Ringing weekend at Wittewater Farm, 15-18 February 2018: buntings and bishops
2018-02-23 (817)
Phil Green hosted Barry and Sue and me on Wittewater farm, north of Piketberg, for a long weekend of ringing. We had nets around the farm house and next to a fresh water spring. We were amazed at the large number of Cape Buntings caught, followed by Yellow Bishops.
| Species | n |
| Cape Turtle Dove | 1 |
| White-backed Mousebird | 3 |
| Rock Martin | 1 |
| Cape Bulbul | 8 |
| Olive Thrush | 1 |
| Cape Robin | 8 |
| Karoo Robin | 3 |
| Long-billed Crombec | 1 |
| Chestnut-vented Tit-babbler | 1 |
| Fiscal Flycatcher | 1 |
| Fairy Flycatcher | 1 |
| Fiscal Shrike | 2 |
| Bokmakierie | 1 |
| Southern Double-collared Sunbird | 3 |
| Cape Sparrow | 2 |
| Southern Grey-headed Sparrow | 2 |
| Cape Weaver | 8 |
| Yellow Bishop | 17 |
| Yellow Canary | 1 |
| Streaky-headed Canary | 2 |
| Cape Bunting | 83 |
| Cape White-eye | 5 |
| Karoo Prinia | 5 |
| Southern Greyheaded Sparrow | 1 |
| TOTALS | 161 |
