africa and has travelled far and wide, ringing birds, recording photographing the results of his endeavours. Bird ringing is…
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