Posted on the 18th December 2019
BIRDLIFE OVERBERG’S CLEANMARINE PROJECT 2: REPORT ON THE QUARTERLY CO-ORDINATED WATERBIRD COUNTS (CWACs) ALONG THE OVERSTRAND ESTUARIES (2019)
This project is one of six campaigns forming p... Read more
Posted on the 16th December 2019
Marine litter affects a variety of marine animals, notably turtles, coastal birds and whales. Fishing line and other fishery-related products pose a major problem as marine creatures may become ent... Read more
Posted on the 16th December 2019
The African Black Oystercatcher (Swarttobie) and White-fronted Plover (Vaalstrandkiewiet) are the two beach breeding birds that occur along the Overstrand coastline. The future of both of these spe... Read more
Posted on the 11th December 2019
The Chairperson of the Hermanus Ratepayers Association requested me to comment on this application on Thursday afternoon 5 December with the note that the closing date for comments is Tuesday 10 De... Read more
Posted on the 7th November 2019
(This report originally appeared in the November 2019 edition of “BATIS”, the quarterly newsletter of the Somerset West Bird Club – Ed.)
A glorious winters’ day dawned on ... Read more
Posted on the 5th November 2019
CAPE WHALE COAST BIRD STRANDING NETWORK
Details of the Overstrand bird stranding network have just been released – save the number below on your phone and report all oiled or injured peng... Read more
Posted on the 30th September 2019
We have recently developed a PowerPoint presentation to give feedback on progress with the CleanMarine campaign. Herewith the bullet points as it stood at the end of September 2019. Illustrative im... Read more
Posted on the 4th September 2019
The BirdLife Overberg coastal cleanup team once again worked the eastern shoreline of the Hoek van de Berg Nature Reserve on Saturday 31 August. They started from Brekvisbaai in Vermont and worked ... Read more
Posted on the 24th August 2019
PROGRESS WITH THE BIRDLIFE OVERBERG CLEANMARINE CAMPAIGN ON THE CONSERVATION OF OUR COASTLINE AND ESTUARIES: REPORT FOR AUGUST 2019
BACKGROUND
This report needs to be read against the backgrou... Read more
Posted on the 23rd August 2019
PROJECT 2: MONTHLY COASTAL CLEANUPS
# Monthly coastal cleanups have been undertaken during most months since October 2017 and previously between 2006 and 2008. Reports on these monthly cleanups a... Read more
Posted on the 22nd August 2019
PROJECT 3: ERECTING FISHING LINE BINS ALONG THE OVERSTRAND COASTLINE
The last ten fishing line bins will be set up at previously identified spots along the Hermanus cliff path and at Sandbaai soo... Read more
Posted on the 21st August 2019
PROJECT 6: ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS
A variety of environmental education campaigns are ongoing.
# The BirdLife South Africa bird of the year posters and educational resou... Read more
Posted on the 21st August 2019
PROJECT 4: CIGARETTE BUTT BINS ALONG THE OVERSTRAND COASTLINE
The setting up of cigarette butt bins along our coastline is under investigation and consultations in this regard were previously und... Read more
Posted on the 21st August 2019
PROJECT 5: REGULAR CO-ORDINATED WATERBIRD COUNTS (CWACs) ALONG THE OVERSTRAND ESTUARIES
Comprehensive CWAC counts along the Cape Whale Coast estuaries were finally undertaken during July 2019 and... Read more
Posted on the 4th August 2019
The BirdLife South Africa 2019 Bird of the Year is the Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius. BirdLife South Africa has used this campaign to highlight the conservation of these charismatic birds ... Read more
