Conservation
REPORT ON ADDRESSING THE LITTERING OF CIGARETTE BUTTS (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 moreREPORT ON COORDINATED WATERBIRD COUNTS DURING 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 moreMEDIA RELEASE: KINDLY COLLECT FISHING LINE ALONG OUR COASTLINE
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 moreCOMMENTS ON BIRDWATCHING WATER SAFARIS ON KLEIN RIVER LAGOON, HERMANUS
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 moreOVERBERG PRECINCT WINTER CAR COUNT 27 JULY 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 moreCAPE WHALE COAST BIRD STRANDING NETWORK
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 morePROGRESS WITH OUR CLEANMARINE CAMPAIGN
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 moreREPORT ON BIRDLIFE OVERBERG COASTAL CLEANUP ON 31 AUGUST 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 moreREPORT ON THE CLEANMARINE PROJECT 1: PROTECTING BREEDING SITES OF AFRICAN BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS AND WHITE-FRONTED PLOVERS ALONG OUR COASTLINE
PROGRESS WITH THE BIRDLIFE OVERBERG CLEANMARINE CAMPAIGN ON THE CONSERVATION OF OUR COASTLINE AND ESTUARIES: REPORT FOR AUGUST 2019 BACKGROUND This report needs to be read against the backgrou... Read moreREPORT ON THE BIRDLIFE OVERBERG’S CLEANMARINE CAMPAIGN: PROJECT 2: MONTHLY COASTAL CLEANUPS
PROJECT 2: MONTHLY COASTAL CLEANUPS # Monthly coastal cleanups have been undertaken during most months since October 2017 and previously between 2006 and 2008. Reports on these monthly cleanups a... Read moreREPORT ON THE BIRDLIFE OVERBERG’S CLEANMARINE CAMPAIGN: PROJECT 3: ERECTING FISHING LINE BINS ALONG THE OVERSTRAND COASTLINE
PROJECT 3: ERECTING FISHING LINE BINS ALONG THE OVERSTRAND COASTLINE The last ten fishing line bins will be set up at previously identified spots along the Hermanus cliff path and at Sandbaai soo... Read moreREPORT ON THE BIRDLIFE OVERBERG’S CLEANMARINE CAMPAIGN: PROJECT 6: EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS IN SUPPORT OF THE CLEANMARINE CAMPAIGN
PROJECT 6: ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS A variety of environmental education campaigns are ongoing. # The BirdLife South Africa bird of the year posters and educational resou... Read moreREPORT ON THE BIRDLIFE OVERBERG’S CLEANMARINE CAMPAIGN: PROJECT 4: CIGARETTE BUTT BINS ALONG THE OVERSTRAND COASTLINE
PROJECT 4: CIGARETTE BUTT BINS ALONG THE OVERSTRAND COASTLINE The setting up of cigarette butt bins along our coastline is under investigation and consultations in this regard were previously und... Read moreREPORT ON THE BIRDLIFE OVERBERG’S CLEANMARINE CAMPAIGN: PROJECT 5: REGULAR CO-ORDINATED WATERBIRD COUNTS ALONG THE OVERSTRAND ESTUARIES
PROJECT 5: REGULAR CO-ORDINATED WATERBIRD COUNTS (CWACs) ALONG THE OVERSTRAND ESTUARIES Comprehensive CWAC counts along the Cape Whale Coast estuaries were finally undertaken during July 2019 and... Read moreYoung Secretarybird ‘Kwezi’ killed on her first dispersal flight
The BirdLife South Africa 2019 Bird of the Year is the Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius. BirdLife South Africa has used this campaign to highlight the conservation of these charismatic birds ... Read moreNo Current Conservation Articles
Cape Town Birding
- CONSERVATION CONCERNS AT VERMONT AND ONRUS WATER BODIES
- NEW PARTNERSHIP PROTECTS THE LARGER BIRDS OF THE OVERBERG
Garden Route Birding
- NEW PARTNERSHIP PROTECTS THE LARGER BIRDS OF THE OVERBERG
- OVERBERG WHEATBELT IMPORTANT BIRD & BIODIVERSITY AREA
Karoo Birding Route
Overberg Birding Route
- CONSERVATION CONCERNS AT VERMONT AND ONRUS WATER BODIES
- THE PROPOSED ALIEN REED MAINTENANCE WITHIN THE ONRUS RIVER ESTUARY
West Coast Birding
Winelands Birding
