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
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.)
Dic... Read more
Posted on the 29th September 2014
Knersvlakte Nature Reserve declared
26 Fri, Sep 2014
The World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) South Africa, CapeNature and the Leslie Hill Succulent Karoo Trust have announced that the Knersvlakte r... Read more
Posted on the 15th August 2014
The SA Hunters and Game Conservation Association's (SAHGCA) position on the use of lead shot when hunting birds in wetlands
SAHGCA does not support the use of lead shot where the pellets... Read more
Posted on the 26th July 2014
BirdLife International Global Red List update for birds: what it means for South Africa. (A media release by BirdLife South Africa).
Johannesburg, 25 July 2014: BirdLife International, the custod... Read more
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.)
Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas spreading their ... Read more
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
