Report by Sandi du Preez Wednesday 19 September The weather wasn’t great but 12 birders attended the outing and for once there were more males than females! The reserve is looking absolutely stunning at the moment as a portion of the grassland was burnt earlier this year, resulting in a fantastic display of Spring wild…
Month: September 2018
Latest Cape and Bearded Vulture tracks
Dear All Please find attached the movements (click here) of our Bearded Vultures; Jeremia, Pharaoh, InkosiYeentaka, Lehlwa and Mollie and our Cape Vultures; Bennie and N207, for the past week. N207 has certainly been quite active! Please also find attached a selection of photos of our growing chick. Kind regards Sonja Krüger http://www.projectvulture.org.za/ https://www.facebook.com/projectvulture https://twitter.com/vultureproject
Mapungubwe NP, Ratho and Golden Gate NP
Report by Paul and Sally Bartho 9 to 13 September 2018 Sally and I have just spent four nights camping in Mapungubwe NP at the top-most part of RSA bordering Botswana and Zimbabwe. We went there between the Bird Fair (at Walter Sisulu Gardens) and the Getaway Show (at the TicketPro Dome) – both in…
Latest Cape and Bearded Vulture tracks
Dear All Please find attached (Click here) the movements of our Bearded Vultures; Jeremia, Pharaoh, InkosiYeentaka, Lehlwa and Mollie and our Cape Vultures; Bennie and N207, for the past week. Please also find attached photos of the growing chick accessed this week from our nest camera. Kind regards Sonja Krüger http://www.projectvulture.org.za/ https://www.facebook.com/projectvulture https://twitter.com/vultureproject
Tanglewood Farm NR Outing
Report by Elena Russell 1 September 2018 We had an excellent outing to Tanglewood. It was the first day of September, in other words Spring Day and the flowers were blooming all over the hillsides where the grass had been burnt. There was a good turnout of members and visitors and from all accounts we…
News from Nylsvley
Friends of Nylsvley and Nyl floodplain News from Nylsvley Edition #100 September 2018 Greetings! I hope we find you well? So here we are presenting the 100th edition of ‘News from Nylsvley’, what a ride it has been…..The first newsletter was circulated by post in August 1991, 27 years ago and we are still here! The…
Latest Cape and Beared Vulture tracks
Dear All Please find attached (Click here) the movements of our Bearded Vultures; Jeremia, Pharaoh, InkosiYeentaka, Lehlwa and Mollie and our Cape Vultures; Bennie and N207, for the past week. I have also attached a photo of the sibling of the chick in our nest with a camera. This sibling hatched from an egg collected by…
Water, Birds and Biodiversity -Key Elements of Education
This Biodiversity Observations Research Paper can be read by clicking here.