The Cape Bird Club

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Local – South African

Animals

          Walking with Baboons
         
An experience of a life time walking with the remaining Chacma Baboons on the Cape Peninsula.

Birds

Kestrels
A raptor site by Anthony van Zyl, all about the locals and more...

Niven Library at the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
The web catalogue is the archive of the BirdLife South Africa book, journal and newsletter collection.
The Niven Library is the most comprehensive reference library on sub Saharan birds, also Southern Ocean birds.

BirdLife Stellenbosch Club
A new club, started in September 2006 with more than 100 members in the first month.

World of Birds
Visit this unique wildlife sanctuary in Hout Bay.

Books, DVD's

Netbooks
See Craig Thom's large selection Natural History and Bird books, also of DVD's, order online.

Nature Conservation

West Coast Field Studies Centre
An environmental education Centre and more.

Avian Demographic Unit (ADU)
These scientists have all the information on birds and others.

The Western Cape Raptor Research Programme
Andrew Jenkins and the Research Team doing exciting work, also need your help.

The False Bay Ecology Park
A combined City of Cape Town and local NGO's initiative which has huge potential for local and tourist recreation and education. Also it will create a sustainable natural and man made Conservation area, within close travelling distance for the residents of the Cape Flats.

Cape Nature Conservation
Read about these dedicated Conservationists.

The Zandvlei Trust
Conserving the indigenous fauna and flora of Zandvlei since 1988.

 Nature Reserves (City of Cape Town)

Rietvlei - Milnerton/Tableview
The Friends of Rietvlei website.

Rondevlei Nature Reserve
The oldest established Reserve in the City.

Zandvlei Nature Reserve
See what really happens at Zandvlei.

Municipal

City of Cape Town
The official site for the management of the City.

Tide Tables

South African Tidal Display Service
Here is an easy to use professional tide table site.

Weather details

MyWeather
This site gives the current live weather details - monitoring sites around the City.


National – South African

Birds

BirdLife South Africa
The national governing body of the bird clubs in South Africa.

Easthern Cape Province

BirdLife Eastern Cape
The Eastern Cape birding contacts and details around the Port Elizabeth area.

Northern Cape Province

RaZSAR Holidays in Kimberley
Explore the vast semi arid Northern Cape and Kimberley birding destinations.

Western Cape Province

– Cape Peninsula
Avian Leisure

Ultimate 'birder friendly' accommodation in Simon's Town. Pelagic trips. 'Hot' birding advice. Personalised guided and self drive birding and wildlife safaris across South Africa

– Klein Karoo
Red Stone Hills – Klein Karoo

Just off the Route 62, beyond Calitzdorp near the foothills of the Swartberg range, is an interesting geological area, for birding.

Kruisrivier Guest Farm Klein Karoo
Off the Route 62, beyond Calitzdorp on an alternate road to the Cango Caves and the Swartberg Pass. Also offers good birding with local history.

– Karoo
Bloutoring Karoo
On the Bloutoring Road halfway between Touws River and Montagu is a farm adjacent to the Anysberg Nature Reserve called Bloutoring.    updated 24/05/2008

– Overberg
Somerset Gift Getaway Farm - Overberg
Near Swellendam, on the Buffeljags River overlooking the Langeberg. There is plenty to do at this getaway.

– West Coast
Fairfields Guest  Farm – West Coast

Stay over near the Berg River, Rocher Pan, and Verlorenvlei just off the R27 before you get to Velddrif.

West Coast Bird Club
There is good birding at the Berg River and a number of surrounding West Coast areas.

Conservation

50/50 TV programme
Visit this site for updates on the environment in South Africa.


International

A bird review of South Africa
Read this interesting 'outsiders' look at what South Africa has to offer birders and others.

Gloucestershire, the Forest of Dean
Dean Birders is a small group of house bound and disabled birdwatchers. See what they are doing for themselves.

                                                                                                                                       
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