Trapping weavers, Vondeling, 17-18/09/2024
A small group arrived at Vondeling on 17 Sep for a 2 night visit. While settling in, I noticed that weavers were coming to feed on the ground outside our cottag...
Author: Dieter
Dieter is a qualified Bird Ringer and trainer, registered bird guide, and Weaver expert. Dieter is able to act as a bird guide for day trips in Cape Town, and is able to customise birds tours in South Africa and beyond.
Catching larks, New Holme, 14/09/2024
Catching larks is not easy, unless flocks (or single birds) come to drink at water. While ringing at New Holme in the Northern Cape, we brought 4 larks, all of ...
Cape Penduline-tit, Grotto Bay, 31/08/2024
The two penduline-tits are of the smallest birds in southern Africa, at a mere 9cm in length. They are best known, however, for their remarkable nests with a fa...
Seychelles Kestrel, Anonmyne Island, Seychelles, 12/04/2024
The Seychelles does not have a very high list of birds, but there are quite a few special endemic birds. There is one endemic kestrel, found mainly on Mahe but ...
Yellow-bellied Eremomela, Gifberg, 3/06/2024
The Yellow-bellied Eremomela is a small, inconspicuous bird found widely in Africa, in open savanna and dry woodland habitats, including the Karoo where there a...
Colour ringing birds at Fynbos Estate, 17-21 June 2019
Colour ringing birds at Fynbos Estate, 17-21 June 2019 2019-06-25 Bird ringing was conducted at Fynbos Estate, with two students from France, as part of their f...
Ringing at Sonop farm, Paardeberg, 27 April 2019
Ringing at Sonop farm, Paardeberg, 27 April 2019 2019-04-29 (837) Ringing site around dam at Sonop farm Paardeberg Inselberg is surrounded by vineyards a...
Ringing expedition to Fynbos Estate, 18-28 February 2019
Ringing expedition to Fynbos Estate, 18-28 February 2019 2019-03-08 (834) Common Fiscal – female (L) with white eyestripe male (R) no eyestripe Ten...
Ringing weekend at Wittewater Farm, 15-18 February 2018
Ringing weekend at Wittewater Farm, 15-18 February 2018: buntings and bishops 2018-02-23 (817) Wittewater Farm Cape Bunting Yellow Bishop Phil Green host...
Limpopo, Red-billed Quelea flocks, 20 Nov 2017
Red-billed Quelea flocks 2018-08-21 (824) On 20 Nov 2017 I was on farm Swebe-Swebe in Limpopo Province watching vast flocks of quelea flying into their roost in...