Posted on the 21st July 2014
(This article first appeared in the July 2014 newsletter of BirdLife Plettenberg Bay and is posted with the permission of the Editor. - Ed.)
A potential new African Penguin colony on the south co... Read more
Posted on the 18th July 2014
The Endangered Wildlife Trust’s Wildlife & Energy Programme (EWT-WEP), in partnership with Eskom and Preformed Line Products, broke new ground near Kroonstad by installing the world&rsquo... Read more
Posted on the 30th June 2014
(This article first appeared in the June 2014 E-newsletter of BirdLife South Africa. - Ed.)
In a remote corner of the Western Cape, as one travels from Piketberg to Elands Bay, lies the magical v... Read more
Posted on the 30th June 2014
(This article first appeared in the June 2014 E-newsletter of BirdLife South Africa. - Ed.)
Many birds are killed each year when they collide with fences. These species are also often of conserva... Read more
Posted on the 17th June 2014
Dear Stakeholder,
After reviewing all the comment received from stakeholders, the draft De Mond PAMP was amended and can now be downloaded from the following link.
http://www.capenature.c... Read more
Posted on the 10th June 2014
Western Cape Regional Conservation Programme:
Western Cape Birding Forum Update
Regional Conservation and IBA Programme Progress Report
The Western Cape Regional Conservation Programme has ex... Read more
Posted on the 9th June 2014
Dear all,
I am sure you all know that the 2014 Black Eagle breeding season is upon us.
Our first chick of the season has been confirmed hatched; it is the Botrivier pair, that has as before, pi... Read more
Posted on the 27th May 2014
Swift Terns are one of the few locally-breeding seabirds whose numbers are increasing. To help understand the main factors driving the positive trend of this species, a team of researchers from the... Read more
Posted on the 26th May 2014
(This article first appeared in the BirdLife South Africa E-newsletter in May 2014. - Ed.)
In April, three young conservationists headed to the Netherlands to receive the Future for Nature Award ... Read more
Posted on the 26th May 2014
(This article first appeared in the BirdLife South Africa E-newsletter in May 2014. - Ed.)
The Bitou Local Conservation Group (LCG) was the first LCG formed by BirdLife South Africa following a f... Read more
Posted on the 26th May 2014
(This article first appeared in the BirdLife South Africa E-newsletter in May 2014. - Ed.)
Conservation success stories are hard to find. Rarely are they the result of simple, elegant solutions t... Read more
Posted on the 26th April 2014
(This report originally appeared in the APRIL 2014 edition of BIRDLIFE PLETTENBERG BAY'S newsletter. -Ed.)
Nature’s Valley Trust celebrates one year of our Tsitsikamma Fynbos Research p... Read more
Posted on the 17th April 2014
Fences – a friend or foe of birds? You can help us answer this!
Birds are killed each year when they collide with fences. Often these species are also of conservation concern, for example t... Read more
Posted on the 3rd April 2014
Black Harriers migrate east in summer
(Thanks to Rob Simmons for forwarding this material. - Ed.)
Now that the breeding season is well and truly over and all of our tagged birds have decided... Read more
Posted on the 2nd March 2014
BirdLife South Africa’s Verlorenvlei Protected Areas Project gets underway
Cape Town, 2 March 2014:
Verlorenvlei estuary and its water catchment area, which are major conservation pr... Read more
