White-throated Swallows in Cape Town
White-throated Swallows are common in Cape Town in the summer months, building their nests under the multiple bridges that cross canals and rivers. They migrate...
Category: Citizen Science
Establishing a long-term bird ringing site. Part 2: some birds
Part 1 of this series described the bird ringing site at Fynbos Estate. This property, partly wine farm and partly nature reserve, is in the northwestern corner...
Establishing a long-term bird ringing site. Part 1: the place
Bird ringers in Europe and bird banders in North America will both be familiar with the concept of a “bird observatory”. The concept even has an art...
Dwarf Blue refreshed after 142 years
What are all these citizen scientists focused on? The temperature in the Robertson Valley is a warm 32°C. It is 1pm on 2 March 2019. They are taking photographs...
How to submit records to the Virtual Museum
Do you love all things biodiversity? Do you love photography? Do you love exploring new places? And do you love nature and the great outdoors? Then you are a ke...
Year of the Dragon – OdonataMAP records of note for 2018 – PART THREE
John Wilkinson, one of the most hard working members on the OdonataMAP expert panel, has put together a terrific summary of the best OdonataMAP records for 2018...
Year of the Dragon – OdonataMAP records of note for 2018 – PART TWO
John Wilkinson, one of the most hard working members on the OdonataMAP expert panel, has put together a terrific summary of the best records for 2018 for each p...
Year of the Dragon – OdonataMAP records of note for 2018 – PART ONE
John Wilkinson, one of the most hard working members on the OdonataMAP expert panel, has put together a terrific summary of the best records for 2018 for each p...
… and now for something a little bit different … BOPping birds … Birds with Odd Plumage
Since it started in March 2012, 450 records have been uploaded to the BOP section of the Virtual Museum. BOP stands for Birds with Odd Plumage. The BOP lo...
Viva Virtual Museum! Let’s get BioMAPping…
What is the Virtual Museum? When people hear the word “museum” they often think of a building filled with dusty display cases and stuffed animals. B...