Ringing Botuin, 10-12 May 2025
A small BDI team had a weekend ringing trip to Botuin in Vanrhynsdorp. We ringed mostly at Botuin and once at a nearby farm below Gifberg. We caught 55 birds of...
Tag: Botuin
European Bee-eater, Vanrhynsdorp, 25/01/2020
The first European Bee-eaters I ringed were a complete surprise. During normal ringing at Botuin, a juvenile was found in a net below a telephone line in...
Sickle-winged Chat, Vanrhynsdorp, 2/07/2023
On our recent Botuin course we caught two Sickle-winged Chats in the karoo veld outside Vanrhynsdorp. The first one was caught in a spring trap and the second i...
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...
RAVE, 27 Nov-17 Dec 2023
The BDI hosted a 3 week trip in the Western Cape, mainly ringing, but also to atlas and take photos for the Virtual Museum. The trip was called RAVE (Ringing, A...