The Nuwejaars Wetlands Special Management Area (NWSMA), partnering with the Overberg Renosterveld Conservation Trust (ORCT BirdLife South Africa (BLSA), Birdlasser

Lanner Falcons are handsome medium sized raptors that can be found throughout Africa and Eurasia. They are fairly common in our Overberg area, with some individuals noted overwintering in the area. In South Africa this species have been recorded as being …

The African Penguin is the focal bird species for our Overberg Threatened Bird Awareness Project for June 2017. The African Penguin, Spheniscus demersus, a Southern African breeding endemic, is one of the 17 global penguin species; and the only species …

Grassland systems in South Africa are under severe threat and estimates place more than thirty percent of the biome as permanently transformed. The transformation has occurred primarily due to cultivation, forestry plantations, urbanisation and mining. 

The Black Harrier is the focal bird species for our Overberg Threatened Bird Awareness Project for March 2017. The Black Harrier, Circus maurus, is endemic to southern Africa and is the world’s most range restricted continental harrier.

The Blue Crane, Anthropoides paradiseus, is estimated to historically have numbered in the hundreds of thousands. The impact on the Blue Crane reached its nadir during the 1990’s with an estimate of 20 765 birds recorded in 1993 which dropped even further to 15 855 birds.

The Overberg region has long been recognised as playing an important role in the conservation of threatened species and ecosystems. The fynbos and renosterveld ecosystems and the species that they support are recognised …

The Overberg Crane Group has a new Chair. Keir Lynch, project manager at the Overberg Lowlands Conservation Trust (ORCT) was nominated as the new Chair at a recent OCG meeting. Aside from his role as project manager at the Trust, Keir is also …

The Overberg Crane Group assisted the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) with the capture and fitting of a tracking device on a Blue crane. The crane was one of two that were captured and ringed in the Caledon district.

The International Crane Foundation’s Director, Bob Hoguet, visited the Overberg Crane Group in April. Bob and his wife Laura travelled to Southern Africa to experience the continent’s cranes and see them in their natural habitat.