Burman Bush

Burman Bush is a nature reserve in Morningside, Durban, situated some 8 km north of the CBD.

At about 50 hectares[1] it constitutes a small circular enclave of coastal forest which forms part of the Durban Municipal Open Space System (D'MOSS).

[5] It includes tambourine doves, green wood hoopoes, fork-tailed and common square-tailed drongos, spotted ground thrushes (in winter), red-capped robin-chats, yellow-bellied greenbuls, yellow-breasted apalises, ashy and paradise flycatchers, grey sunbirds and southern tchagras.

Members of the South African Police Services including the local K9 unit have been given access keys to make random patrols on the roads in the reserve and have made an arrest in August 2018 as a result of increased Police activity in the area.

[2] On the afternoon of 31 August 2018 Simon Milliken, former Principal Double Bassist for the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra, was stabbed while birdwatching with Perry So in the reserve.