Are You Wild Fire Ready?

The City Nature Challenge (CNC) started in 2016 as a competition between Los Angeles and San Francisco, and has grown into an international event, motivating people to find and document wildlife in their own areas.

This is the second part of the feedback on the recent BBC event that highlighted ways to reduce what we throw away.

On Saturday 3 February the industrious Hackers cut down a large quantity of alien invasive rooikrans in Crassula Crescent. Being close to Stony Point, this was an ideal opportunity for a BBC “Load and Transport” Penguin-Pals project to transport the freshly cut material to the Penguin colony. The staff use this as nesting material for the endangered African Penguins.

The BBC initiated “Penguin-Pals” projects to support CapeNature in various aspects of their work at Stony Point.

The Stony Point Eco Venue was a great place to host the recent BBC event that highlighted ways to reduce what we throw away. Our overabundance of waste has such a detrimental impact on the ocean
and marine life and being at the penguin colony was a very real reminder of this.

Betty’s Bay has the amazing privilege of having the third largest African Penguin colony as neighbours.

On 21 February, a group of 10 BBC Penguin-Pal volunteers did a morning of ”drivers” training at Stony Point with Peter from SANCCOB.

A huge thank you to the Overstrand Bioblitzing (OB) community who observed, identified and spread the word about the 2024 City Nature Challenge (CNC).

The October update focuses on the amazing beauty and biodiversity of the Kogelberg Biosphere.

Nature’s season of “winter rest’ is bowing out to the season of “new life springing up” and is displaying fresh growth and beautiful colours.

On Saturday 26 March the Betty’s Bay Conservancy (BBC) launched its ‘4th Saturday of the Month’ events programme with a ‘Meet and Greet’ members’ tea at Crassula Hall followed by an ‘Introduction to Wetlands’ walk.