Over the past few months I have had the chance to spend some time volunteering at the SANCCOB facility in Cape St Francis. Unfortunately, of the 15 seabird species that breed in South Africa, over half have decreasing populations and have a threatened status according to IUCN. SANCCOB stands for South African Foundation for the READ MORE
Recently a Southern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus was found by SANParks (www.sanparks.org) rangers on a beach in Nature’s Valley. Finding birds sitting on the beach is not necessarily a problem, depending on the species. When you find a species like this on the beach, there is no question, there is something wrong with it! Southern Giant-Petrels READ MORE