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Home Missions Flown
Missions flown by The Bateleurs since inception in 1998
Monday, 19 July 2010 08:15

1998

No missions were flown in 1998

1999

Mission Number Date Name of Mission
01 25 June 1999 VALVITA for Carte Blanche

 

2000

Mission Number Date Name of Mission
01 16 June 2000 Eco - Warriors, Soweto
02 22 July 2000 Grey Crowned Cranes Winter Census - Ugie
03 27 July 2000 Magaliesberg Survey

 

2001

Mission Number Date Name of Mission
01 1 January 2001 Sable Mission - Namibia
02 4 April 2001 Cranes in Mozambique
03 5 May 2001 Zambezi Delta
04 22 May 2001 Magaliesberg Survey - 1 of 2001
05 22 June 2001 Magaliesberg Survey - 2 of 2001
06 22 July 2001 Jukskei River
07 26 July 2001 Grey Crowned Cranes Winter Census - Ugie
08 7 September 2001 Mkhuze Reserve Game Count
09 4 November 2001 Brits Granite Mines

 

2002

Mission Number Date Name of Mission
01 15 February 2002 Relocation of Baby Sable from Letsitele
02 11 April 2002 Banhine National Park Habitat Survey
03 5 May 2002 North Coast KZN
04 1 June 2002
 Lion relocation from Madikwe to Tembe
05 15 June 2002 Klipriver Wetlands, Soweto
06 10 August 2002 Admiralty Reserve for WESSA and 50/50
07 23 August 2002 Ben Lavin Game Count
08 5 September 2002 Lephalale Eco-Tourism Mission
09 24 October 2002 Maputo Elephant Reserve Count
10 12 November 2002 Brits Granite Mines
11 21 December 2002 Lubombos Flyover

 

2003

Mission Number Date Name of Mission
01 8 April 2003 Venetia Wild Dogs Mission
02 17 April 2003 Lake Sibaya Nile Crocodile Survey
03 28 May 2003 Greater St Lucia Wetland Park and the N2 Toll Road
04 1 June 2003 Dugongs - Mozambique
05 6 June 2003 Marakele - Locate Wild Dogs & Assess Park
06 7 June 2003 Ndumu - Assessment of Wetlands
07 21 June 2003 SANWILD Lion : Mercy Flight
08 25 June 2003 Pondoland and the N2 Toll Road for 50/50
09 2 July 2003 Pondoland : Africa Geographic
10 6 July 2003 Richards Bay Mining and the Coastal Dunes
11 2 August 2003 Ithala Game Reserve Elephant Count - 1 of 2003
12 7 August 2003 Lion Relocation - Pilanesberg to Swaziland
13 3 September 2003 Pondoland for Vance Martin and Russ Mittermeier
14 1 October 2003 Cradle of Humankind
15 11 October 2003 Ithala Game Reserve Elephant Count - 2 of 2003
16 17 October 2003 Norscot Koppies and Kingfisher Nature Reserve
17 1 November 2003 Cape Griffon Vultures to Namibia
18 14 November 2003 Pondoland for Don Guy
19 29 November 2003 Brits Granite Mines
20 12 December 2003 Tembe Elephant Count
21 14 December 2003 Greater St Lucia Wetlands Park
22 15 December 2003 Baby Elephant Relocated to Kenya

 

