Friends of Doringkloof Spruit

🐸 Dear Friends, Friends of Doringkloof Spruit – AGM – to be held on 19 October 2024. TIME: 10:00 to 12:00. GUEST SPEAKER: Alexander from the City of Tshwane – “My life in conservation”. VENUE: Irene Environmental Depot, 13 Stopford Road, Irene Security Estate,...

Hello Friends Please see the attached poster for the bioblitz happening all over the southern hemisphere! You can participate as a citizen scientist from your garden or wherever you may be spending the weekend. It is a lot of fun to see all the posts and also have...

Hello Friends A quick reminder for those members who are not on our WhatsApp group. WHAT: Bird walks with Jared. When: Sunday 25th February @ 5pm WHERE: Meet at Glover Ave bird hide PARKING available off Glover Avenue bridge Bring your binoculars! We look forward to...

Good day Friends We had a great turnout on Saturday 11th November for the big Doringkloof clean-up on the corner of Limpopo and Botha Avenue.  As the main entrance to both Doringkloof and Lyttelton, the mess was not very welcoming. Twenty-three residents from...

Good afternoon, Friends We held our FoDS AGM last Saturday at the Irene Nature Conservation office.  Thanks to everyone who attended.  It was great that Alexander Heunis, our new nature conservation officer for this area, was able to join us. Many thanks to Mary-Ann...

🐸 Dear Friends, REMINDER: Friends of Doringkloof Spruit – AGM – to be held on 21 October 2023. Final details will be sent tomorrow. TIME: 10:00 to 12:00. GUEST SPEAKER: Mary-Anne Costello – topic to be confirmed. VENUE: Irene Environmental Depot, 13 Stopford Road,...

  A TRIBUTE TO – MARION MENGELL I was shocked and saddened when I read the message on St Martin’s Church WhatsApp group that Marion had passed away on 25th July 2023. In 2007 when the crime was getting out of hand and criminals were escaping along the Spruit,...

Thanks again so much to Hencke from 🦎Tshwane Nature Conservation 🐝 for taking the time to educate young and old in Doringkloof about the importance of snakes 🐍 in the environment, how their body’s work, diet, and most importantly what to do when you encounter a snake....

Good afternoon, Friends It came awfully close to snowing in Doringkloof this week!  Wouldn’t that have been fun! These chilly days make for great walking weather, and it has been wonderful to see so many people in the Doringkloof Spruit.  I have attached a photo of...

Good afternoon, Friends. As I draft this email it is getting darker and darker, and rain looks imminent. We have certainly had a wet May this year. Please join us for our next work party. When:  Saturday 3rd June @ 8h00-10h00 WHERE: Glover Street Bridge. Parking...

Good afternoon, Friends. We are having another fence cleaning work party this Saturday 6th May.  Where: Zambezi Bridge When: 6th May 8h00 - 10h00 What to bring: gloves and garden scissors.  Look forward to seeing you there. The fences look so great when they have been...

Good evening, Friends Autumn is showing itself in the spruit and in our gardens these days.  It is a wonderful time to enjoy a walk in nature. I have attached some recent work party collages.  The fence cleaning has been very successful, and it really makes a...

Good morning, Friends We had a lovely birding afternoon a couple of weeks ago. Thank you Jared and Charles for leading us. We ducked the rain now and then, but it was beautiful walking in the spruit, enjoying the light and the happy birds. Attached is the list of...

Hello Friends Compliments of the season to you all and may it be a prosperous one! The good rains have certainly made our veld look prosperous.  It is wonderful to see the lush grass and all the birds it brings to our spruit area. I am grateful that Nature...

We had a successful spruit clean up on Saturday 18th September. Thank you to the following people for helping: Members Lindi Norval, Astrid Bredenkamp, Margie Rutsch, and Jenny Laurens Missionaries Elders Roth and Fowers Sutherland High School – Rowan and his nine...