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• Category: bird news
  • 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
  • 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: Weaver news
  • 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