New Mural Shines the Light on the Endemic Birds of Dana Bay!

Photo Credit: Erika Van Der Westhuizen

The new mural joins two existing pieces created to bring more awareness to wildlife that has the right-of-way in Dana Bay!

Garden Route, South Africa (25 March 2026) – A brand new mural has gone up at the Government Health Clinic on the corner of Distans Street and Comosa Street in Dana Bay, celebrating nine bird species that are endemic and commonly found in the region.

Dana Bay is a legally recognised conservancy where the community commits to protecting and living in harmony with the environment. Its coastal and limestone fynbos support among the highest numbers of endemic species in the entire Cape floristic region!

Bush buck, steenbok, mongooses and Cape francolins all roam freely there, sharing nature’s abundance with prolific bird life.

The new mural – third in an ongoing series – was commissioned by the Dana Bay Conservancy to celebrate and bring awareness to this natural world.

“This is the third mural commissioned to create awareness to the residents, visitors, holidaymakers, and contractors that this is a conservancy where our wildlife have right-of-way.” shares Erika Van Der Westhuizen, Chairperson of the conservancy. “And, that our community should be the custodians to protect and conserve our natural world in Dana Bay.”

Local artist Jacques Schutte from Arts Busted painted the piece, marking his first full mural beyond the still life and landscape paintings he usually creates with oil paint on canvas.

The artwork depicts nine endemic and common bird species found in the region, including the Spotted Eagle Owl, Jackal Buzzard, Burchell’s Coucal, Cape Sugarbird, Cape White-Eye, Helmeted Guineafowl, Brown-hooded Kingfisher, Cape Robin-chat, and Southern Double-collared Sunbird.

The third mural joins two existing artworks in the same series. The first was painted on Flora Road, of a mountain landscape highlighting our beautiful indigenous proteas.