The Gannets were chosen as the representative figure of the monument due to the poem "El Alcatraz" (the gannet) by Daniel Lemaitre, which was inspired by these representative birds of the city that ...

Bird Island, nestled off the coast of Lambert’s Bay, has become Southern Africa’s beacon of success in seabird conservation and the Cape Gannet population is flourishing, Cape {town} Etc reports. Home ...

With ongoing monitoring and innovative conservation strategies, Lambert’s Bay Bird Island celebrates a conservation milestone as Southern Africa’s most thriving Cape Gannet colony. This island ...

Stormy weather will drive these birds to more sheltered waters close to land. The Gannet has layers of fat and double eyelids to protect them from impact damage in their spectacular 60mph dive for ...