Winter BioMAPping and Botanizing in Venda
On Friday, 12 June 2020, my friend Ruan Stander and I embarked on a reptile-and-plant-biomapping expedition in Venda. Venda is a wonderful and wild region in no...
Category: Biodiversity
Citizen Science Week #1 from 19 to 27 September 2020: BirdPix in South Africa
The first Citizen Science Week of the 2020/2021 season starts this Saturday 19 September 2020, and runs to the end of the following weekend, Sunday 27 September...
Fanie Rautenbach’s Great LepiMAP Challenge 2020/21
Fanie Rautenbach has worked his way through the LepiMAP records for South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland, has identified data gaps, and is challenging us to fill...
Impacts of Rhodes on Biodiversity 2 : Common Chaffinch
The first blog in this series talked a bit about Cecil John Rhodes and his beliefs, which can can be summarized in this quote: “Remember that you are an E...
Impacts of Rhodes on Biodiversity 1 : Eastern Grey Squirrel
Cecil John Rhodes, who believed that the English were the best, introduced grey squirrels, from America, to his estate in Cape Town about 1900. This is the stor...
Plants need protecting too
South Africa has an amazing diversity of plants and animals. Many people know and cherish the most visible and charismatic wildlife, such as rhinos, elephants,...
BDInsight – July 2020
Life in lockdown has become almost normal. I, for one, have lost count of the number of days we’ve been in lockdown here in South Africa. We adapt to the ...
BioMAPping in Lockdown – Derek Solomon shares his experience
Please tell us a bit about yourself, and why do you love biomapping? I am a wildlife sound recordist, safari guide and enthusiastic amateur wildlife photographe...
BioMAPping in Lockdown – Abubakar Surajo Ringim shares his experience
Lockdown has impacted all of us, but that has not stopped citizen scientists from biomapping! We have been overwhelmed by the determination and enthusiasm shown...
BioMAPping in Lockdown – Corrie du Toit shares her experience
It has been more than 65 days since lockdown began here in South Africa, but that has not stopped citizen scientists from biomapping! We have been overwhelmed b...