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One of the highlights of our 5-weeks in Patagonia (Argentina and Chile) was watching this magnificent Andean Condor soar past the massive Perito Moreno Glacier in Los Glaciares National Park. Magna vita est!

The Red-billed Oxpecker is South Africa's Bird of the Year in 2025!

The Flock to Marion seabirding voyage is not to be missed! Join 2000 birders on this epic 7 night voyage to the remote Southern Ocean. RSPB Birders BirdLife International BirdLife South Africa 🇿🇦 BirdLife Africa BirdLife Australia Audubon Society ZEISS Birding SWAROVSKI OPTIK Canon South Africa

Do not miss tonight's (Tue 26 Jan) Conservation Conversation webinar by Dr Hanneline Smit-Robinson, BirdLife South Africa 🇿🇦's Head of Conservation. Hanneline will provide an overview of BirdLife South Africa's conservation work in 2024 Details at birdlife.org.za/blsa-conversat… Hanneline_Smit-Robinson

Do not miss the Jan/Feb 2025 issue of African Birdlife magazine.

Kimberley's sewerage system has been non-functional for many years and, as a result, the environment is being affected! The once thriving (and breeding!) population of Lesser Flamingos is sadly gone. dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-0… Sol Plaatje Water&SanitationRSA Environmentza

The BirdLife South Africa Conservation Conversations webinar at 19h00 (SAST) on Tue 14 Jan 2025 will be about the Red-billed Oxpecker, the 2025 Bird of the Year. Details at birdlife.org.za/blsa-conversat…

Dr Alistair McInnes, @Birdlife_sa's Seabird Conservation Programme Manager, was interviewed live on eNCA about the plight of the Critically Endangered African Penguin. enca.com/lifestyle/disc…

"Trump recently railed against protections afforded to the delta smelt, a small, unassuming creature in California that the president called an “essentially worthless fish”!" theguardian.com/environment/20…

Sol Plaatje Municipality is responsible for the deterioration of Kamfers Dam's water quality and, consequently, the demise of this wetland's important population of breeding Lesser Flamingos. dfa.co.za/news/landowner…

Watch tomorrow night's BirdLife South Africa Conservation Conversations webinar (19h00 SAST, Tue 18 Mar 2025) to hear about an innovative way to reduce bird collisions with wind turbines. Register at birdlife.org.za/blsa-conversat…

Ridding Marion Island of its albatross-eating, invasive house mice is one of the world's most important bird conservation projects. Half of the world's Wandering Albatrosses breed on Marion Island and the neighbouring Prince Edward island. theguardian.com/environment/20…

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DO NOT miss this Conservation Conversations webinar! I met Dr Kini Roesler in Argentina last year and he is doing very impressive work to conserve the Critically Endangered Hooded Grebe. Details of the webinar are at birdlife.org.za/blsa-conversat…

"U.S. Aid Cuts Are Hitting Global Conservation Projects Hard" e360.yale.edu/features/usaid… Adam Welz prefer @adamwelz.bsky.social

The Wilds is a magnificent oasis in Jhb's urban jungle! Well done to delaney artist for your hard work over many years to establish this beautiful place. If you have not visited The Wilds, now would be a good time to do so, as is lush and green after the excellent summer rains.

Penguin alert! Tune into BirdLife South Africa's Conservation Conversations webinar at 19h00 on Tue 27 May, and hear about the recent victory to conserve African Penguins. Details at birdlife.org.za/blsa-conversat… BirdLife South Africa 🇿🇦 BirdLife International BirdLife Africa WWF South Africa SANCCOB

"There are 147 bird species categorised as threatened or near-threatened in South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini, according to the revised Red Data Book of Birds (RDB-online) launched by BirdLife South Africa 🇿🇦". mg.co.za/the-green-guar…

I think that this is the best regional Red Data Book ever produced! birdlife.org.za/red-data-book/ BirdLife South Africa 🇿🇦 BirdLife International BirdLife Africa

A very sad state of affairs for flamingos at Kamfers Dam, Kimberley. Sol Plaatje BirdLife South Africa 🇿🇦 BirdLife International IUCN IUCN Red List Environmentza Water&SanitationRSA Northern Cape Dr. Zamani Saul reuters.com/business/envir…