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Camera Trap Photos at Rondevlei
I thought I would share the following photos taken by camera traps recently deployed at Rondevlei. Several camera traps were deployed adjacent to Peninsula Rd, some 50 – 250 m from the nearest houses. What follows is a selection of species recorded over three weeks in this area which is immediately adjacent to the houses […]
Spring flowers on the Rondevlei path
Here are some pictures taken of the Rondevlei path during last Saturday’s spring walk. The spring flowers are up in profusion after the ecological burn this past autumn; showing how quickly the ecosystem recovers after a fire. What was ash and dry sand 6 months ago is now carpets of flowers.
Friends of Zeekoevlei & Rondevlei – Winter Walk!
The winter walk is happening this Saturday – meet at the Rondevlei main gate at 15:30 for a walk along the main path where we will look at the regrowth after the recent ecological burn. We will also visit the Erica field to see the raising water table and what frogs have started to call. […]
Rondevlei Ecological Burn
The Rondevlei Ecological Burn was successfully conducted yesterday, with the reed beds along the northern shore being burnt. According to the reserve records some of these reed beds have never burnt and are over 30 years old. The burning conditions yesterday were perfect with northerly winds taking the ash and smoke out over Rondevlei and […]
Rondevlei Ecological Burn
The Rondevlei ecological burn will be commencing at 10:00 today. The northern shore line is to be burnt on a Northerly wind; finishing at approximately 15:00. Crews will monitor during the night – rain is forecast for later. In order to facilitate this the reserve will be closed for the day.
First time Rondevlei dries up in 40 years!
Rondevlei has pretty much dried up in response to the summer draw down and regional drought that the 2014/15 summer has brought. The Western Cape wetlands are designed to dry up in summer and flood in winter and are characterised by this extreme fluctuation of water levels. This results in increased diversity of fauna & […]
Thanks from Rondevlei and Why we cut down the trees
Hi Community A while ago I put out a request for us for the community to donate old buckets to us for use on our new fenceline, We did receive one small donation (thanks!), however not enough buckets to cover all of our fence posts. We therefore used a different method, namely black plastic sheeting cut […]
Rondevlei Fire 2 January 2015
Rondevlei has had four fires in the past week; the first one on the 30 December 2014 that burnt seasonal wetlands on the southern side of the vlei. The recent fire on Fri 2 January started on the western side of the vlei near 14th Ave, Prince George Drive. The wind at the time had […]
Water Bird Ringing tomorrow at Rondevlei
The weather is looking good for water bird ringing at Rondevlei (False Bay Nature Reserve) tomorrow. We will be targeting the colony of Glossy Ibis tomorrow and other water birds we might find in the reed beds. If any FOZR members would like to assist there is space for four people to come along on […]
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