2004

Mission Number Date Name of Mission
01 1 January 2004 De Hoop Mammal Count
02 17 January 2004 Baviaanskloof
03 25 January 2004 Pondoland : Greater St Lucia Wetlands Reserve
04 27 January 2004 Pondoland : The Citizen
05 11 March 2004 De Hoop Game Census
06 3 April 2004 Oribi Working Group in KZN
07 6 April 2004 Alicedale - Eastern Cape
08 6 April 2004 Pienaars River Floodplain
09 18 April 2004 Jukskei River
10 25 April 2004 Pondoland for the Sunday Tribune
11 6 May 2004 Ramsgate Piper - Rare Butterfly
12 9 May 2004 Black Eagles, Botanical Gardens, Roodepoort
13 1 June 2004 Nyl River Floodplain
14 5 June 2004 Swartkops
15 6 June 2004 Greater St Lucia Eastern Shores Game Census
16 11 June 2004 Brits Granite Mines - 1 of 2004
17 15 June 2004 Tembe [North Tongoland] Additional Habitat for Elephant
18 20 July 2004 South Cape Coast
19 21 July 2004 Maputo Elephant Reserve Re-count
20 7 August 2004 Garden Route
21 10 August 2004 Cape Griffon Vultures to Namibia - 1 of 2004
22 15 August 2004 Magqubu Ntombela
23 15 August 2004 Molopo & Molemane Rivers
24 7 September 2004 Cheetah Relocation to Greater St Lucia
25 8 September 2004 Chinese Tigers 01 from Mokopane to Laohu (Philippolis)
26 9 September 2004 Crocodile River - Muldersdfrift to Botswana Border
27 10 September 2004 Giant Sable Mission to Angola
28 16 October 2004 Pelican Count for UKZN - 1 of 2004
29 16 October 2004 Pelican Count for UCT - 1 of 2004
30 18 October 2004 Wild Coast - Mkambati
31 18 October 2004 Wild Coast - Wildebeest
32 19 October 2004 Kalahari Lions Relocated to Marakele National Park
33 22 October 2004 Cheetah Relocation to Samara (Graaf Reinet)
34 30 October 2004 Chinese Tigers 02 Johannesburg to Laohu (Philippolis)
35 20 November 2004 Steel Valley and Iscor
36 24 November 2004 Mtata Dam Catchment Survey - Eastern Cape
37 13 December 2004 Greater St Lucia and Kosi Bay
38 15 December 2004 Bonizwe Outreach Flight

 

2005

Mission Number Date Name of Mission
01 2 January 2005 Great White Sharks - Mossel Bay
02 29 January 2005 Pelican Count KwaZulu-Natal - 1 of 2005
03 30 January 2005 Tsavo National Park - Elephant Count
04 18 March 2005 Wild Coast Project & Wilderness Foundation
05 2 April 2005 Wild Coast for DEAET
06 5 April 2005 Massingir & Corumana Dams for NPSG & Kruger Park
07 15 April 2005 Martial Eagle Nests on Eskom Powerlines
08 15 April 2005 Painted Dogs to Zimbabwe with Batair
09 24 April 2005 Timberwatch Coalition
10 30 April 2005 Mapungubwe Mission for Working for Wetlands
11 1 May 2005 Wild Coast & Carte Blanche
12 16 May 2005 Wild Coast & Carte Blanche
13 10 June 2005 Marakele Mission for National Geographic Netherlands
14 29 June 2005 St Lucia Wetlands and Wild Limited
15 17 July 2005 Letaba Valley
16 24 July 2005 Pelican Count KwaZulu-Natal - 2 of 2005
17 5 August 2005 Pondoland & Euronatur
18 15 August 2005 Mondi Wetlands Sugar Cane Farming
19 9 September 2005 Cape Leopards Monitoring - 1 of 2005
20 10 September 2005 Cheetah Tracking at De Wildt
21 10 October 2005 Flurian & Ben Lavin Game Counts
22 13 October 2005 Cape Leopards Monitoring - 2 of 2005
23 24 October 2005 Greater St Lucia Wetlands
24 5 November 2005 Cape Leopards Monitoring - 3 of 2005
25 15 November 2005 Tsitsikamma Fire Damage
26 17 December 2005 Brits Granite Mines - 1 of 200

 

