Little Swift (Apus affinis)
Cover image: Little Swift by Gerald Wingate – Vanschoorsdrif, Western Cape – BirdPix No. 186019 Swifts are specialised, highly aerial birds with ...
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Malachite Sunbird (Nectarina famosa)
Cover image: Malachite Sunbird by Pamela Kleiman – Steytlerville, Eastern Cape – BirdPix No. 10960 Identification The Malachite Sunbird is ...
Bird Ringing Course at Botuin, Vanrhynsdorp: 31 January to 6 February 2024
This was the seventh BDI bird ringing course. You get links to the previous courses and other bird ringing events here. Although we had some extremely hot (over...
Pririt Batis (Batis pririt)
Cover image: Pririt Batis by Ryan Tippett– Carnarvon district, Northern Cape – BirdPix No. 252534 Batises make up a genus of small, uniquely Afr...
Fairy Flycatcher (Stenostira scita)
Cover image: Fairy Flycatcher by Marna Buys – Wonderboom, Gauteng – BirdPix No. 261347 Identification This species is notable for being one...
Secretarybird (Sagittarius serpentarius)
Cover image of Secretarybird by Johan and Estelle van Rooyen – Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape – BirdPix No. 230151 The Secretarybird...
Cape Crow (Corvus capensis)
Cover image of Cape Crow by Anne Todd – Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape – BirdPix No. 270764 Identification The Cape Crow is a distin...
Diederik Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx caprius)
Cover image: Diederik Cuckoo by Sybrand Venter – Woody Cape Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape – BirdPix No. 243119 Identification The Diederik Cuckoo ...
RAVE : Days 12 and 13 (8 and 9 December 2023)
The first week of the RAVE (RAVE = Ringing, Atlasing, Virtual-museuming Expedition) was spent at Botuin, Vanrhynsdorp, and the report on the first four days, is...
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RAVE : Days 8 to 11 (4 to 7 December 2023)
On 4 December, the RAVE scene moved to Vondeling Wine Farm, and the eastern edge of the Paardeberg. (RAVE = Ringing, Atlasing, Virtual-museuming Expedition.) Th...