Monthly Archives: August 2022

Recently Green Scorpion members (Div de Villiers and Robert Stegmann) from the Department of Economic Development and Environment were on a dedicated law enforcement and compliance patrol with the SA Police Services when a large whirlpool was spotted off the … Continue reading →

Reports were sent through to the museum of a humpback whale which had washed out close to the coastal village of Hamburg (Sunshine Coast west of East London), presumably last Tuesday 16th August or on Wednesday 17th August 2022. Tracey … Continue reading →

A video capturing an unidentified small whale species was sent through to the museum by Buffalo City Metro official Siani Tinley. Some fishermen had filmed a whale circulating their boat yesterday afternoon (11 August 2022). It seemed quite curious and … Continue reading →

Yesterday (10 August 2022) Winterstrand resident Christien le Roux reported having found a second white-chinned petrel deceased on the beach. This bird may have died out at sea and was washed ashore by the incoming tide.

Avid environmentalist and Winterstrand resident Christien le Roux reported and secured a lethargic white-chinned petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis) which she discovered on the beach en route to Cove Rock on Tuesday 8 August 2022. The bird was collected by museum scientist … Continue reading →

Today (5 August 2022) is the final day of the Congress being held in Munich, Germany. The World Congress of Malacology is being held at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (also referred to as LMU or the University of Munich – see images … Continue reading →

Many years ago, a specimen of the the most common cycad species in the Eastern Cape Encephalartos altensteinii (Eastern Cape giant cycad) was saved from destruction in the wild and relocated to the museum garden. This task was undertaken by … Continue reading →

Bayworld Museum, the East London Museum and the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries collaboratively presented a virtual poster at the

Below are two pages from the article with contact details for the trail on the last page. A big thank you to travel journalist Fiona McIntosh for writing a great article! Shaen Adey took some magic pics for the submission … Continue reading →