2006

Mission Number Date Name of Mission
01 5 January 2006 Wild Coast Monitoring - 1 of 2006
02 17 January 2006 Baviaanskloof & US Chiefs of Staff
03 18 January 2006 Pom Pom Weed Survey for Working for Wetlands
04 2 February 2006 Vissershok Landfill
05 6 February 2006 Cape Leopards Monitoring - 1 of 2006
06 28 February 2006 Cape Leopards and New Zealand Filming - 2 of 2006
07 20 March 2006 Survey for Working for Water - Dr Christo Marais
08 24 March 2006 Alien Invader Plants for Working for Wetlands
09 28 March 2006 Cape Leopards Monitoring - 3 of 2006
10 1 April 2006 Kgalagadi Lioness to Marakele
11 2 April 2006 Brits Granite Mines - 1 of 2006
12 8 April 2006 Cheetah Rescue at Alldays
13 11 April 2006 Wild Coast Monitoring - 2 of 2006
14 14 April 2006 Tembe Reserve Expansion
15 29 April 2006 Pelican Count for UCT - 1 of 2006
16 8 May 2006 Magaliesberg Conservancy
17 9 May 2006 Cape Leopard Monitoring - 4 of 2006
18 4 June 2006 Recce over the Olifants River
19 6 June 2006 Dullstroom Steenkampsberg
20 8 June 2006 Working for Wetlands 01 Catchments of the Wilge & Seekoeivlei Wetlands, Harrismith
21 15 June 2006 Brits Granite Mines - 2 of 2006
22 17 June 2006 Working for Wetlands 02 Catchments of the Waterberg (Nylsvlei) Wetlands, Pietersburg
23 18 June 2006 Working for Wetlands 03 Catchments of the Upper Usutu & Verloren Vallei Wetlands, Ermelo
24 21 June 2006 Air Pollution in the Vaal Triangle for Groundwork
25 30 June 2006 Sterkspruit Soil Erosion
26 4 July 2006 Working for Wetlands 04 Catchments of the Cedarville Flats & Penny Park Wetlands, Kokstad
27 5 July 2006 Working for Wetlands 05 Catchments of the Gatberg & Wildebees Wetlands, Mtata
28 10 July 2006 Working for Wetlands 06 Catchments of the Berg River Wetlands, Paarl
29 15 July 2006 Working for Wetlands 07 Catchments of the Sambandou Wetlands, Limpopo
30 27 July 2006 Cape Leopard Monitoring - 5 of 2006
31 13 August 2006 Mhlatuze Estuary - 1 of 2006
32 19 August 2006 Working for Wetlands 08 Catchments of the Wakkerstroom Wetlands, Mpumulanga
33 30 August 2006 Cape Leopard Monitoring - 6 of 2006
34 2 September 2006 Kwamsane
35 2 September 2006 Wattled Cranes
36 10 September 2006 Brits Granite Mines - 3 of 2006
37 14 September 2006 Greater St Lucia World Heritage Site & 50/50
38 18 September 2006 Cape Vulture Survey in Eastern Cape (Kei River)
39 5 October 2006 Shumba's Rest (Nylstroom) Survey
40 14 October 2006 Wits Sociology Department Prize Flight - 1 of 2006
41 15 October 2006 Wits Sociology Department Prize Flight - 2 of 2006
42 19 October 2006 Cape Leopards Monitoring - 7 of 2006
43 21 October 2006 Mhlatuze Estuary - 2 of 2006
44 21 October 2006 Wits Sociology Department Prize Flight - 3 of 2006
45 22 October 2006 Pelican Count for UCT - 2 of 2006
46 7 November 2006 Alien Plants in George - 1 of 2006
47 14 November 2006 Alien Plants in Calvinia - 2 of 2006
48 16 November 2006 Elands Baai
49 21 November 2006 Klip River Wetlands, Soweto
50 26 November 2006 Brits Granite Mines - 4 of 2006
51 28 November 2006 Brits & De Hoop for EWT
52 1 December 2006 Wild Coast Monitoring - 2 of 2006
53 5 December 2006 Geasphere, Timber & The SSNC
54 6 December 2006 Cranes in the North Eastern Cape
55 9 December 2006 Cranes in the Karoo
56 12 December 2006 Mhlatuze Estuary - 3 of 2006
57 13 December 2006 Cranes in KZN

 

