Bird ringing course at New Holme : 2 to 10 September 2023 (Part 1)
We have done five days of bird ringing at New Holme Lodge, 8 km off the N1 between Hanover and Colesberg in the Northern Cape, and exactly half way between Cape...
Category: Citizen Science
BDInsight – September 2023
Welcome to the September 2023 edition of the BDInsight. We have plenty of news to share and plenty of exciting events coming up. Read on to find out more…...
Bird ringing at Grotto Bay, 27 May 2023
The Biodiversity and Development Institute (BDI) hosted a Citizen Science Day on Saturday, 27 May 2023, with a focus on bird ringing at Grotto Bay Private Natur...
Bird ringing at Ouberg Private Nature Reserve: 14 to 17 February 2023
A “BDI – Birds4Africa” bird ringing visit was held from 14 to 17 February 2023 at the Ouberg Private Nature Reserve in the Little Karoo near Montagu. This was a...
Ascalaphus bilineatus
View the above photo record (by Ryan Tippett) in LacewingMAP here. Ascalaphidae (Owlflies) Ascalaphus bilineatus (Kolbe, 1897) Identification Si...
Eremoides bicristatus
View the above photo record (by Stephen Ball) in LacewingMAP here. Ascalaphidae (Owlflies) Eremoides bicristatus (Banks, 1924) Identification Si...
Syngenes longicornis
View the above photo record (by Ryan Tippett) in LacewingMAP here. Myrmeleontidae (Antlions) Syngenes longicornis (Rambur, 1842) Identification Size:&...
Neuroleon chloranthe
View the above photo record (by Ryan Tippett) in LacewingMAP here. Myrmeleontidae (Antlions) Neuroleon chloranthe (Banks, 1911) Identification Size:&n...
Cueta trivirgata
View the above photo record (by Zenobia van Dyk) in LacewingMAP here. Myrmeleontidae (Antlions) Cueta trivirgata (Gerstaecker, 1885) Identificati...
Citizen Science & Birding in the Karoo
“Oh, it’s a glossy starling!” The car comes to a stop on the side of the highway. The passengers grab their binoculars and cameras and hop out of the vehicle, d...