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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
From 1-3 October some 25 students from Imperial College, London, staying at Klipbokkop, Worcester, South Africa, underwent basic training in bird ringing...