Portrait of a Cape Weaver
On 18 October 2014 I ringed a juvenile Cape Weaver at the wetland at Diep River (Elfindale) in Cape Town, caught with 44 other birds that morning. A year...
Tag: bird ringing
Ouberg ringing
Ringing on Ouberg Private Nature Reserve, 21-25 October 2020 The BDI held a biobash on Ouberg Private Nature Reserve, a karoo farm near Montagu. A group...
Longevities of cranes
There are 15 species of cranes, found on 5 continents (not South America or Antarctica). The cranes are among most threatened bird families globally, wit...
Longevities of shrikes, bush-shrikes and helmet-shrikes
Would you like to ring a shrike? Book a ringing trip with Birds4Africa ! The shrikes, bush-shrikes and helmet-shrikes were formerly all classed together in one ...
Karoo garden ringing
If you would like to ring Karoo birds, book a trip with Dieter at Birds4Africa ! Visiting Vanrhynsdorp from 23-26 January 2020, a team of ringers and trainees...
The Cardinal Woodpecker tree
Fynbos Estate, near Malmesbury in the Western Cape, has a variety of good sites for bird ringing. One of the best sites for diversity is along a road bet...
Fynbos Estate Expedition, 3-12 December 2019
Following a successful 10 day BDI bird ringing expedition in February, another was held at Fynbos Estate in December. It was hot and windy but the days were lon...
Karoo ringing – New Holme (Hanover)
New Holme guest farm (Karoo Gariep Nature Reserve) lies lies halfway between Cape Town and Johannesburg, just off the N1. Les, Karis and I visited from 10-12 No...
Transitional widowbirds
Bird ringing in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal From 9-21 October 2019 I helped Rute catch and ring birds in Pietermaritzburg. The project was for studying the ...
Ringing at Klipbokkop, 1-3 October 2019
From 1-3 October some 25 students from Imperial College, London, staying at Klipbokkop, Worcester, South Africa, underwent basic training in bird ringing...