2007

Mission Number Date Name of Mission
01 23 January 2007 Cranes for SACWG - Glenn Ramke - 1 of 2007
02 25 January 2007 Cape Leopard Monitoring - 1 of 2007
03 28 January 2007 Pelican Count for UCT - 1 of 2007
04 29 January 2007 Mhlatuze Estuary - 1 of 2007
05 31 January 2007 Cape Leopard Monitoring - 2 of 2007
06 11 February 2007 Corumana Dam for EWT
07 24 February 2007 Sustaining the Wild Coast
08 28 February 2007 Goedetrouw Dam
09 4 March 2007 Wild Dog Tracking
10 10 March 2007 Cape Leopard Monitoring - 3 of 2007
11 20 March 2007 Barn Swallows at La Mercy
12 21 March 2007 Impact of Neap Tides at Richards Bay
13 28 March 2007 Cape Leopard Monitoring - 4 of 2007
14 12 April 2007 Seringveld Conservancy and Sand Mining
15 15 April 2007 Pelican Count for UCT - 2 of 2007
16 16 April 2007 Cape Leopard Monitoring - 5 of 2007
17 17 April 2007 Groblersdal Crop-Spraying
18 19 April 2007 Chrissiesmeer & Open Cast Mining
19 19 April 2007 Vaal River Yellowfish Study for OVRYCMA
20 23 April 2007 Cape Leopard Monitoring - 6 of 2007
21 23 April 2007 Imfolozi Surveillance
22 24 April 2007 Save China's Tigers
23 1 May 2007 Brits Granite Mines - 1 of 2007
24 1 May 2007 ORI East Coast Monitoring - 1 of 2007
25 8 May 2007 Wild Coast Monitoring - 1 of 2007
26 10 May 2007 SA Borders Recce
27 28 May 2007 Riverine Rabbits near Loxton
28 30 May 2007 Shark Drumlines
29 9 June 2007 ORI East Coast Monitoring - 2 of 2007
30 14 June 2007 Crane Nests in KZN - 01 of 2007
31 21 June 2007 Crane Nests in KZN - 02 of 2007
32 23 June 2007 ORI East Coast Monitoring - 3 of 2007
33 23 June 2007 Shashe-Limpopo Elephant Count
34 23 June 2007 Pelican Count for UCT - 3 of 2007
35 15 July 2007 Working for Wetlands 01 Hex River, Rustenburg
36 22 July 2007 ORI East Coast Monitoring - 4 of 2007
37 23 July 2007 Working for Wetlands 02 Groot Marico
38 24 July 2007 Working for Wetlands 03 Mooi River Potchefstroom
39 25 July 2007 Working for Wetlands 04 Rietspruit & Kaalspruit
40 26 July 2007 Working for Wetlands 05 Natalspruit & Klip River
41 27 July 2007 Working for Wetlands 06 Draaikraal Dullstroom
42 30 July 2007 Cape Leopard Monitoring - 7 of 2007
43 11 August 2007 ORI East Coast Monitoring - 5 of 2007
44 14 August 2007 Working for Wetlands 07 Naboomspruit, Limpopo
45 14 August 2007 Working for Wetlands 08 Vaalwater, Limpopo
46 14 August 2007 Working for Wetlands 09 Mkuze River, KZN
47 15 August 2007 Cranes for SACWG - 2 of 2007
48 22 August 2007 Wild Coast Monitoring - 2 of 2007
49 30 August 2007 Working for Wetlands 10 Pondoland, KZN
50 31 August 2007 Working for Wetlands 11 Mzintlava, Penny Park, KZN
51 1 September 2007 Coal Burning Pollution in Soweto & Alexandra - 1 of 2007
52 6 September 2007 Clouddog 01 Klip river
53 15 September 2007 Clouddog 02 Seringveld
54 15 September 2007 Clouddog 03 Brits Koppies
55 15 September 2007 Brits Granite Mines - 2 of 2007
56 22 September 2007 ORI East Coast Monitoring - 6 of 2007
57 22 September 2007 Coal Burning Pollution Soweto & Alexandra - 2 of 2007
58 28 September 2007 Sioma Ngwezi Survey
59 1 October 2007 Gorongosa National Park
60 3 October 2007 Titanium Mining at Richards Bay for CNN
61 6 October 2007 ORI East Coast Monitoring - 7 of 2007
62 14 October 2007 Working for Wetlands 12 Duivenhoks & Goukou, Western Cape
63 15 October 2007 Working for Wetlands 13 Breede River, Western Cape
64 15 October 2007 Working for Wetlands 14 Monontsha, Free State
65 16 October 2007 Cape Leopard Monitoring - 8 of 2007
66 19 October 2007 Uplands Chweni Bonizwe Flight
67 19 October 2007 Klip River for 50/50
68 22 October 2007 Mzimvubu River Floodplain
69 14 November 2007 Pelican Count for UCT - 4 of 2007
70 18 November 2007 Wild Dog Tracking in Namibia
71 19 November 2007 Working for Wetlands 15 Berg River, Franschoek, Western Cape

