Ten of the 23 organisations that attended the Eco Indaba in March 2026 were represented at the inaugural meeting. Various reasons were given why more didn’t attend, such as ‘not enough time before the invite was sent out’ and possible public march disruption on the...
Since the start of 2026, the Kogelberg Biosphere Wildlife Rescue and Training Centre has recorded 25 roadkill incidents in the Kogelberg Biosphere on roads including the R44 and R43. These incidents include: 4 porcupines 3 grysboks 3 spotted eagle owls 3 caracals 2...
Megan Mayhew Bergman Fri 10 Jul 2026 12.00 BST https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/10/ecological-grief?CMP As so much of the world is changing and habitat, ecosystems, areas as we knew and loved, and species are transformed and lost – we may not...
Ode to the Starry Night My Neighbour’s ☠☣⚠‼ Light Starry, starry wonderful starry night Oh how beautiful, how bright Wait, oh wait, oh dear wait It’s my neighbour’s ☠☣⚠‼ light That has blinded my night sight How I wish upon star That...
I missed the 9 June Community Engagement due to illness, but on 9 July I heard a shortened form of the SANCCOB and CapeNature presentations at the Protected Area Advisory Committee (PAAC) for Stony Point Nature Reserve and MPA. Here are some of the points and my...
Thanks to Keith Hamilton for his fascinating talk on winter birding, presented with his beautiful bird photographs. Contrary to what you may think, Keith pointed out that winter is a good time for birding as the fynbos is in flower and the proteas, ericas and aloes...
The fun of Nature Journaling - why we all need to do it. So... why am I telling you about Nature Journaling? Because somewhere along the way, we became permanently attached to our devices. Not all bad, of course—but in the process, we drifted away from nature. Life...
In the last newsletter we included an infographic on Biosphere Living, and a question of “do we love the biosphere to death” with our actions? Here is a “50/50” type question from a resident Although this style of article is different to those we usually feature in...
Last month, Mike The Owl Box Man, showed us how dangerous it is to put poison out for rodents. Owls suffer from secondary poisoning after eating those rodents and other poisoned prey. He asked us to stop using poison and consider using humane animal traps. At his...
It was World Bee Day on 20 May. The theme for World Bee Day is ”Bee together for People and Planet – A partnership that sustains us all”. To celebrate this day at our BBC4thSATURDAY event on 25 May, we hosted Lourens and Dylan Kruger from the Cape Honey Bee...