MAILBAG
Conservancy compiles useful bird listing
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Benoni knew of the invader
but were not aware of the
related citizen science project.
Jane Trembath, our chairlady,
and I thereupon undertook to
collect these ladybirds and I
have been in correspondence
with Dr Minette Karsten at
Stellenbosch University
accordingly, thanks to you
including her email address.
We greatly value the help of
persons such as yourself with
similar aims.
Our website is http://www.-
korsmanconservancy.com.
You will see it includes quite a
comprehensive checklist of
flora and fauna to be found in
the conservancy, which to
some extent would serve as a
proforma list for other similar
habitats in Gauteng.
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We take a more in-depth look In particular I have set up an
Excel spreadsheet of South
the bee-keeping article
at the aloes of Gauteng
African birds, indicating the
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140 species we have
Editor
Aloe transvaalensis no longer
exists. It falls under A zebrina
which includes a number of
The Editor welcomes your letters, comments and
spotted-leaved aloes.
opinions, but reserves the right to edit
and shorten as necessary.
The former Aloe davyana is
Senders’ names and addresses must
now known an A greatheadi
be included.
var davyana.
Afrikaans letters will be translated.
Just some useless info.
Post mail to: Letters, PO Box 14648,
Joop
Bredell 1623 or fax 086 602-3882
By email
or e-mail [email protected]
ir ~ Thank you for your
always interesting
Smallholder magazine,
(even though we are not
smallholders), and in particu-
lar for the article on the
invasive ladybird-like beetle
( Smallholder April 2017).
Some of us involved in the
Korsman Conservancy in
Aloe changes name
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www.sasmallholder.co.za
recorded in the conservancy
and those found in the
SABAP2 (SA Bird Atlas Project
Phase 2) 'pentad' which
includes the conservancy.
The file can be filtered to
show, for example, those
found on more than 50% of
formal pentad counts, at
certain times of year, by status
etc.
John Livesey
By Email