Posted on the 27th March 2020
A lot can happen in a year. Browse some of the most important advances in bird conservation science that happened over 2019: part of the yearly update to our flagship publication, State of the Worl... Read more
Posted on the 23rd March 2020
BIRDLIFE OVERBERG CONSERVATION REPORT FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2020
This report reviews progress with the various projects forming part of BirdLife Overberg’s CleanMarine campaign and a few... Read more
Posted on the 27th February 2020
The importance of reporting collisions with overhead electrical wires is very well illustrated by this example: This morning I received the report below from Steve Peck of a Denham’s Bustard ... Read more
Posted on the 3rd February 2020
The contents of the Flight Higher course for more experienced birders have now been adapted to a workshop format rather a lecture format. A variety of talks are now available and the decisions of w... Read more
Posted on the 1st January 2020
BIRDLIFE OVERBERG CONSERVATION REPORT 2019
This report reviews progress with the six projects forming part of BirdLife Overberg’s CleanMarine campaign and a few other conservation related... Read more
Posted on the 19th December 2019
BIRDLIFE OVERBERG’S CLEANMARINE PROJECT 4: REPORT ON ADDRESSING THE LITTERING OF CIGARETTE BUTTS (2019)
This project is one of six forming part of BirdLife Overberg’s CleanMarine camp... Read more
Posted on the 18th December 2019
BIRDLIFE OVERBERG’S CLEANMARINE PROJECT 2: REPORT ON THE QUARTERLY CO-ORDINATED WATERBIRD COUNTS (CWACs) ALONG THE OVERSTRAND ESTUARIES (2019)
This project is one of six campaigns forming p... Read more
Posted on the 16th December 2019
Marine litter affects a variety of marine animals, notably turtles, coastal birds and whales. Fishing line and other fishery-related products pose a major problem as marine creatures may become ent... Read more
Posted on the 16th December 2019
The African Black Oystercatcher (Swarttobie) and White-fronted Plover (Vaalstrandkiewiet) are the two beach breeding birds that occur along the Overstrand coastline. The future of both of these spe... Read more
Posted on the 11th December 2019
The Chairperson of the Hermanus Ratepayers Association requested me to comment on this application on Thursday afternoon 5 December with the note that the closing date for comments is Tuesday 10 De... Read more
Posted on the 9th November 2019
NOTIFICATION OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PERIOD: 31 October 2019 – 6 December 2019
GNEC Code: 50348
Dear Interested and Affected Party
NOTIFICATION OF START OF THE PUBLIC P... Read more
Posted on the 7th November 2019
(This report originally appeared in the November 2019 edition of “BATIS”, the quarterly newsletter of the Somerset West Bird Club – Ed.)
A glorious winters’ day dawned on ... Read more
Posted on the 5th November 2019
CAPE WHALE COAST BIRD STRANDING NETWORK
Details of the Overstrand bird stranding network have just been released – save the number below on your phone and report all oiled or injured peng... Read more
Posted on the 30th September 2019
We have recently developed a PowerPoint presentation to give feedback on progress with the CleanMarine campaign. Herewith the bullet points as it stood at the end of September 2019. Illustrative im... Read more
Posted on the 4th September 2019
The BirdLife Overberg coastal cleanup team once again worked the eastern shoreline of the Hoek van de Berg Nature Reserve on Saturday 31 August. They started from Brekvisbaai in Vermont and worked ... Read more
