Prior to the meeting on 31 July, and in response to residents saying there was no place to discuss the information they had heard at the first community engagement session on 9 June, the BBC published an informal...

Lisa Nupen of SANCCOB and Faroeshka Rodgers of CapeNature presented information regarding the status of the African Penguin at Stony Point, the increase in predation by caracal and the planned predator-mitigation fence. This second engagement session was well...

Thanks so much to those BBC members who attended our fifth AGM, or who sent their proxy votes. Together we reached the required quorum for the AGM. We reported back on BBC activities, events, conservation issues and networking over the past year.  The financial report...

Last weekend I watched ‘March of the Penguins’ – a 2005 French documentary that portrays the incredible but harsh reality of the regal Emperor Penguin in Antarctica. To view a short trailer, you can use this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RSxrusVknE Having...

We are incredibly fortunate to share our coastal home with a very special - and very rare - neighbour: the endangered terrestrial orchid, Satyrium hallackii subsp. hallackii. This delicate beauty is found in only a handful of coastal and lowland sites across the...

Hello all BBRA members Anyone who has chosen to live in Betty’s Bay has seen and experienced the amazing natural environment in a place that we are privileged to call home. So, this is an opportunity to position the Hangklip Botanical Society and to explain why we as...

Many residents of the Hangklip villages will be familiar with the name ‘Brodie’s Link’. Some understand it to be the hiking trail that leads up to the summit of Hangklip mountain; the name has also been ascribed to a footpath linking Pringle Bay with Silversands in...

Thirty-one volunteers met on a crisp morning in Nautilus Street, Sunny Seas (yellow), to hack in the municipal land zoned for community facilities bordered by Pearl Drive and Albertyn Drive. The purpose was twofold, to remove numerous spider gums and the less...

It has been a busy month with good progress made on several fronts including our village waste management station and illuminated advertising signs. I will report further when matters are concluded.  By the time this newsletter reaches you the BBRA Wildlife Road Signs...