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Thursday, 24 June 2010 |
AFRICAN PENGUIN MOVED TO ENDANGERED LIST YOUR HELP IS URGENTLY NEEDED BirdLife International has reclassified the remaining populations of African Penguins around the tip of Africa from “Vulnerable” to “Endangered” in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) worlide Red List, following a population fall of more than 50% in 30 years. The Dyer Island Conservation Trust was instrumental in raising awareness and prompting the change in status Threat to breeding colonies There are now fewer than 26,000 breeding pairs of African Penguins on the islands and coastal colonies around the coast of Southern Africa. These numbers have fallen by more than 80% in 50 years – a loss equivalent to almost 100 birds a week! And the appalling fall in numbers is showing no sign of slowing This week, Bird Island has lost almost 500 penguin chicks to the recent cold and wet weather in South Africa, and more have died on St Croix Island. A devastating loss! You can help today! The Dyer Island Conservation Trust Faces-of-Need initiative is an internationally recognised nesting and research programme specifically devoted to saving the African Penguin.
Our unique work focuses on halting and reversing the decline in breeding colonies.
See and hear more about our work to save the African Penguin in a new video!
Please help us now by purchasing a penguin family home or donating to our research. Time is running out for the African Penguin so please don’t delay!
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| YOU CAN HELP TODAY | Only ZAR400 (USD52, Euro52; GBP35) helps us house a penguin family and undertake urgently needed research, including gaining the first understanding of the feeding areas of adult penguins supporting newly hatched chicks. The results will help authorities protect these areas from overfishing.
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To learn more visit www.dict.org.za
Dyer Island Conservation Trust delivers unique conservation and research programmes in the fragile and critically important marine eco-system at the southern-most tip of Africa. Here we strive to protect the largest surviving colonies of the endangered African Penguin – whose numbers are at an all-time low; the globally important breeding and calving grounds of the Southern Right Whale; and, one of the world's largest populations of the mysterious Great White Shark.
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Written by globalbirdtrekkers.org
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Thursday, 06 May 2010 |
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 CONGRATULATIONS TO DIRK HUMAN, the winner of contest 1 in the SA Birding Championships 2010! His total number of birds was 344! Very well done, Dirk! Your R3000 prize monies will soon be on its way to you  Thank you to everyone that entered contest 1 and good luck to all who are entering contest 2!
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Written by globalbirdtrekkers.org
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Friday, 23 April 2010 |
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Photo © Samuel Blanc Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported Rockhopper penguin boost "April 2010. The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has announced an agreement to create a new marine protected area in Argentina that will safeguard one of the country's most unique seascapes for both people and wildlife-including the only colony of Southern Rockhopper penguins on continental Argentina's 3,000-mile coast." For more info on this news see here.
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Written by Charleen O'Donoghue
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Wednesday, 31 March 2010 |
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Source BirdLifeInternational "The future of the Critically Endangered Siberian Crane Grus leucogeranus is looking brighter thanks to an international effort by China, Iran, Kazakhstan and Russia, four countries along the bird's dramatic migratory routes. The project, supported by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and implemented by the International Crane Foundation through the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), is the first of its kind to use a 'flyway' approach to stabilise and to sustain the remaining 3,000-3,500 Siberian Cranes and millions of other migratory waterbirds. This partnership has also played a catalytic role in boosting the conservation and rehabilitation of wetlands covering some 7 million hectares. Each year, Siberian Cranes migrate up to 5,000 km from its breeding grounds in northern Siberia, along two migration routes to wintering sites in southern China and Iran. For more information about the project click here " 
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Written by Charleen O'Donoghue
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Wednesday, 17 February 2010 |
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Source: RSPB " New survey results show the Cirl Bunting – one of Britain’s most threatened songbirds - is continuing its comeback from the brink of extinction. According to the latest figures published this week, the Cirl Bunting population has increased by 25 per cent since 2003, reaching 862 breeding pairs in 2009. Despite this increase the species remains confined to a small area of Devon and Cornwall.  License Although their range once covered large parts of southern England and they could be heard singing from the trees of Wimbledon Common, Cirl Bunting populations declined massively in the second half of the 20th Century with just 118 pairs remaining in 1989. The rise in numbers follows a joint campaign by the RSPB and Natural England to help local farmers manage their land in ways that provide year-round food supplies and breeding habitat for these threatened birds. Under the Cirl Bunting Species Recovery Programme, led by the RSPB and co-funded by Natural England, advisers visit farmers to help them choose the best agri-environment scheme options. These include grasslands, which provide invertebrates for summer food, and weedy overwinter stubble, which provide essential seed food during the colder months. Around 18 months ago the RSPB opened the Labrador Bay reserve in Devon to create a protected haven for Cirl Buntings – the first time the charity has bought a piece of land to save a single bird species. “This is fantastic news, we are all very excited that these fascinating birds are starting to make a comeback,” said Mark Avery, RSPB director of conservation. “Wildlife lovers come from across the UK to this area to catch a glimpse of the elusive Cirl Bunting. It has also become something of a local celebrity – even being incorporated into the emblem of a local village school. We have learnt a lot in recent years about Cirl Buntings and how to protect their habitat, and now that is paying off. But we can’t take all the credit. The Cirl Bunting is a farmland bird and it’s down to the work farmers on the Devon coast have put in on their land that this comeback has been possible. Farmland birds as a group have declined by 50 per cent in the past 40 years. If we can halt the decline in a dangerously threatened species like this one then there is hope for all the endangered birds in our countryside.”Tom Tew, Chief Scientist of Natural England, said: “The recovery of the Cirl Bunting shows what can be achieved when farmers and conservationists work together to target specific land management measures in the right place.“Biodiversity loss need not be the inevitable consequence of 21st century life and we are delighted that this rare and beautiful bird is making a comeback having come so close to being lost as a breeding bird in this country.” "
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