Posted on the 3rd February 2018
Dear Anton and Elaine
I wish you all a very prosperous 2018 and may this year bring joy and happiness whilst we observe the beauty of God's creation along our shorelines.
So much supp... Read more
Posted on the 1st February 2018
(I was guest speaker at the Somerset West Bird Club’s monthly meeting on 11 January where I reviewed progress with our conservation campaign on our coastline and estuaries. The talk was entit... Read more
Posted on the 29th January 2018
BIRDLIFE OVERBERG PROJECTS AIMED AT PROTECTING OUR COASTLINE AND ESTUARIES
BACKGROUND
Members of BirdLife Overberg decided to prioritise the spending of available funds and future fund-raising ... Read more
Posted on the 14th December 2017
Avoidance of seismic survey activities by penguins
For the very first time African Penguins (Spheniscus demersus) are shown to be strongly affected by seismic surveys exploring the seabed for p... Read more
Posted on the 30th November 2017
Tangled and drowned: new study shows that penguins are threatened by fishing nets
Researchers from across the world have collaborated to produce the first global review of penguin bycatch, publ... Read more
Posted on the 28th November 2017
Saturday’s second coastal cleanup at the Hoek van de Berg Nature Reserve was a huge success and 26 volunteers participated in the event. These included 15 children from the Zwelihle SwopShop ... Read more
Posted on the 1st November 2017
There has been wide-ranging reaction to the news that Dr Dieter Oschadleus is being retrenched and that SAFRING will in future form part of the Fitz. We post some of the recent emails on this matte... Read more
Posted on the 20th October 2017
Update on Avian Influenza in South Africa
This statement is released by BirdLife South Africa in response to the recent outbreak of avian influenza (H5N8 strain) in South Africa in 2017. ... Read more
Posted on the 19th October 2017
DRAFT INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE FERNKLOOF NATURE RESERVE, HERMANUS (MUNICIPAL NOTICE 117/2017): OBJECTION ON BEHALF OF BIRDLIFE OVERBERG AND THE WESTERN CAPE BIRDING FORUM
We agr... Read more
Posted on the 13th September 2017
BIRDLIFE OVERBERG PROJECTS AIMED AT PROTECTING OUR COASTLINE AND ESTUARIES
BACKGROUND
Members of BirdLife Overberg decided to prioritise the spending of available funds and future fund-raising ... Read more
Posted on the 11th August 2017
(Many farmers have expressed concern about the dramatic increase in numbers of Egyptian and Spur-winged Geese. This has resulted in a debate on whether they could be shot, or maybe even positioned,... Read more
Posted on the 3rd August 2017
(This is posted with permission from the Editor of “Batis”, the newsletter of the Somerset West Bird Club. – Ed.)
We hear the words “endangered” and “near th... Read more
Posted on the 2nd August 2017
LATEST NEWS FROM THE OVERBERG RENOSTERVELD CONSERVATION TRUST
ANOTHER EASEMENT SIGNED: KYKOEDIE CONSERVATION
Our first independent easement has been signed! We have been working with J... Read more
Posted on the 29th June 2017
Members will recall that we, together with other organisations, lodged an objection to this application by the Arniston Spa Hotel. We are delighted to announce that the the Department had refused t... Read more
Posted on the 9th April 2017
BIRDLIFE SOUTH AFRICA
MEDIA RELEASE
Cape Vultures killed at wind farms
Johannesburg, 6 April 2017: African’s vultures are in trouble. Most old-world vultures (vultures found in Af... Read more
