Interesting Newsletters relating to the conservation of birds in Namibia
On this page we keep an updated list of interesting birding related newsletters from organizations in Namibia.
Currently they are all produced in pfd file format.
If you do not have a pdf reader, you can download one from
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If you have an interest in visiting Namibia, it is really worth having a look at a number of the articles in these newsletters.
They really contain interesting information
Namibia Coastal-Marine Bird News
In this issue: spotlight on wildlife/power lines conflicts on the coast, coastal wetland bird counts, tracking the movements of individual birds as well as newsflashes and photo gallery
In this issue: 10 years of tern ringing at Mile 4 Salt Pans, coastal/marine Important Bird Areas of, Namibia: Mile 4 Saltworks/Salt Pans, population trends in some of Namibia's coastal, tern species, newsflashes and photo gallery.
In this issue: report on the summer wetland bird counts; January/February 2009, summer bird count at Walvis Bay Ramsar Site, Swakop River bird counts and habitat changes, ring resightings, population trends in some of Namibia's coastal, tern species, 1990-2008 (cont.), project Shine coastal bird competitions, the first Albatross Task Force international, workshop, Chile.
In this issue: Namibia's tern species, Damara Terns - flagships for coastal conservation in Namibia, population trends in some of Namibia's coastal, tern species, 1990-2008, ring resightings/recoveries & newsflashes
Namibia Crane News
In this issue: Etosha cranes stay put at Andoni until the first rains, news from Kavango, Newsflashes
In this issue: Has there been a further decline in Namibia's Blue Cranes, Etosha cranes move up to Andoni, general crane and wetland bird news, an investigation of wetland birds using reeds, alongside the Okavango River and the impact of reed harvesting on these birds
In this issue: update on Blue Crane numbers at Etosha, more Blue Crane sightings from Etosha, crane ecology, general crane/wetland bird news, white Pelican breeding at Hardap Dam, February 2009, mass breeding of flamingos and White Pelicans on the Etosha Pan in 1971, Part 2: Pelican airlift
In this issue:Etosha crane survey, March 2009, more news from Etosha, blue Cranes and water in dry Namibia, uplisting of Grey Crowned Crane to Vulnerable, mass breeding of flamingos and White Pelicans on the Etosha Pan in 1971, Part 1: The trek of the flamingos
In this issue: the Namibian Crane Action Plan - five years down the line, Blue Crane news from Etosha, World Wetlands Day, Student intern project on wetland birds on dams
Namibia Raptor News
In this issue: More vultures illegally poisoned, wind farms 'displace' rare birds, farmers & sponsors to the rescue, news flashes, Kavango raptors, who am I, vultures and eggs, Maori legend of man-eating bird, satellite tagged Black Harriers - filming and feathers, aerial survey of Lappet-faced Vultures, roost sign for kestrel and falcon conservation, a study on urban Rock Kestrel, vets help vulture.
In this issue: fundraising dinner a roaring success, Brown Hyeana surprised by Cape Fur Seal, raptors in Botswana, vultures on NamibRand Nature Reserve, newsflashes, who am I.
In this issue: international awareness day, vultures & domestic stock, Ospreys in Scotland, mystery bird, black harriers in the spotlight, useful websites & content, more sightings of Red-footed Falcons, oldest musical instrument found and newsflashes.
In this issue: A tibute to Steven Piper, Rock Kestrels, do vultures attack and kill sheep, vulture resightings on Wiese, vultures going walk-about, information needed, the mystery of the missing mice, tourists of another kind and newsflashes
In this issue: Raptors in South Western Namibia, Botswana raptors, News from RSA, Satellite tracking of Hobby Falcon, Resaurant in Skeleton Coast Park, Update from NaRREC, GPS transmitters on African White-backed Vultures, Tag sightings proving more successful than ring sightings, update on the breeding success of Black Harriers and good news on satellite tagging, kites follow rain in Caprivi, newsflashes and appeal to all raptors Namibia readers
