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...
Tag: bird ringing
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...
Ringing on Cousin
After the ringing week on Aride Island, Manuel and I spent 1.5 days ringing on Cousin Island. Lesser and Brown Noddies were on top of the list for ringing, whil...