Posted on the 18th May 2018
BirdLife Overberg’s CleanMarine conservation campaign is explained in this summary first published in the BirdLife South Africa E-newsletter. This is a call to members, partners and other lik... Read more
Posted on the 2nd May 2018
We have received our first fishing line bins and the revamped identification brochures on the common coastal birds of the Western Cape!
The fishing line bins will be put up at key spots along t... Read more
Posted on the 23rd April 2018
The Moutonshoek community protect their land to conserve our natural heritage and the water catchment for Verlorenvlei estuary
The Moutonshoek Protected Environment (MPE) is South Africa&... Read more
Posted on the 15th April 2018
Eleven volunteers together with fourteen children from the Recycle Swop Shop participated in the seventh monthly BirdLife Overberg coastal cleanup along the Vermont shoreline. The group started fro... Read more
Posted on the 7th April 2018
Southern African Bird Atlas Project (SABAP): The Protocol Explained
Introduction
The atlas protocol is a survey protocol, designed to record the presence of as many bird species as possible ... Read more
Posted on the 27th February 2018
PROGRESS WITH THE BIRDLIFE OVERBERG CAMPAIGN ON THE CONSERVATION OF OUR COASTLINE AND ESTUARIES – REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 2018
BACKGROUND
Members of BirdLife Overberg decided to prioritise ... Read more
Posted on the 24th February 2018
An ill wind blows for vultures in Lesotho
Johannesburg, 24 February 2018:
Conservationists are concerned that a proposed wind farm development at a site near Letšeng-La-Terae in Lesotho... 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
