Reserve News

Biodiversity catastrophe

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A recent survey by DARDLEA shows that there is plenty to worry about when it comes to preserving Mpumalanga’s biodiversity. The Awareness Office, Environmental Services of the Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Land and Environmental Affairs (DARDLEA) recently published Species … Read More

Pale-crowned Cisticola in its moist grassland habitat at Seekoeivlei Nature Reserve, Free State, 8 July 2015 (Photograph by Lia Steen)
Birds

New light on the Cisticola

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A recent paper suggests that the Pale-Crowned Cisticola is not quite as rare as previously supposed. The Pale-Crowned Cisticola is part of a large group of small brown birds that inhabit grasslands in both the high- and lowvelds—the classic LBJ … Read More