Trips
This is a list of many of my trips over the last 2 decades. Trips include travel to birding conferences, avian research trips, bird ringing trips, and a few holidays. From 1998-2018 I was employed at SAFRING. Since then, many of my trips have been guiding trips.
2024 trips
| Bird ringing at Grotto Bay, 31 Aug 2024 [Special, BDI blog, ebird] |
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| Bird ringing at Botuin, 4-7 Aug 2024 [Special, BDI blog, ebird] |
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| Bird ringing at Botuin, 2-5 June 2024 [BDI blog, ebird] |
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| Bird ringing at Ouberg, 1-7 May 2024 [blog, ebird] |
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| Seychelles ringing, 11 – 27 Apr 2024 (blog, ebird) |
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| Botuin ringing, 31 Jan – 6 Feb 2024 (blog, BDI, ebird) |
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| Vondeling ringing, 16-20 Jan 2024 (ebird) | Malachite Kingfisher |
2023 trips
| Western Cape ringing – RAVE, 27 Nov-17 Dec 2023 (blog, ebird) |
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| Western Cape birding, 27 Oct-7 Nov 2023 (blog, ebird) |
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| Zambia ringing, 1-9 Oct 2023, 45 species (blog, ebird) |
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| New Holme ringing, 1-10 Sep 2023, 31 species (blog, ebird) |
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| Vondeling ringing, 17-20 Aug 2023 [blog, ebird] |
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| Vondeling ringing, 3-6 Aug 2023 [blog, ebird] |  |
| Botuin ringing, 28 Jun – 4 Jul 2023 [bdi blog, ebird] |
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| Vondeling ringing, 8-11 June 2023 [blog, ebird] |
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| Grotto Bay, West Coast, 27 May 2023 – morning ringing session [blog, ebird] |
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| Bird ringing at Ouberg, 10-16 May 2023 [blog, also spurfowl, ebird] |
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| Bird ringing at Vondeling, 13-16 Apr 2023 [blog, ebird] |
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| Bird ringing at New Holme, 24-26 Feb 2023 [ebird] |
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| Bird ringing at Ouberg, 14-17 Feb 2023 [blog, ebird] |
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| Botuin ringing course, 1-7 February 2023 [blog, ebird] |
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2022 and earlier trips
Ringing course, Nampene Island, 27/11/2022-01/12/2022
PAOC15 Victoria Falls & Ringing Course on Nampene, 20 Nov–1 Dec 2022 [ebird list]
BDI Bird Ringing Course, New Holme, 30 Oct-6 Nov 2022
Botswana birding, 14-27 October 2022
Klipbokkop field course with ringing, 3-6 October 2022
BDI Bird Ringing Course, New Holme, 1-7 Sept 2022
Ringing at Fynbos Estate, 5-8 August 2022
Karoo ringing recce – New Holme (Hanover), 19-21 April 2022
Karoo ringing at Botuin, 27 Nov-1 Dec 2021
Namibia birding, 21-30 Oct 2021
Namibia birding, 8-21 Sept 2021
West Coast birds and spring flowers, 20 Aug 2021
KZN birding, 22-31 May 2021
Western Cape endemics, 15-21 May and 1-3 June 2021
Weaver displays in South Africa, 23 Jan-11 Feb 2021
Ringing on Ouberg Private Nature Reserve, 21-25 October 2020
Birding and ringing at Fynbos Estate, 21-23 September 2020
Karoo garden ringing, Botuin, Vanrhynsdorp, 23-26 January 2020
Fynbos Estate Expedition, 3-12 December 2019
Karoo ringing – New Holme (Hanover), 10-12 November 2019
Pietermaritzburg – ringing euplectids, 9-21 October 2019
Ringing at Klipbokkop, 1-3 October 2019
Ringing on Cousin, Seychelles, 18-20 August 2019
Ringing on Aride, Seychelles, 12-18 August 2019
Zululand ringing, 29-31 July 2019
Previous trips from Weaver web
Colour ringing birds at Fynbos Estate, 17-21 June 2019
Ringing at Sonop farm, Paardeberg, 27 April 2019
Ringing expedition to Fynbos Estate, 18-28 February 2019
Pietermaritzburg – ringing euplectids, 18-24 November 2018
Ringing weekend at Wittewater Farm, 15-18 February 2018: buntings and bishops
Ringing at Swebe-swebe in Limpopo, 19-25 Nov 2017 – Quelea flocks
Bird ringing course, Aride, Seychelles, 15-22 October 2017
Virtual Museuming in KZN, 1-17 April 2017
