Primary moult studies
At least 142 bird species have at least one moult study using the Underhill-Zucchini moult model. Here is a list of these species, sorted by family alphabetical...
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Botuin ringing, February 2024
The BDI held a week long ringing course at Botuin in Vanrhynsdorp, from 31 January to 6 February 2024. We caught 285 birds, including retraps, of 37 species. As...
RAVE, 27 Nov-17 Dec 2023
The BDI hosted a 3 week trip in the Western Cape, mainly ringing, but also to atlas and take photos for the Virtual Museum. The trip was called RAVE (Ringing, A...
Zambia ringing, October 2023
Adding 20 ringing lifers required hard travelling to a remote part of Zambia, but was completely worth it! This trip was organised by Frank Willems and I led th...
New Holme, 1-10 Sep 2023
Our planned week at New Holme turned into 10 days, giving us extra days for ringing! Early mornings were cold, even freezing on Wednesday, but gen...
Greater Honeyguide
The Greater Honeyguide is more often heard than seen. Every now and again, one ends up in a mist net! This selection of photos shows the different age and sex p...
Zululand ringing
Zululand comprises the tropical north-eastern part of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It provides some of the highest bird diversity with good accessibility of sit...
Bronze Mannikins in Cape Town
The Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata is a small passerine bird widespread in sub-Saharan Africa. In South Africa the core of their range is in the east from...
Catching Cape Spurfowls
The Cape Spurfowl Pternistis capensis, previously known as Cape Francolin, is a gamebird in the pheasant family (Phasianidae). It is endemic to southern Africa,...
White tipped tails in Karoo birds
On a recent bird ringing trip, I noticed many species that we caught, had white tipped tails. Many species have white outer tail feathers, like the batis family...