Blog
A Canadian in the Valley!
Ninety percent of my time was spent working with white-fronted plovers during my internship with the Nature’s Valley Trust. You might think things could get monotonous after 5 months on the same...
How has fishing changed in Plett and Nature's Valley in the last 15 years?
Do fishermen really have an impact on the inshore fish species in our Bay?
In order to answer this question, the Nature’s Valley Trust (NVT) initiated a fisherman impact study in 2014 under our...
Managing the Groot River Estuary
As most of you know, the Groot River Estuary in Nature's Valley is what is called a natural open/closed system. Essentially this means the mouth of the estuary opens and closes naturally as part...
An interns farewell
My six-month South African adventure has come to an end. I travelled to Plettenberg Bay to learn how to survey and monitor shorebirds but I never expected to also experience such a variety of...
World Oceans Day!
The theme for World Oceans Day today is "healthy oceans, healthy planet", and it encapsulates the ethos we have about our work at the Nature’s Valley Trust. So much of what we do involves...
Highs and lows of the shorebird field season
The NVT Shorebird Research Team recently finished a great 6 months field season working on White-fronted Plovers. With a total of 83 nests, over 1500 kilometers hiked, plus 500 hours of...
Boats, Birds and Bellyaches
At 5 we woke, down on the beach for 6, ready for action. The boat we were to spend our day on, researching wildlife abundance and ocean conditions, was ready waiting for us on the sand. Framed...
The end of the beginning
This is it, when one reaches adulthood they have to leave their family to make a start for themselves. They take with them their values and teachings to share with the world. The family name will...
Introducing the Tsitsikamma-Plettenberg Bay Important Bird and Biodiversity Area
Big news in recently was the national launch of the new IBA Directory for South Africa, along with the first status report for the countries IBA’s. Hang on you say – what is an IBA? And why is...
Reflections from an Ornithologist
It’s been a couple of weeks now that I left the beautiful Valley, and it took me really this long to digest all the great experiences and impressions I gathered during my two weeks of voluntary...
Our first Aussie!
An Aussie Princess Arrives in the Valley
It’s been a couple of weeks since I arrived in the Valley and wow, I have been exposed to a lot of new things! Let me tell you a bit about my self first...
"Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.”
- Did you know that a limpet’s teeth, is one of the strongest natural substance on earth?
- Did you know that an urchins' anus is always facing the sun?
- Did you know that Fynbos can be hand...
A Hike into the Unknown
Hiking to Salt River
Today was a perfect sunny and warm winters day in Nature’s Valley, one longed for after the cold and rainy days and nights. My hiking plans have been stunted by a...
The effects of Nature’s Valley Trust on a South Korean intern
Introduction
Contrary to popular belief, Nature’s Valley Trust does not have anything to do with granola bar production and does not employ interns to taste various flavors.
As a renowned...
African Marine Debris Summit 2015
NVT at the African Marine Debris Summit
The Second African Marine Debris summit, took place from Thursday 2nd until Friday the 5th of June 2015. The Nature’s Valley Trust team, including...