Progress with BirdPix in the Free State during 2020
We will slowly work out way through projects and provinces! We have done BirdPix in the Western Cape. This map shows the number of bird species recorded for Bir...
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Refreshment dip into Yzerfontein during lockdown
“Starting in my home grid cell on 1 January 2021, I will upload records to the Virtual Museum of as many species as possible (and I will be especially careful n...
BDInsight – Festive Season 2020/21
A very Happy New Year to each and everyone of you. It is hard to believe that 2020 is behind us and 2021 has started. The world is still in the grips of Covid-1...
Progress with BirdPix in the Western Cape during 2020
This is planned to be the first of many similar blogs. We are starting with an easy project, BirdPix, in my home province, Western Cape. It is still a bit exper...
Fundamentals of Citizen Science, a BDI course
During 2021, the BDI will offer a course called "Fundamentals of Citizen Science".
BDInsight – October 2020
October has been a busy month full of awesome BDI Citizen Scientist Hour talks and a great BioBashing trip to the Klein Karoo! Here in the lowveld region of Sou...
If a river could talk…
Looking out over the peaceful Seekoei River, the reeds swaying in the breeze, I find it hard to fathom the horrible atrocities that happened here almost 250 yea...
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BDI YouTube Channel: three months of growth!
The BDI launched its YouTube channel on 2 July. Three months later, the channel contained 61 videos and these videos had had more than 3,000 views. Up to now th...
BDInsight – September 2020
Spring has sprung and biomapping has begun! Here in the southern hemisphere we welcome back the arrival of several migrant bird species. Have you seen any of la...
Citizen Science Week #1 from 19 to 27 September 2020: LepiMAP in South Africa, eSwatini and Lesotho
LepiMAP is the Atlas of African Lepidoptera. LepiMAP is one of the sections of the Virtual Museum. From September 2020, the project has been hosted jointly by t...