UCT, Biodiversity conference, 2-6 Dec 2013
Biodiversity southern Africa conference, 2-6 Dec 2013 2013-12-06 (458) The Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, held this conferen...
Category: trips
Barberspan ringing conference, 28 Nov – 1 Dec 2013
Barberspan ringing conference, 28 Nov – 1 Dec 2013 2013-12-05 (457) This was the third ringing conference at Barberspan, the previous ones being in 2010 a...
Trip to Calvinia, 27-28 Oct 2013
Trip to Calvinia, 27-28 Oct 2013-10-31 (441) Ernst Retief, Regional Conservation Manager of BirdLife South Africa, was invited to ring 3 Secretarybird nestlings...
PHOWNing in Hoedspruit, 9-13 October 2013
PHOWNing in Hoedspruit 2013-10-17 (433) From 9-13 October I visited Hoedspruit to advise a BBC team on weaver behaviour for a new wildlife series. They c...
Ringing in KZN, 15 May – 6 June 2013
Ringing in KZN, 15 May – 6 June 2013 2013-06-15 (377) A three week holiday in KwaZulu-Natal gave the opportunity for ringing as well as talks at bird club...
Grootvaly Ringing Centre, 12 Mar 2013
Opening of Grootvaly Ringing Centre, 12 Mar 2013 On 8 March the new ringing centre in the Grootvaly wetland was opened. Stan Madden, former bird ringer, ...
Intaka, Weavers Conference, 26 Jan 2013
“Weavers for Africa” Conference, 26 Jan 2013 The Animal Demography Unit will be holding a one-day conference on weavers, sponsored by Project for th...
PAOC13, Tanzania, 14-21 October 2012
13th Pan-African Ornithological Congress, Arusha, Tanzania, 14-21 October 2012 The 13th PAOC was held at the Corridor Springs hotel in Arusha. On clear days the...
Nairobi and Watamu, Kenya, 27 May – 4 June 2012
Visit to Kenya, 27 May – 4 June 2012: PHOWN workshops in Nairobi and Watamu Kenya is the country with the highest diversity of weaver species (over...
Bird ringing course, Zambia, 29 March – 6 April 2012
Bird ringing course, Zambia, 29 March – 6 April 2012 Victoria Falls from my 1time flight, en route to Livingstone Airport The Zambian Ornithological Socie...