UK’S LARGEST BIRDING FAIR WILL HEAR TRUST'S PLEASE TO HELP THE AFRICAN PENGUIN'S SURVIVE

The internationally recognised Faces-of-Need [click through] nesting programme will be the highlight of our exhibit at BirdFair 2009 which is expected to attract > 20,000 visitors in the UK.

Come and visit us at Marquee 6 Stand No: 9

21st, 22nd and 23rd August at Egelton Nature Reserve, Oakham, Rutland

SOUTHERN RIGHT WHALES RETURN TO
DYER ISLAND

The waters around Dyer Island are a globally important breeding area for the endangered Southern Right Whale. Since July many adults and calves have arrived from the feeding grounds in Antarctica. Click here to read more.

ENTANGLED HUMPBACK WHALE SAVED BY PROMPT ACTION

The area around Dyer Island is also home to an important population of Humpback whales – of whom only about 80,000 survive worldwide.

The Trust keeps a careful watch on the Humpbacks in our area and the Whale Disentanglement Team was recently alerted to save a humpback caught in discarded fishing line attached to a buoy. Click here to read more.

GIANT PETREL SUVIVES ATTACK BY GREAT WHITE SHARK

The Southern Hemisphere winter brings exciting avian visitors from Antarctica and the islands of the Southern Ocean to Dyer Island.

For one of these rare visitors, a Giant Petrel, the visit almost proved fatal. In a rarely recorded event it was attacked by one of the large population of Great White Sharks around Dyer Island. Fortunately for the bird it was found and treated by a local vet before being sent to the South African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB). Click here to read more.

RISSO'S DOLPHIN STRANDED AT DANGER POINT

This was the first dolphin of this species that we know to have stranded here. Risso's dolphins are not rare, but are seldom seen at sea and have been involved in 4 mass strandings in SA. There are no population estimates for this species and they are listed as Data Deficient by the IUCN. To read more click here.

UPDATE ON PENGUIN CONSERVATION
PROGRAMME - FACES OF NEED

More than 2000 nests have now been installed thanks to the generosity of supporters who have donated to our Faces-of-Need programme.

The importance of this programme was recently recognised when the Dyer Island Conservation Trust, iKaPA and the US-based Species Survival Plan handed Table Mountain National Park 200 nest boxes which are being installed at the Boulders Beach colony near Simonstown.

Our target is to raise funding for 1000 more nests. To learn more click here.

Dyer Island Conservation Trust
P.O. Box 78 Gansbaai 7220 Western Cape, South Africa
Ph: +27 (0) 28 384 0406 | Fax: +27 (0) 28 384 1266
Email: info@dict.org.za

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