Ringing trip to Nuwejaarsrivier, 20-25/03/2025
A long weekend in March provided an opportunity for a BDI ringing trip(with a few trainees) to the Nuwejaarsrivier wetland area again (our first visit here was...
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Red-winged Starling, Cape Town, 18+20/07/2024
Red-winged Starlings are common, but also intelligent, making it slightly harder to catch than many other common passerines. Having a very narrow garden,...
Catching Cape Weavers, Maskam, 5-6/08/2024
Spring trap inside chicken coop We visited Maskam farm on 5-6 August 2024 to see the spring daisies and other flowers. While the group drove around the scenic...
Gifberg ringing
This Karoo farmland at the foot of the majestic Gifberg outcrop, is home to some special birds. Ringing is challenging because of the very open landscape...
Fynbos Estate 2020
Birding and ringing at Fynbos Estate, 21-23 September 2020 Two nights holiday at Fynbos Estate yielded a bird list of 43 species while doing some ringing. A pai...
Antarctic seabirds
Two seabirds were rehabilitated at SANCCOB, Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds, in Cape Town, and I was asked to ring them today ...
Ringing on Aride
Aride Island in the Seychelles is the northernmost granitic island in the Seychelles. It is a nature reserve managed by the Island Conservation Society (...
Zululand ringing
Three short sessions of ringing in a garden (29-31 July 2019) near Umfolozi River Lodge yielded 77 birds of 22 species. The garden is in a Sappi plantation but ...