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• Category: bird news
  • Western Cape, 27 Oct-7 Nov 2023
  • Bronze Mannikins in Cape Town
  • Botswana, 14-27 October 2022
  • Cape Town Pelagic, 26 July 2022
  • Online resources
  • Bird identification links
  • Namibia birding, 21-30 Oct 2021
  • Namibia birding, 8-21 Sept 2021
  • West Coast birds and spring flowers
  • KZN birding, 22-31 May 2021
  • Western Cape endemics, May-June 2021
  • Birding routes in the Western Cape
  • Rondevlei birds
  • Vineyard birds
  • Birds bathing at Jack Muller Park
  • Gymnogene predation
  • Starlings and syringas
  • Strandfontein during lockdown
  • Dust bathing in birds
  • African bird atlasses
  • Robben Island birding
  • South Coast bird trip
  • West Coast bird trip
  • Birding in the rain
  • Swallow survey in Cape Town
  • Peninsula birding highlights
  • Birds of Umfolozi River Lodge
  • Swallows in Cape Town
  • Strandfontein Sewage Works
  • Birds of Kirstenbosch
• Category: ringing news
  • Colour ringing birds at Fynbos Estate, 17-21 June 2019
  • Red-winged Starling, Cape Town, 18+20/07/2024
  • Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk, Cape Town, 31/08/2024
  • Gifberg ringing
  • Bird ringing on Fregate, Seychelles, 11–27 Apr 2024
  • Primary moult studies
  • Botuin ringing, February 2024
  • RAVE, 27 Nov-17 Dec 2023
  • Zambia ringing, October 2023
  • New Holme, 1-10 Sep 2023
  • Greater Honeyguide
  • Zululand ringing
  • Catching Cape Spurfowls
  • White tipped tails in Karoo birds
  • Ringing course, Nampene, 27 Nov-1 Dec 2022
  • Ringing at Klipbokkop, 3-6 Oct 2022
  • BDI Bird Ringing Course, 1-7 Sept 2022
  • Fynbos Estate, 5-8 August 2022
  • Ringing recce, 19-21 April 2022
  • Karoo ringing at Botuin, 27 Nov-1 Dec 2021
  • Wattle-eye and Batis longevities
  • Best ringing experiences
  • Ouberg ringing
  • Fynbos Estate 2020
  • Antarctic seabirds
  • Longevities of kingfishers
  • Longevities of cranes
  • Longevities of sunbirds and sugarbirds
  • Longevities of Cossypha robin-chats
  • Longevities of shrikes, bush-shrikes and helmet-shrikes
  • Karoo garden ringing – Botuin, 23-26 Jan 2020
  • Cape Weaver longevity
  • The Cardinal Woodpecker tree
  • Fynbos Estate Expedition, 3-12 December 2019
  • African ibises and spoonbills
  • Karoo ringing – New Holme (Hanover)
  • Transitional widowbirds
  • Ringing at Klipbokkop, 1-3 October 2019
  • Ringing on Cousin
  • Ringing on Aride
  • Zululand ringing
• Category: Special
  • House Sparrows, Vanrhynsdorp, 19/11/2024
  • Eurasian Golden Oriole, Vanrhynsdorp, 30/06/2023
  • Spotted Eagle Owl, Vondeling, 10/06/2023
  • European Bee-eater, Vanrhynsdorp, 25/01/2020
  • Sickle-winged Chat, Vanrhynsdorp, 2/07/2023
  • Burchell’s Courser, New Holme, 6/09/2023
  • Rufous Flycatcher-Thrush, Kakoma, Zambia, 3/10/2023
  • Trapping weavers, Vondeling, 17-18/09/2024
  • Catching larks, New Holme, 14/09/2024
  • Cape Penduline-tit, Grotto Bay, 31/08/2024
  • Seychelles Kestrel, Anonmyne Island, Seychelles, 12/04/2024
  • Yellow-bellied Eremomela, Gifberg, 3/06/2024
  • Brown-backed Honeybird, Cape Town, 11/06/2024
  • Catching Cape Weavers, Maskam, 5-6/08/2024
• Category: trips
  • Ringing at Sonop farm, Paardeberg, 27 April 2019
  • Ringing expedition to Fynbos Estate, 18-28 February 2019
  • Ringing weekend at Wittewater Farm, 15-18 February 2018
  • Limpopo, Red-billed Quelea flocks, 20 Nov 2017
  • Bird ringing course, Aride, Seychelles, 15-22 October 2017
