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...
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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...
Number of weavers ringed
Note: The data in this blog are based on the SAFRING database, with the number of weavers (and other birds) ringed since 1948 until today. Some of the birds may...
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...
Ringing course, Nampene, 27 Nov-1 Dec 2022
Eight attendees attended the first bird ringing course to be held on Nampene Island in the Zambesi River, directly after the 15th PAOC held in Victoria Falls. A...
Ringing at Klipbokkop, 3-6 Oct 2022
From 3-6 October some 23 students from Imperial College, London, staying at Klipbokkop, Worcester, South Africa, underwent basic training in bird ringing...
BDI Bird Ringing Course, 1-7 Sept 2022
The first BDI ringing course at the Karoo Gariep NR has been completed. Eight attendees plus leader Dieter had an exciting week of ringing new species, going on...
Fynbos Estate, 5-8 August 2022
A part of the long weekend was spent at Fynbos Estate near Malmesbury to ring birds with a visiting trainee and my family. It was windy much of the weeke...
Karoo ringing at Botuin, 27 Nov-1 Dec 2021
Botuin is a self-catering property on the edge of the Karoo town of Vanrhynsdorp. Olive groves, garden trees and nearby karoo vegetation provide for a wide dive...
Wattle-eye and Batis longevities
The family of Wattle-eyes and Batises (Platysteiridae) consists of small insectivorous passerines of forests and woodlands in sub-Saharan Africa. Three g...