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01 Sep Posted by in Environment | 3 comments

Snake photographed in Peninsula Rd Sunday 31 August

I received an email from Clare Gardener in which Hilary (daughter?) took the following picture of a large snake next to the “Witches’ Pool” in Peninsula Road on Sunday afternoon. Mole snake???

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Trident Spiderhead back at Rondevlei after 60 years absence

Serruria trilopha, otherwise known as the Sand Serruria (or Trident Spiderhead) is a a type of Protea with a limited distribution on the lowlands between Cape Town and Malmesbury. It has a patchy distribution and is globally listed as “Critically Endangered”, which means it is threatened with potential extinction if the present threats against it […]

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05 Aug Posted by in Environment | Comments

Western leopard Toads on Roads

Hi All it is that time of the year again and the female toads are on the move! Up to seven male Western Leopard Toads were heard calling along the northern shoreline of Rondevlei over the weekend and the females, full of eggs, are moving toward them. Please be extra vigilant when driving in the […]

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02 Jul Posted by in Environment | Comments

Friends of Zeekoevlei and Rondevlei (FoZR)

Hi All, its renewal time for all FoZR members and sign up time for those wishing to join. Please click on the link below and do the necessary, its all there on the form. http://www.zeekoevlei.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/FoZR_Application_2015.pdf WHY SHOULD I DO THIS? Whats in it for me? Well free entry into Rondevlei Nature Reserve for the year […]

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02 Jul Posted by in Environment | 6 comments

Reeds and the long arm of the LAW!

Zeekoevlei drawdown is drawing to a close, the weir is going back in on 10 July. All waterside residents need to pay close attention to the following. In terms of the missive delivered to all waters edge properties and posted on this site http://www.zeekoevlei.co.za/?p=2854 see paragraph stating “Any piles of reeds stacked outside the properties […]

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03 Jun Posted by in Environment | 2 comments

FALSE BAY ECOLOGY PARK WATER QUALITY REPORT – 23 April 2014

FBEP WQ Report_23 April 2014 Click on the link above to see the report.

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16 May Posted by in Environment | 5 comments

Who NOSE where this is gonna end

Hi All I was phoned by John Yeld from the Cape Argus on Tuesday for comment and this is the resultant article with a response article the following day. This is another salvo in the LONG running battle over the stench from the sewerage works. A few months ago we asked Helen Zille to visit […]

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12 May Posted by in Environment | 2 comments

Drawdown done – last sunset cruise of the season

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09 May Posted by in Environment | 2 comments

NOTICE RE: DRAWDOWN OF ZEEKOEVLEI (MAY 2014) AND SHORELINE MAINTENANCE

Economical Environmental & Spatial Planning Environmental Resource Management Victoria Day Section Ranger T: 021 396 4283 F: 021 396 4291 E: Victoria.Day@capetown.gov.za Dear Zeekoevlei resident NOTICE RE: DRAWDOWN OF ZEEKOEVLEI (MAY 2014) AND SHORELINE MAINTENANCE The management of False Bay Nature Reserve would like to inform residents that the Zeekoevlei weir will be opened on Sunday 11 […]

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28 Apr Posted by in Environment | 12 comments

The Cape Flats Erica (Erica verticillata) back from the dead …

  The Cape Flats Erica (Erica verticillata) – this is one of the original plants that wewre found in a garden in Austria. Many people now know the story of this erica species that was only found in the southern suburbs of the Cape Flats and was exterminated by the 1950’s. It was thought to […]

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