  • Hairy Lemon Island, Nile River, Uganda, 13 July 2017
  • Weavers in Entebbe, Uganda, 9-16 July 2017
  • Ringing weekend at the Nature College, 18-19 March 2017
  • PAOC14, Dakar, Senegal, 16-21 October 2016
  • Citizen Scientist event, 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Ringing course, Cousin & Cousine Islands, Seychelles, 11-16 Feb 2014
  • Quelea near Malmesbury, 18-19 Jan 2014
  • UCT, Biodiversity conference, 2-6 Dec 2013
  • Barberspan ringing conference, 28 Nov – 1 Dec 2013
  • Trip to Calvinia, 27-28 Oct 2013
  • PHOWNing in Hoedspruit, 9-13 October 2013
  • Ringing in KZN, 15 May – 6 June 2013
  • Grootvaly Ringing Centre, 12 Mar 2013
  • Intaka, Weavers Conference, 26 Jan 2013
  • PAOC13, Tanzania, 14-21 October 2012
  • Nairobi and Watamu, Kenya, 27 May – 4 June 2012
  • Bird ringing course, Zambia, 29 March – 6 April 2012
  • Weaver trip, Tswalu Kalahari Game Reserve, 14-17 Nov 2011
  • Ringing course, Cousin Island, Seychelles, 18-23 Sept 2011
  • Zululand weavers in winter, 12 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, 6 May 2010
  • Barberspan ringing and more, 11-22 March 2010
  • Weaver ringing trip to Limpopo Province, 2-6 Feb 2010
  • Red-billed Quelea breeding in the Worcester area, April 2009
  • Weaver ringing trip to the bushveld, 20-28 Feb 2009
  • PAOC Conference at Goudini Spa, 7-12 Sep 2008
  • Lubango, Angola, to catalogue specimens, 6-23 June 2008
  • Weaver ringing trip to KwaZulu-Natal, Jan 2008
  • Wakkerstroom Bird ringing course, 3-7 January 2005
  • National Bird ringing course, Landela, 11-17 November 2005
  • AEWA/AFRING ringing course, Kenya, 19-26 September 2004
  • Potberg Ringing Course, 21-27 Aug 2004
  • Namibian ringers get-together, Farm Wiese, 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
  • Bird ringing course, Wakkerstroom, 30 Nov – 6 Dec 2002
  • Bird ringing course, Lamberts Bay, 19-26 October 2002
  • ADU Roadshow, 6 – 20 September 2002
  • China, IOC23, 9-23 August 2002
  • Malawi, 28 June – 2 July 2002
  • Australia, March 2002
  • Swartberg hike, 28 May – 1 June 2002
  • Wakkerstroom National Ringing Course, 1-8 December 2001
  • Lamberts Bay Seabirds, 13-20 October 2001
  • Netherlands EOU3, 21-25 August 2001
• Category: Uncategorized
  • Namibia, 27 Apr-7 May 2012
  • Weaver ringing trip, Zululand, 6-12 Feb 2012
  • Weaver type specimens, Tervuren, Belgium, Jul/Aug 2008
• Category: Weaver news
  • Weavers nesting in palm trees
  • Brood parasites of weavers
  • Asian weavers
  • Black-crowned Village Weavers in southern Africa
  • Number of weavers ringed
  • All the weavers of the world
  • Nest use papers
  • Weavers and wasps
  • Immature Cape Weavers
  • Leaf stripping in weavers
  • Red-billed Quelea influx
  • Weaver displays, 23 Jan – 11 Feb 2021
  • Lovebirds and weavers
  • Chestnut Weaver records in South Africa
  • Double nests
  • Weavers and sedges
  • Weaver nest project
  • Portrait of a Cape Weaver
  • Top PHOWNer
  • Weaver nests on man-made sites
  • Snake predation on weaver nests
  • Weavers bathing
  • Anting in weavers
  • Colony sizes of weavers
  • Weaver subspecies
  • Weaver identification
  • Red-necked Falcon takes Red-collared Widow
  • Clarke’s Weaver breeding records
  • White-browed Sparrow-weavers in Kruger – 2
  • Red-billed Buffalo-weaver in Mokala
  • Scaly-feathered Finches in Kruger
  • White-browed Sparrow-weavers in Kruger
  • Category: weaver themes