Posted on the 22nd July 2015
After a lengthy period of treatment to one of its eyes at FreeMe, a Secretarybird has been released back into the wild thanks to Lukas Marima who rescued the raptor in Soshanguve, north of Pretoria... Read more
Posted on the 29th May 2015
Harrier habitat conserved and sponsors: Renosterveld research centre opened!
(This report originally appeared in www.blackharrierspace.blogspot.com – Ed.)
The brain-child of Dr Odette ... Read more
Posted on the 18th May 2015
Norms and standards for raptor ringing, marking and tracking
Johannesburg, May 2015:
South Africa’s raptors are important environmental indicators and monitoring of, and research into s... Read more
Posted on the 4th May 2015
(This report was taken from the April Newsletter of the Wakkerstroom Bird Club – great news for our Blue Cranes. - Ed.)
A BIG change…
On the 4th May, begins a new chapter in my... Read more
Posted on the 28th April 2015
Hi All
Bio3, in partnership with the Aveiro University, has produced a book on biodiversity and wind energy, aimed at the general public. A free online version of the book is available at: ht... Read more
Posted on the 17th April 2015
Movements of a Secretarybird tracked for more than two years!
Johannesburg, 16 April 2015: Taemane, a Secretarybird tracked with a sophisticated satellite tracking device, became the first Secret... Read more
Posted on the 11th March 2015
Speculation about the possible mass poisoning of South Africa’s national bird, the Blue Crane, close to Richmond in the Northern Cape Karoo can now be put to rest. Toxicological analysis of a... Read more
Posted on the 1st February 2015
WEF ACCESS DURING OPERATIONAL PHASE MONITORING
Dear Sam,
I have studied, with dismay, the first two Operational Phase avifauna and bat monitoring progress reports from
the Dassiesklip WE... Read more
Posted on the 12th January 2015
SANCCOB's Current and Future Interventions to help the Bank Cormorant.
(This report initially appeared in the January 2015 edition of “THE KITE” (No 106), the newsletter of the Ty... Read more
Posted on the 17th November 2014
Hundreds of important sites for nature threatened with destruction
Johannesburg, 16 November 2014: More than 350 of the planet’s most important sites for nature are threatened with being lo... Read more
Posted on the 10th November 2014
PRESENTATION: An Update on Renewable Energy Developments in the Western Cape.
(Sam Ralston).
Renewable Energy has been identified as one of the main climate change mitigation interventions fo... Read more
Posted on the 2nd November 2014
MIGRATING ACROSS THE POND
(This article first appeared in the BirdLife South Africa e-newsletter of November 2014. - Ed.)
Birds do not know international boundaries. Herein lies the challenge o... Read more
Posted on the 23rd October 2014
The prestigious SAB Environmentalist of the Year Award was made to Dr Ross Wanless, from BirdLife South Africa’s Seabird Conservation Programme, at a ceremony in Johannesburg yesterday. Dr Wa... Read more
Posted on the 6th October 2014
Anton
I received a message from a European friend on bird migration and Manuals for empowering Africa’s citizens to conserve these flyways. Please see the link:
http://www.birdlife.... Read more
Posted on the 3rd October 2014
(This article originally appeared in the October 2014 edition of 'Batis', the quarterly magazine of the Somerset West Bird Club and is posted with the permission of the Editor. - Ed.)
THE... Read more