 

2008

Mission Number Date Name of Mission
01 10 January 2008 Kgalagadi Cheetah Monitoring - 1 of 2008
02 28 January 2008 Cape Leopard Monitoring - 1 of 2007
03 2 February 2008 ORI East Coast Monitoring - 1 of 2008
04 12 February 2008 Dugongs - Mozambique
05 27 February 2008 Cape Leopard Monitoring - 2 of 2007
06 22 March 2008 Kgalagadi Cheetah Monitoring - 2 of 2008
07 30 March 2008 East Coast Survey for Michael McBride
08 14 April 2008 Beach Blues for Carte Blanche
09 27 May 2008 Wild Dog Tracking in Namibia
10 31 May 2008 Surfing Hippo - 1 of 5
11 4 June 2008 Working for Wetlands 01 Waterberg, Limpopo
12 7 June 2008 Surfing Hippo - 2 of 5
13 8 June 2008 Brits Granite Mines - 1 of 2008
14 11 June 2008 Working for Wetlands 02 Suikerbosrand, Gauteng
15 13 June 2008 Kgalagadi Cheetah - 3 of 2008
16 14 June 2008 Surfing Hippo - 3 of 5
17 19 June 2008 Working for Wetlands 03 Ezemvelo, Gauteng
18 21 June 2008 Surfing Hippo - 4 of 5
19 23 June 2008 Working for Wetlands 04 Maluti (Kestell), Free State
20 28 June 2008 Working for Wetlands 05 Bushbuckridge, Limpopo
21 30 June 2008 Surfing Hippo - 5 of 5
22 8 July 2008 Midmar Dam Development
23 19 July 2008 Working for Wetlands 06 Kamiesberg, Northern Cape
24 20 July 2008 Formation Flight for Xolobeni Sands
25 24 July 2008 Wild Coast Monitoring - 1 of 2008
26 26 July 2008 Magaliesberg Survey
27 1 August 2008 Tuli (Mashatu) Elephant Count
28 14 August 2008 Selous-Niassa Survey for Songea
29 20 August 2008 Assess Results of Rehabilitation Programme
30 24 August 2008 Kgalagadi Cheetah Monitoring - 4 of 2008
31 25 August 2008 Kalahari Raptors
32 4 September 2008 Comparative Count of Dugongs
33 15 September 2008 Water Hyacinth Infestation, Roodeplaat Dam
34 19 September 2008 Vulture Nest Survey, Roedtan
35 10 October 2008 Avian Collisions with Power Lines in the Overberg
36 15 October 2008 Investigation into My Acre of Africa
37 28 November 2008 Imfolozi Surveillance
38 17 December 2008 Grey Crowned Cranes - Chrissiesmeer
39 19 December 2008 Injured Rhino Tracking at Therstone Reserve

 

