Ringing - posts

Ringers’ Symposium : 6 to 12 November 2026 with 8 to 10 November as core dates!
28/09/2026
The Biodiversity and Development Institute invites ringers (and banders) to attend and participate in a Ringers’ Symposium to be held over the period Friday 6 to Thursday 12 November 2026, at the Nuwejaars Wetlands Special Management Area, near Bredasdorp on the Agulhas Plain. The three days from Sunday 8 to Tuesday 10 November are the core dates, […]
Open Day for bird ringing at Grotto Bay Private Nature Reserve : 12 September 2026
13/09/2026
The BDI arranged an Open Day for bird ringing in partnership with the Grotto Bay Private Nature Reserve on 12 September 2026. If you missed this one you have a second opportunity on Saturday 3 October. The Rock Kestrel above is looking at you with its BDI! Photo: Daniel Venter Given that 47 of the 63 birds we handled were Cape Weavers, it is not […]
Bird ringing at Nuwejaars Wetlands SMA : 14 to 19 June 2026
24/07/2026
On 14 to 19 June 2026 we made our second visit this year to the Nuwejaars Wetlands Special Management Area, the first visit have been made in April, with blog here. On this trip, we handled 149 birds of 34 species, as detailed in the table below. Species Handled Jackal Buzzard 1 Black Crake 3 Crowned Lapwing 1 Klaas’s Cuckoo 2 Western Barn […]
Bird ringing at Strandfontein Sewage Works : 20 July 2026
24/07/2026
Multiple bird ringing expeditions to the Strandfontein Sewage Works have taken place since the one described in the blog for 24 May 2026. On that trip we ringed 27 Lesser Swamp Warblers, and we thought that was amazing. Subsequently, close on 200 Lesser Swamp Warblers have been ringed at the sewage works, with a maximum of 56 on 7 July. Lesser […]
Bird ringing at Ouberg : 10 to 16 July 2026
17/07/2026
A total of 141 species has been recorded for SABAP2 pentad 3340_2015, the one into which Ouberg Private Nature Reserve falls. That list is based on 29 full protocol checklists. There is one extra species recorded only on an ad hoc protocol checklist, making 142 species. We ringed 45 of these species, including some of the species that are seldom […]