Tankwa Karoo National Park with the SANParks Honorary Rangers
It was both an opportunity and a privilege when the Boland Region of the SANParks Honorary Rangers invited me to join them at their annual event at the Tankwa K...
Category: Biodiversity
European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)
Cover image: European Bee-eater by Neels Putter – Thabazimbi district, Limpopo – BirdPix No.153941 Bee-eaters belong to the Family: MEROPIDAE. Th...
Suburban wetlands 1 : Liesbeek River, Observatory
Having started out in life on the eastern buttress of Table Mountain, the Liesbeek River loses its freedom and is condemned to run most of its course imprisoned...
Lark-like Bunting (Emberiza impetuani)
Cover image of Lark-like Bunting by Les Underhill – Vanrhynsdorp district, Western Cape – BirdPix No. 274357 Buntings belong to the Family: EMBER...
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Industrial biodiversity 2 continued : Black River in Paarden Island : stormwater drain
In October 2019, the piece of the Black River between the N1 and Section Street in the City of Cape Town looked like this: It was described in a 2019 blog as a ...
Karoo Scrub Robin (Cercotrichas coryphoeus)
Cover image of Karoo Scrub Robin by Ryan Tippett – Carnarvon district, Northern Cape – BirdPix No. 274165 Identification The Karoo Scrub Robin is...
Diederik Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx caprius)
Cover image: Diederik Cuckoo by Sybrand Venter – Woody Cape Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape – BirdPix No. 243119 Identification The Diederik Cuckoo ...
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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...
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RAVE : Days 5, 6 and 7 (1 to 3 December 2023)
The RAVE continues at Botuin, Vanrhynsdorp. (RAVE = Ringing, Atlasing, Virtual-museuming Expedition.) This is the report on activities on Days 5, 6 and 7, Frida...
RAVE (Ringing, Atlasing, Virtual-museuming Expedition) : Days 1 to 4 (27 to 30 November 2023)
The first data collection spot on the RAVE was the low level bridge across the Olifants River, a kilometer from the turnoff to Algeria on the N7 from Cape Town ...