Biodiversity enthusiast! ….The BDI interviews citizen scientist Lucky Okpanachi Atabo
Please tell us a bit about yourself, your background and what you do: My name is Lucky Okpanachi Atabo. I am a young Nigerian and an active volunteer and advoca...
Category: Biodiversity
Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
The Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus breeds in Europe and Asia. Most move south for the northern winter. Most remain in soutern Europe, some migrate...
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
The Little Egret Egretta garzetta belongs to a large family of birds called the Ardeidae, the herons, the egrets and the bitterns. The herons are, on average, l...
Birds on the coastline of the Western Cape
The focus here is on learning the really common birds which you can expect to see on the coastline in the Western Cape. These are the species you are most likel...
The Virtual Museum
The Virtual Museum (populatrly known as the VM) provides the platform for citizen scientists to contribute to biodiversity research and mapping projects. This i...
African Oystercatcher (Haematopus moquini)
The African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini is one of the iconic bird species of the coastline of the southwestern Africa. There is only one oystercatcher that...
Impacts of Rhodes on Biodiversity 3 : Common Starling
This is the third and final blog in this series on the impacts of Rhodes on biodiversity. The first blog talked about the Eastern Grey Squirrel. The second cove...
Myrmeleontidae (Antlions)
This is the description of the Family Myrmeleontidae in the online guide to the Neuroptera (lacewings and antlions) of southern Africa Myrmeleontidae is the lar...
Online guide to the Neuroptera (lacewings and antlions) of southern Africa
There are 13 families in southern Africa. Here are the first seven. Coniopterygidae (Dusty-winged Lacewings) Hemerobiidae (Brown Lacewings) Chrysopidae (Green L...
BirdPix on a run in 2021
BirdPix is important because it is going to be used to test whether “species distribution models” can be used to generate maps that look like the bi...