STEED MAHER: VENOM, MYTHS AND CONSERVATION: PROTECTING SNAKES IN A CHANGING WORLD There was a great turn out for Steeds talk! Did you know that there are 176 species of snakes in Southern Africa? Snakes are often a feared and misunderstood part of our ecosystem. Often...
50 Trips! Congratulations and thanks to our dedicated group of Penguin-Pals drivers who have now completed 50 trips in the past 11 months since they were trained. That’s about 5000km of driving to help transport birds and eggs in need of care. Their quick response to...
On 12 December the R44 Task Team launched the “BE AN R44 LIFESAVER” Safety Campaign. The aim is to encourage motorists and bikers to “go slow” in order to protect the lives of people and wildlife. There have been too many lives lost on this road in tragic accidents...
I learnt some interesting things in a visit to the colony last weekend: It’s moulting season for the penguins in the colony. The moult lasts about three weeks. During this time they replace their worn-out feathers with a brand new set of...
What a privilege it is to live in or visit our beautiful Kogelberg Biosphere! These surroundings make it the perfect home for the local wildlife and a privilege for those of us who live here and love wildlife. Our wildlife includes animals such as tortoises, snakes,...
Visiting Stony Point to see the African Penguins is one of the top tourist attractions in the area. There are many rental homes and B&B’s in Betty’s Bay and surrounds and visitors may be unaware of how their behavior in the colony negatively impacts the penguins....
Supporting CapeNature and SANCCOB in their vital work with the critically endangered African penguin at Stony Point BBC Penguin-Pals at the Penguin Palooza This year was the first year that the BBC joined in with CapeNature, SANCCOB and WWF and put up a display under...
The Betty’s Bay Conservancy (BBC) recently supported the BBRA’s application to lease Erf 4030 Betty’s Bay with the intention of establishing a community conservation area. It submitted a letter of support to the Overstrand Municipality and included some...
In last months BBC article on the Throwaway Society, we included a leaflet on the large variety of items that that the Butterfly Effect re-purpose and re-use. As there was no Afrikaans version of that leaflet the Butterfly Effect has kindly produced a one page poster...
The BBC4thSaturday event, held on the 24 August in the Stony Point Eco Venue, was a tribute to the late Sara Starke on the anniversary of her passing. Sara was a natural pioneer “oystercatcher monitor” in Betty’s Bay and a super example of how “one person CAN make a...