Bird ringing at Nuwejaars Wetlands SMA : 9 to 14 August 2025
This is a report on our seventh bird ringing expedition to the Nuwejaars Wetlands. We were here from Saturday 9 to Thursday 14 August 2025, five nights. This se...
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Bird ringing and brunch at Zandvlei : 21 December 2024
On Saturday 21 December 2024, we invited all the bird ringers in Cape Town to celebrate a year of enjoying birds. It was an special opportunity for the bird rin...
Bird ringing at Botuin, Vanrhynsdorp : 29 March to 4 April 2025
We had neglected our Vanrhynsdorp ringing sites since November last year, so this visit was overdue! You can read the report on that trip here. This blog summar...
Bird ringing course at New Holme : 9 to 15 September 2024
The BDI’s ninth bird ringing course, and the fourth at New Holme, was held at the New Holme Nature Lodge, in the heart of the Karoo, between Hanover and C...
Bird ringing at Nuwejaars Wetlands SMA : 7 to 11 April 2025
Expedition number five to the Nuwejaars Wetlands SMA. Our accommodation was in the delightful units at Hazevlakte. We arrived Monday 7 April, put up nets in the...
Bird ringing at Nuwejaars Wetlands SMA : 30 May to 4 June 2025
We had another exploratory ringing expedition to the Nuwejaars Wetlands Special Management Area (SMA) from Friday 30 May to Wednesday 4 June. This is the BDI...
Southern Boubou (Laniarius ferrugineus)
Cover image of Southern Boubou by Pieter la Grange The Southern Boubou belongs to the Bushshrike family MALACONOTIDAE. Other members of this group inc...
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...
Bird ringing at Alte Kalköfen Bird Observatory, southern Namibia : January to April 2023
During the early part of 2023 (15 January to 20 April) a total of 3,440 birds of 56 species were ringed at the Alte Kalköfen Bird Observatory in southern Namibi...
Flowers and feathers: Vanrhynsdorp : 4 to 7 August 2024
We visited Botuin Cottages between 4 and 7 August to enjoy the spring flowers and do some birding and ringing. Flowers and feathers. It was also a test run to e...