Bird monitoring at the Rondebosch Common


Thursday Oct 10, 2019 | 08:30-09:00

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 #93

Rondebosch

Rondebosch Common is a heritage site of fantastic ecological delight and value. It is one of the last remaining fragments of Cape Flats Sand Fynbos that used to occur throughout the flats of Cape Town...

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Coordinates: -33.95321, 18.48201 | Google Maps | Open Street Maps

Getting there

Minibus taxi & foot: Get off the mini bus along Main Road at Alma Road (You'll see Alma Park). Walk along Alma Road away from the mountain under the Alma Road subway, and continue over the robots. At the end of the road you will come to Rondebosch Common. Turn left to find the parking lot, traffic circle and lawn area where we usually meet.
By train: Get off the southern line at Rosebank Station. Walk along Guilford or Ryan Road (depending which side you got off the train. Turn right into Alma Road away from the mountain (and under the Alma Road subway if need be) and continue over the Liesbeek Parkway robots. At the end of the road you will come to Rondebosch Common. Turn left to find the parking lot, traffic circle and lawn area where we usually meet.
By bicycle or car: From Main Road in Rondebosch, turn down Durban Road away from the Mountain. This road becomes Klipfontein Road. The Rondebosch Common will come up on your right. Turn right into Sawkins Road and park to your left under the pines just before the traffic circle.

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