Entebbe, Uganda, 9-16 July 2017 and Hairy Lemon Island, Nile River, Uganda, 13 July 2017
Virtual Museuming in KZN, 1-17 April 2017
Ringing weekend at the Nature College, 18-19 March 2017
14th Pan African Ornithological Congress, Dakar, Senegal, 16-21 October 2016
ADU Citizen Scientist Weekend, BLSA Centre Wakkerstroom, 17-18 Sept 2016
ADU Citizen Scientist Weekend, Bloemfontein, 22-24 April 2016
Camping at Kardoesie, 25-27 March 2016
Quelea ringing at Vyevlei, 4-6 March 2016
Sasol Vaaldam big bird-count, 13-14 February 2016
Pilot Citizen Science Event, Hans Hoheisen, 27-30 Nov 2015
Cape Weaver survey on Robben Island, 2-4 Oct 2015
Ringing Red-billed Quelea in the Worcester area, 6 Sept 2015
Bird ringing course, Fregate Island, Seychelles, 12-22 July 2015
PHOWNing from Orpen to OR Tambo, 1 June 2015
Trip to KwaZulu-Natal, 25 April – 9 May, 2015
Quelea ringing at Vyevlei, 20-22 Feb 2015
Weaver colonies at the CSIR, 5 Dec 2014
ADU Citizen Scientist Day, Roodepoort, 16 August 2014
Trip to the Upper Karoo, 24 May-6 June 2014
Bird ringing course, Cousin & Cousine Islands, Seychelles, 11-16 Feb 2014
Quelea ringing near Malmesbury, 18-19 Jan 2014
Biodiversity southern Africa conference, 2-6 Dec 2013
Barberspan ringing conference, 28 Nov – 1 Dec 2013
Trip to Calvinia, 27-28 October 2013
PHOWNing in Hoedspruit, 9-13 October 2013
Ringing in KZN, 15 May – 6 June 2013
Opening of Grootvaly Ringing Centre, 8-10 March 2013
“Weavers for Africa” Conference, 26 Jan 2013
13th PAOC, Arusha, Tanzania, 14-21 October 2012
Visit to Kenya, 27 May – 4 June 2012
Visit to Namibia, 27 Apr-7 May 2012
Ringing course, Zambia, 29 March – 6 April 2012 [ebird]
Port Elizabeth, March 2012:
Landela ringing, 13-14 March 2012
Conference, Frontiers in South African ornithology, 15-16 March 2012
BLSA AGM, 17 March 2012 [plus ringing]
Ringing trip, Zululand, 6-12 February 2012
Ringing trip, Tswalu, 14-17 November 2011
Bird ringing course, Cousin Island, Seychelles, 18-23 September 2011
Weavers in winter, July 2011
Weaver trip to the Upper Karoo, 21-30 April 2011
Ringing & atlasing workshop, Barberspan, 9-16 March 2011
Weaver ringing trip to Nelspruit, 14-20 March 2011
CWAC & Weaver records on the Vaal Dam, 20-22 Jan 2011
Ringing trip to coastal Zululand, 14-19 Nov 2010
Namibian ringers get-together, Kakuse farm, 13-16 May 2010
Ringing course in Port Elizabeth, May 2010
Barberspan ringing conference and more, 11-22 March 2010
Weaver ringing trip to Limpopo Province, 2-6 Feb 2010
Red-billed Quelea breeding in the Worcester area, Western Cape, 20-21 April 2009
Weaver ringing trip to the bushveld, 20-28 Feb 2009
60th anniversary, Ringing Conference at Ezemvelo, Dec 2008 – Under construction
PAOC Conference at Goudini Spa, 7-12 Sep 2008
Trip to Tervuren, Belgium to study weaver type specimens, Jul/Aug 2008
Trip to Lubango, Angola, to catalogue specimens, 6-23 June 2008
Weaver ringing trip to KwaZulu-Natal, Jan 2008
Cape Town ringing workshop, 14-19 Oct 2007
Madagascar, 1-21 Oct 2006 [ebird report]
IOC 24, Hamburg, 13-19 Aug 2006
Wakkerstroom Bird ringing course, 3-7 January 2005
SAFRING national ringing workshop, Landela, 11-17 Nov 2005
AEWA/AFRING ringing course, Kenya, 19-26 Sept 2004
Potberg Ringing Course, De Hoop Nature Reserve, W Cape, 21-27 Aug 2004
Namibian ringers get-together, Farm Wiese, Namibia, 20-25 May 2004
Pelican ringing expedition, Hardap Dam, Namibia, 24 May 2004
Trip to Scotland, April 2004
Bird ringing course, Wakkerstroom, 3-10 January 2004
Orange River ringing, 12-19 October 2003
Jena Student visit, 22nd September – 9th October, 2003
Inhaca Island, Mozambique, 31 May – 8 June 2003
Namibia VSG and ringing, April 2003
Namibian islands seabird survey, 19-30 January 2003
Dyer Island, 2 – 3 January 2003
Golden Gate, 26 – 30 December 2002
Bird ringing course, Wakkerstroom, 30 Nov – 6 Dec 2002
Bird ringing course, Lamberts Bay, 19-26 October 2002
ADU Roadshow, 6 – 20 September 2002
23rd International Ornithological Congress, China, 9-23 August 2002
Long weekend in Malawi, 28 June – 2 July 2002
Trip to Australia in March 2002
Swartberg hike, 28 May – 1 June 2002
Lamberts Bay ringing, 17-20 Jan 2002
SAFRING Wakkerstroom National Ringing Training Course, 1-8 December 2001
Seabird ringing course, Lamberts Bay, 13-20 October 2001
3rd EOU Groningen, Netherlands, 21-25 August 2001 (Poster: Polygyny and breeding activities in Thickbilled Weavers Amblyospiza albifrons).