Three short sessions of ringing in a garden (29-31 July 2019) near Umfolozi River Lodge yielded 77 birds of 22 species. The garden is in a Sappi plantation but some indigenous trees attract a wide variety of interesting species. The photos below show selected species pairs. Several birds were recaptured from ringing visits over the last few years.
Totals of birds ringed and recaptured in Sappi forest garden, 29-31 July 2019
| Species | Latin | n |
| Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | 3 |
| Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria | 2 |
| Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | 1 |
| Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris | 1 |
| Black-collared Barbet | Lybius torquatus | 2 |
| Red-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus pusillus | 1 |
| Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus | 4 |
| Crested Barbet | Trachyphonus vaillantii | 1 |
| Lesser Striped Swallow | Hirundo abyssinica | 1 |
| Dark-capped Bulbul | Pycnonotus tricolor | 2 |
| Black-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira peltata | 1 |
| African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | 1 |
| Olive Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea | 2 |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | 1 |
| Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius | 5 |
| Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | 8 |
| Yellow Weaver | Ploceus subaureus | 2 |
| Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullatus | 7 |
| Red-backed Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor | 8 |
| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | 1 |
| Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambicus | 2 |
| Cape White-eye | Zosterops virens | 21 |
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