Jun 6, 2019 | LATEST NEWS
Christie Craig (Endangered Wildlife Trust/FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology) plans to provide clarity on these uncertainties through a three-year PhD research project. Among the questions Christie is asking: How do
May 16, 2019 | LATEST NEWS
The results of the project were phenomenal: There were 40 participants who joined in the challenge. And a total of 29,047 bird sightings were recorded in the year. A staggering 329 bird species were recorded. Through the project, conservationists and birding
May 2, 2019 | LATEST NEWS
The fires in the Overberg in January had devastating effects – also for some of the Overberg’s Blue Cranes. During the chaos of the fire in Franskraal, just outside Gansbaai in the Western Cape, two tiny Blue Crane chicks were caught up in a backburn. They were rescued – just in time. And taken to
Jun 1, 2018 | LATEST NEWS
Two Blue Crane chicks were confiscated in Calvinia in the Northern Cape, in November 2017, from very suspicious circumstances – and ended up being raised and rehabilitated to the point where they could be released back into the wild – in our beautiful Overberg. ...
Apr 26, 2018 | LATEST NEWS
Ons Bloukraanvoëls was in die kollig die afgelope paar weke, en n hoogtepunt was die publikasie van die artikel oor die vennootskap tussen die Overberg Kraanvoël Groep en die Boere van die Overberg. Dit is n storie van hoop, en was gepubliseer in Suid Afrika se...
Mar 2, 2018 | LATEST NEWS
Digital Conservation is not only transforming the work of Conservation Managers, Scientists and Conservation Organizations but also complimenting it. We live in the “information age”. It has become easier and more time effective for everyone who has a passion...