Bird monitoring in Bonteheuwel


Tuesday Aug 13, 2019 | 09:00-09:30

About Monitoring activities

At Communitree we want to make sure that our work has a positive impact on the wider ecological functioning of the city's green infrastructure. That means that we want to go our and monitor our own work. We do this in different ways. One way is that we go out to our greening sites and we monitor the plants and the vegetation. We monitor for plant diseases, impact by the drought, damage to the plants, and other issues. If anything is wrong, our monitoring team will report this and our gardening volunteers will look into the matter. At the same time, we look for new plant growth, we try to observe the species that are present, and we see if everything is going according to the plan that we devised for the plot.

Another type of monitoring is related to the bird monitoring. By counting birds on our sites, we can get an idea of the ecological functioning of our plot. We are working together with the Iingcungcu sunbird project and the Cape Bird Club when it comes to training and bird monitoring, and we are excited to see what comes out of these efforts. To join bird monitoring work, you must have received some training, but we can always use an extra pair of eyes, in case you have not yet gone through the training.

Greening Site #96

Bonteheuwel

A piece of sidewalk next to the entrance to the Church of the Resurrection on David Profit Street in Bonteheuwel. This site started off covered in weedy grass that was layered over rubble but will be ...

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Coordinates: -33.94637, 18.54433 | Google Maps | Open Street Maps

Getting there

Take the N2 towards the airport and take the Jakes Gerwel Drive turnoff and turn towards Langa/Bonteheuwel. Turn right at the second robots into Jakkelsvlei and take the first right into Cassia Street. Turn left at the T-junction into Cammellia Street. Turn left into David profit and the garden will be seen on your left "Peace Garden' painted in yellow just after your round the bend.

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