2009

Mission Number Date Name of Mission
01 31 January 2009 Kgalagadi Cheetah Tracking - 1 of 2009
02 15 February 2009 Cape Leopard Trust Monitoring - 1 of 2009
03 16 March 2009 Wild Coast Monitoring - 1 of 2009
04 24 March 2009 Grey Crowned Cranes Belfast
05 28 March 2009 Vaal Triangle Air Pollution
06 29 March 2009 Jukskei River for Wet - 1 of 2009
07 2 April 2009 Chimanimani National Reserve
08 4 April 2009 Chimanimani National Reserve
09 8 April 2009 Imfolozi Surveillance
10 28 April 2009 Imfolozi Surveillance
11 28 April 2009 Working for Wetlands 02 Mapungubwe, Limpopo
12 29 April 2009 Working for Wetlands 03 Mutale, Limpopo
13 30 April 2009 Working for Wetlands 04 KZN North
14 3 May 2009 Dugong Scientific Survey
15 15 May 2009 Kgalagadi Cheetah Tracking - 2 of 2009
16 23 May 2009 Wild Coast Monitoring - 2 of 2009
17 27 May 2009 Cape Leopard Trust Monitoring - 2 of 2009
18 27 May 2009 Mapungubwe Investigation into Mining
19 14 June 2009 Brits Granite Mines - 1 of 2009
20 28 June 2009 Crocodile Count UKZN 01 Lake Sibaya
21 30 June 2009 Brits Granite Mines - 2 of 2009
22 18 July 2009 Mopane Trees
23 4 August 2009 Cape Leopard Trust Monitoring - 3 of 2009
24 14 August 2009 N2 Toll Road for SWC
25 22 August 2009 Mpophomeni Wetlands
26 23 August 2009 Crocodile Count UKZN 02 Pongola
27 25 August 2009 Landmark Foundation Leopard Monitoring
28 31 August 2009 Land Cover Classification for SAC / CSIR
29
 11 September 2009 Anysberg Game Count
30 12 September 2009 Cape Parrots & Afromontane Forests
31 12 September 2009 Crocodile Count UKZN 03 St Lucia
32 23 September 2009 Kgalagadi for Peace Parks Foundation 01
33 10 October 2009 Ais Ais for Peace Parks Foundation 02
34 10 October 2009 Crocodile Count UKZN 04 Ndumo
35 18 October 2009 Crocodile Count UKZN 05 Pongola
36 20 October 2009 Pondoland MPA for ORI - 1 of 2009
37 24 October 2009 Table Mountain for CAP
38 7 November 2009 Umngeni River and Sand Mining
39 11 November 2009 Wesselton Community and Coal Mining
40 15 November 2009 Pondoland MPA for ORI - 2 of 2009
41 18 November 2009 Kgalagadi Cheetah Tracking - 3 of 2009
42 23 November 2009 Blinkwater Community
43 29 November 2009 Crocodile Count UKZN 06 St Lucia
44 6 December 2009 Rivers and Sand Mining in KZN
45 12 December 2009 Award Flight for EWT
46 15 December 2009 Pondoland MPA for ORI - 3 of 2009
47 17 December 2009 Dugong Survey

 

2010 - so far

Mission Number Date Name of Mission
01 23 January 2010 Crocodile Count UKZN 01 St Lucia
02 23 January 2010 Kgalagadi Cheetah Tracking - 1 of 2010
03 31 January 2010 Crocodile Count UKZN 02 Ndumo
04 2 February 2010 Nylsvley Game Count
05 2 February 2010 Sneeuberg Survey
06 7 March 2010 Caracals to Addo Elephant National Park
07 9 March 2010 Greater Limpopo Trans-Frontier Park for PPF
08 9 March 2010 Mapungubwe Trans-Frontier Park for PPF
09 20 March 2010 Crocodile Count UKZN 03 St Lucia
10 16 April 2010 Wild Dogs from Venetia to Mkhuze
11 19 April 2010 Mapungubwe & Vele Mine 01 of 2010
12 23 April 2010 Working for Wetlands 01 Spitskop & Harts, North West Province
13 29 April 2010 Working for Wetlands 02 Waterberg, Limpopo
14 30 April 2010 Ndumo Game Reserve for 50/50
15 8 May 2010 Niassa Reserve Back-Up Pilot
16 11 May 2010 Groundwork, Eskom & The World Bank
17 19 May 2010 Working for Wetlands 03 Maputaland, KZN
18 21 May 2010 Working for Wetlands 04 Mutale, Limpopo
19 1 June 2010 Jukskei River for Wet-Africa
20 4 June 2010 Wattled Crane Nests - 01 of 2010
21 15 June 2010 Mapungubwe & Vele Mine 02 of 2010
22 18 June 2010 Working for Wetlands 05 Maluti, Free State
23 23 June 2010 Crocodile Count UKZN 04 St Lucia
24 3 July 2010 Acid Mine Water for 50/50

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